by Jeff Kaplan | May 5, 2015 | Happenings
Mobile app startups took top prizes during pitch competitions held last week at the LEAD: Innovation Summit at Western Carolina University. Paul Hedgecock, co-founder of UGoTour and a One Million Cups AVL organizer, won 1st place and $2,500 in the Bright Ideas Rocket...
by Jeff Kaplan | May 5, 2015 | Happenings
Pop quiz. Which of these organizations is most innovative based on their IT performance: Intuit, General Motors, Humana or the City of Asheville? Did you guess Asheville? Booyah! Nailed it. InformationWeek’s Elite 100 rankings are out and the City of Asheville...
by Jeff Kaplan | May 5, 2015 | Happenings
Solar companies take heart; North Carolina is booming in solar energy deployment. Driven by a cost drop of more than 50% in recent years as a result of technology advancements and smart tax credits, the NC solar market is forecast by Pew to attract $7.8 billion in new...
by Jeff Kaplan | May 5, 2015 | Happenings
Venture Asheville’s anchor weekly event, One Million Cups of Coffee, is now online. Since last fall when we launched 1MC, over 30 startup founders have taken advantage of the forum to present their businesses to our growing startup community. We’re now...
by Jeff Kaplan | May 5, 2015 | Happenings
Anthroware, a local software design and development agency, is creating a new app designed to make in-person networking more efficient and effective by identifying who’s in the room and what you need to know about them. On Wednesday, May 6 at 9am at RISC...
by Jeff Kaplan | May 5, 2015 | Happenings
Join TTS for a drink with fellow entrepreneurs and coders at Wicked Weed on Wednesday, May 6th at 6pm to chat about what’s new in Asheville’s tech and startup scenes and kick around some awesome ideas. Tech Talent South offers full and part-time coding...
