by Jeff Kaplan | Aug 4, 2014 | Talent
Founder: Matt Frazier Site: No Meat Athlete The Lowdown: Blogs about plant-based diets for athletes Awesomeness: Endorsed by vegan Ironman star Brendan Brazier With over 20,000 subscribers and 300,000 monthly website visitors, the No Meat Athlete offers a roadmap to...
by Jeff Kaplan | Jul 23, 2014 | Happenings
Welcome to VentureAsheville.com, a hub of connectivity for Asheville’s high-growth entrepreneurial ecosystem. Many game-changing entrepreneurs choose to call Asheville home. They come for the mountains, the music, the vibrant downtown scene and the progressive...
by Jeff Kaplan | Jul 13, 2014 | Talent
Online marketer Justin Belleme knows a few things about jump-starting clients via KickStarter. In the past year, his firm, JB Media Group, has successfully managed campaigns for two of Asheville’s emerging ventures. Appalatch, a manufacturer of sustainable...
by Jeff Kaplan | Jul 12, 2014 | Happenings
In May, Venture Asheville held the annual Ignite Asheville event, now in its third year. Ten speakers from early stage ventures presented insights during five-minute lightning rounds about their big ideas and how they embrace challenges through ingenuity and...
by Jeff Kaplan | Jul 10, 2014 | Ventures
Co-Founder: Jeremy Littlejohn Site: RISC Networks The Lowdown: SaaS platform to migrate IT operations to the cloud Awesomeness: Clients such as IBM and Cisco Systems RISC Networks is an actionable IT analytics firm that develops SaaS based technology to help global...
by Jeff Kaplan | Jul 9, 2014 | Ventures
Founder: Brendan Sherar Site: Biblio The Lowdown: E-commerce site offering used, rare and out-of-print books Awesomeness: Carries 85 million books from 5,000+ independent bookstores Biblio offers more than 85 million used, rare and out-of-print books online. This...
