SimpliCity Wins Code for America Tech Award
You heard about it first at 1 Million Cups AVL: the simple Google-like search engine that finds data for your neighborhood, from property information to crime. The City of Asheville IT staff's innovative project went on to win the Technology Award for SimpliCity...
GoWorx Jumps from 1MC AVL to National “One in a Million” Pitch Competition
1 Million Cups Asheville standout GoWorx is the next local startup to set its sights on the national stage. Founder Ryan Klinger will be one of fifteen startup founders to compete next month in the Kauffman Foundation's national pitch competition, "One in a Million."...
Meet Kickstarter Rockstar: Paul Vo
Paul Vo has raised over $188,000 on Kickstarter, making him the largest crowdfunding success story of any Asheville entrepreneur. Inventor of the technology behind the Moog Guitar and Moog Lap Steel, his latest inventions in acoustic synthesis are pioneering a new...
New AVL Startup a Semi-finalist for NC IDEA $50K Grants
DieselJobs.com founder Jeremy Balog has been scaling quickly and is already launching a new online search engine, UsedEquipmentGuide.com. It's designed to aggregate hundreds of thousands of heavy equipment and trucks for sale online worldwide. The AVL startup is one...
Asheville Angels: Year 1 in Review
Asheville Angels is the angel investor group formed by Venture Asheville to fund startups and early-stage ventures in Asheville and across the Southeast. It’s a core component of the Venture Asheville strategy to help transform Asheville into a top location for world-class entrepreneurs pursuing high-growth ventures. As we complete our first year of operation, here’s a quick update regarding our investor group’s progress.
10 Gigabit Fiber Coming to The Collider in Jan. 2016
The Collider is strategically positioning Asheville and its downtown location to become a world-class hub for innovation, technology and new ventures in the emerging climate tech industry. Startups operating out of the Collider will tap into a 10 Gigabit high-speed...
Deltec Homes Rolls Out New DIY Models
Catering to a growing market of do-it-yourselfers taking on home building, Deltec Homes is now offering energy-efficient prefabricated house kits, which take an average of 5-7 days to assemble the shell. Could this be seen as a solution for affordable housing issues...
AVL Ranks Top 10 for Growth Among Small U.S. Cities
Asheville earned a Top 10 spot among the nation's fastest growing economies for small cities, placing just behind Concord, NC and ahead of Boca Raton and Mountain View, CA, according to WalletHub. Asheville also had the highest decrease in poverty rate among 515...
Wicked Weed Brewing Grabs GABF Medal for Pernicious IPA
The first ever southeast brewery to win a coveted medal for an IPA at the Great American Beer Festival, Wicked Weed Brewing just elevated Asheville's craft brewing reputation with West Coast-style big hop hoppiness. Bringing home silver, Wicked Weed was one of seven...
1 Million Cups presents Cloud for Good
A recent transplant to Asheville, Cloud for Good (an Inc. 5000 company two years running) provides best-in-class implementation and product development with Salesforce to help non-profits and education institutions like Habitat for Humanity and Yale University fulfill...
Senior .NET Developer
Anthroware is looking for a senior level .NET developer that is excited to work with an agile team on multiple, fun projects. We are looking for developers who love a challenge, and are excited to work with the best of the best. Development at Anthroware is fast-paced and exciting. The candidate should be comfortable working alone or with a small team. This position requires mastery of the .NET stack.
Plum Print Wins Distinction for Top Pitch at Tech Venture
Plum Print was named a winner at IBM SmartCamp Raleigh, out-pitching a field of 14 showcase companies that presented at last week's CED Tech Venture Conference. Plum Print advances to the semi-finals for a shot at becoming one of 10 startup teams to participate in...
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