Recent 1 Million Cups AVL Presenters
Last week at 1MC, Marty Steinberg of Whitestar Solar Energy presented the first-of-its-kind solar thermal systems for efficiently heating water commercially. Check out this early stage venture and others at 1 Million Cups Asheville. Watch recent 1MC presentations on...
AVL Chamber’s Entrepreneur of the Year: Adam Charnack
It's been a two-year sprint for entrepreneur Adam Charnack of Hi-Wire Brewing. The Asheville Area Chamber of Commerce "Entrepreneur of the Year" recipient has built an award-winning craft brewery on Asheville's South Slope, expanded distribution across the state, and...
BeesWax Websites Launched!
Following MobRocket's exciting launch at 1MC last month, Beeswax has become the second in a series of Asheville's highly anticipated startup launches this summer. BeesWax offers a highly customizable web storefront to a market of roughly 1.4 million Etsy sellers of...
Junior / Mid-Level Web Developer
Strivven Media, parent of Virtual Job Shadow, is an educational technology company seeking a junior / mid-level web developer to join our team. You’ll work as a member of the existing team of developers and participate in the development of our existing product. We are not a large company, so be ready for fast pace and lots of fun.
Blue Ridge Food Ventures Profiled in Inc. Magazine
What do Asheville startups have over startup hubs like New York City and Silicon Valley? Access to executive talent? Check! Centers of Excellence? Got it! A chance to get noticed and develop deeper connections? It's yours for the taking. Inc. Magazine identifies some...
Tech Talent South: Code Immersion Program
Learn to code in just eight weeks with Tech Talent South's awesome Code Immersion program in Asheville, held June 29 through August 20 at Mojo Coworking. Build up your coding chops with languages like Ruby on Rails, HTML/CSS, Javascript, AJAX and more. Get a great...
Asheville Angels Announces Two More Investments in Carolina Startups
Press Release: Asheville, NC (May 18, 2015) – Asheville Angels, a group of angel investors formed in 2014 to invest in startups and high-growth companies in Asheville and across the Southeast, today announces its two latest investments, in ActivEd Inc and...
Asheville Angels Announces Two More Investments
Coming on the heels of a high-profile investment in Plum Print in January, Asheville Angels announced in May 2015 two more startups added to its investment portfolio - Carolina-based startups ActivEd, Inc. and Baebies, Inc. ActivEd, based in Greenville, has developed...
NEW! A Guide to Asheville Startup Business Resources
It's true. Launching a startup or growing a small business is like giving birth to and raising a baby – probably even more challenging at times. And you need a good team and support system to reach your full potential. Venture Asheville surveyed all the Asheville area...
MobRocket Prepares to Become a Groupon Killer
Unlike the goliath Groupon which takes 50% of the profit from small business marketing promotions, Asheville startup MobRocket is creating an automated system to help businesses grow their customer base by building their email marketing lists through promotional...
Sneak Preview of Venture Asheville’s Upcoming Mentorship Program
When entrepreneurial journalist Caitlin Byrd of the Citizen-Times spotted a tweet from Venture Asheville on plans to hire a part-time operations manager, it was only a matter of hours before we were reading about it online. Yes, it's true we're planning to launch a...
Video Replay: Anthroware presents at 1MC
Did you miss last week's 1MC presentation? Co-founder Jon Jones of Anthroware discusses his company's new mobile app called coeo 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....
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