Getting seriously legit around Tech takes more than a derivative, knock-off moniker, e.g. "Silicon Slopes," "Silicon Sledding Hill," "Silicon Dormant Volcano" or, heaven forbid, "Silicon Mountain." So we asked Tracy Schmidt, UniteWNC's Project Chair, to share her...

A daylong intensive workshop providing entrepreneurs and business professionals with the basic “practical” tools for B2B sales success Friday, February 3rd at The Collider Kent Summers teaches the B2B Startup Sales Bootcamp at Harvard Business School, the Wharton...

Cheryl Childers is a corporate shaman (see: Wisdom Arts Leadership), a mentor with the Elevate program, and the co-founder of TBWA\Media Arts Lab in LA. Which is all to say she's a total rockstar. We asked Cheryl to share more about her time at Media Arts (aka Apple's...

Elevate, Venture Asheville's entrepreneurship development program, is now accepting applications for its third cohort of 15 early-stage, high-growth startups. Elevate enables startup founders to rapidly navigate the daily challenges of building great...

Is your startup developing an innovative technology and in need of a cash infusion to more quickly become a commercially viable, high-growth enterprise? NC IDEA has granted over $4.5 million in seed funding to 109 NC-based companies, which have gone on to raise over...

Nearly doubling its staff by adding 150 new technology jobs is no small feat for AvL Technologies. It's Asheville's greatest technology success story to-date. As the industry leading, international company scales its operations to enter new markets, founder Jim...

Eight of America's fastest growing private companies call the Asheville area home and were honored in the Inc. 5000's list released last week. Life sciences venture Avadim Technologies was one of only eight NC companies that made the elite Inc. 500 list with an...

Launched in January 2016, Venture Asheville Elevate has expanded its entrepreneurship development program to 30 Asheville area startups in July. Combining team mentorship modeled on MIT’s world-class mentor program and peer-to-peer advising delivered in partnership...

Effective storytelling has the power to launch your venture to the next level. Learn how to hook the media with compelling stories to build your brand and reach new customers or clients. This recorded video seminar covers fundamental hacks for identifying stories,...

It's never too late for an established company to enter a high-growth venture stage. Just ask Brevard-based Gaia Herbs, whose $20.8 million raise put it among NC's largest venture capital deals. It's their third equity raise for one of the nation's largest natural...