by Jeff Kaplan | Jul 15, 2023 | Happenings, Startup Life
How does a startup community thrive in a town full of hippies, hotels, and hops? Welcome to our series taking a Deep Dive into Venture Asheville. This is the first installment, Setting the Scene for a Small City Startup Hub. You can find all the posts in this series...
by Jeff Kaplan | Jul 14, 2023 | Happenings, Startup Life
Let’s dive deep into the fascinating world of Venture Asheville and Elevate, the small-city startup incubator that’s making waves with its impressive $100 million revenue and $50 million in capital raised. You might have caught wind of this exciting...
by Jeff Kaplan | Apr 21, 2023 | Happenings
Asheville, NC (April 20, 2023) – Asheville, NC (April 20, 2023) – Venture Asheville announced that the portfolio of startups in its mentorship-based incubator known as Elevate has raised more than $50 million in capital and generated over $100 million in revenue....
by Jeff Kaplan | Apr 3, 2023 | Happenings, Uncategorized
Welcome to Masterprank Theater. It’s your host Prank Sinatra, AKA Benjamin Pranklin, AKA Dr. Prankenstein taking you inside our April Fools Day 2023 Prank “Remote Coworking.” Join us Inside the Prankster’s Studio and we’ll share how we...
by Jeff Kaplan | Mar 1, 2019 | Happenings
This Micro Grant is on a tear! Up to $17,200, amigos! We have only 24 donation spots remaining in the Wells Fargo matching campaign. So if you’ve been on the fence, waiting for a check to clear, or need more encouragement – here it is. There are only 24 spots left at...
by Jeff Kaplan | Feb 25, 2019 | Happenings
I swear…the next time I hear someone talking trash about Asheville being a “Bring Your Own Job” town, I am going to send them a link in a strongly worded email to our job board. And I’m going to track that link. I’m going to bit.ly them so hard, they won’t...
