by Jeff Kaplan | Jul 22, 2015 | Happenings
Former team leader of Disruptive Market Innovations at Proctor & Gamble, George Glackin developed a breakthrough innovation playbook. Now he’s sharing those insights with Asheville startups in his new hometown. In this recent 1 Million Cups presentation,...
by Jeff Kaplan | Jul 22, 2015 | Happenings
Top 100 U.S. media site The Cheat Sheet continues to evolve since its founding in 2008. With a sleek redesigned website and a massive push into online video, co-founders Derek and Damien Hoffman have this media venture primed for future growth. Check out this totally...
by Jeff Kaplan | Jul 22, 2015 | Happenings
After launching six companies focused on everything from craft beer to clean energy, AVL’s Tom Ryan is leveraging his experiences with startup success and failure to mentor founders of early-stage, high-growth ventures in WNC. Failure, for the most part, he...
by Jeff Kaplan | Jul 15, 2015 | Happenings
If you missed last month’s Annual Meeting for the Economic Development Coalition for Asheville-Buncombe County (EDC), the umbrella organization of Venture Asheville, then you won’t want to miss this. Hiring top talent to be the interview host, the...
by Jeff Kaplan | Jul 15, 2015 | Happenings
TwistekCase, part phone protector, part wearable device and part awesome, returns to present at 1MC after launching its Kickstarter campaign last week. Hear co-founders Dan & Judi Bruns discuss lessons learned along the way to its “relaunch.” Join us...
by Jeff Kaplan | Jul 15, 2015 | Happenings
Asheville Internet marketing agency JB Media Group is offering a half day boot camp to learn about effective online marketing strategies. Taught in the style of JB Media Institute’s highly touted 6-week course, these three 1-hour sessions on July 29 will explore...