by Jeff Kaplan | Jul 15, 2015 | Happenings
Let’s garner some tech love for Asheville. NCTA’s annual NC Tech Awards gala in Raleigh honors the best innovators and innovations in technology and startups across the state. Is your tech company blazing trails in your industry? Nominate Asheville’s...
by Jeff Kaplan | Jul 15, 2015 | Happenings
Last week at 1 Million Cups, special guest John Sotomayor, a Patent Attorney and former patent examiner with USPTO, shared inside knowledge of the U.S. Patent Office and discussed how he helps startups navigate this complicated, timely application process. Watch the...
by Jeff Kaplan | Jul 11, 2015 | Happenings
Sure we’ve been named Beer City USA and #2 Startup City and are routinely showing up on coveted Top 10 lists (like this latest one from Travel+Leisure about the 10 Best U.S. Cities). But seriously, you know you’ve really made it with the influencer set when Huckberry...
by Jeff Kaplan | Jul 10, 2015 | Happenings
The startup failure of Verastick is a lesson on how incomplete market research and product testing can derail a promising venture. To understand what critical lessons local startup veteran Chad Slagle learned when his company Verastick went sideways, watch...
by Jeff Kaplan | Jul 10, 2015 | Happenings
Outrider USA has created a new transportation category with it’s world record-setting, ultralight electric vehicles. Capital at Play reports in-depth on the startup’s roller coaster ride over its past six years, from formation to nearly selling the...
by Jeff Kaplan | Jun 30, 2015 | Happenings
A new daily podcast tackling critical issues for entrepreneurs was launched recently by Tom Ryan, a Kauffman Foundation entrepreneur-in-residence based in Asheville. A serial entrepreneur, business adviser and mentor, Tom has built six companies of his own. Now on the...
