by Jeff Kaplan | Mar 19, 2015 | Happenings
LEAD:Innovation, a regional summit for entrepreneurs, startups and small businesses, will be hosted at Western Carolina University on April 22. Come hear CEOs and regional leaders discussing solutions to some of their biggest business headaches. Entrepreneurs will...
by Jeff Kaplan | Mar 19, 2015 | Happenings
Forbes recently reported on angel investor groups located in so called flyover states in an article featuring the Upstate Carolina Angel Network (UCAN). It explores investor momentum in the Greenville, SC region, labeled one of the “creative angel epicenters...
by Jeff Kaplan | Mar 19, 2015 | Happenings
An interactive four-day summit featuring industry leaders and community catalysts, the Authentic Communities Summit is chock full of great speakers and will include tracks on Innovation + Technology and Entrepreneurship. It will be held March 24-27 at New Mountain AVL...
by Jeff Kaplan | Mar 19, 2015 | Happenings
For its volunteer efforts in tracking the money trails of our local government spending, Code for Asheville was recognized on Technical.ly’s Top 10 Code for America civic hacking projects you should be following. The article stated: “The folks at Code for...
by Jeff Kaplan | Mar 17, 2015 | Happenings
Raising money from investors is challenging. This seminar led by Josh Dorfman (Managing Director of Asheville Angels), Matt Dunbar (Managing Director of Greenville’s Upstate Carolina Angel Network), and Paul Clark (Managing Director of the South Carolina Angel...
by Jeff Kaplan | Mar 12, 2015 | Happenings
Excitement has been brewing around Asheville’s newest startup event, Pitch for Pitchers. The monthly event filled the floor at Twin Leaf Brewery on Tuesday, March 10th with a record crowd of about 80 people. Five entrepreneurs pitched their 1-minute startup...
