by Jeff Kaplan | Nov 14, 2014 | Happenings
The Asheville Citizen-Times reported on a historic deal this week: The $65-million acquisition of downtown-based DoctorDirectory by Everyday Health of New York on Nov. 12 is believed to be the largest tech-company transaction of its kind in Western North Carolina...
by Jeff Kaplan | Nov 10, 2014 | Happenings
Excerpt from the Asheville Citizen-Times: Unlike their brick-and-mortar counterparts, mobile businesses can change their fortune by revving the engine and driving where business is good. But getting the mobile business rolling has proved more difficult than pressing...
by Jeff Kaplan | Nov 4, 2014 | Happenings
“Art is everywhere,” Brendan Fitzgerald said Wednesday during One Million Cups Asheville. “A lot of it is in hidden corridors of your city that you don’t know about.” Fitzgerald’s new mobile app Taggd’ helps “people find, geotag and share photographs of...
by Jeff Kaplan | Oct 27, 2014 | Happenings
Asheville Citizen-Times’ new reporter Caitlin Byrd who covers innovators, entrepreneurs and startups sat down with Josh Dorfman, Director of Entrepreneurship Development at Venture Asheville, to talk about the organization’s goals and progress. Here are...
by Jeff Kaplan | Oct 24, 2014 | Happenings, Jobs
One of Venture Asheville’s primary goals is to connect fast-growing ventures with much-needed talent. Our first Tech Job Fair & Mixer last Thursday attracted over 60 attendees. They had a chance to meet with and hear presentations from executives of six tech...
by Jeff Kaplan | Oct 23, 2014 | Happenings
Innovation Earth: The Next Green Tech Town, The Huffington Post Excerpt: A study released last week by the Georgetown Climate Center shows that less than half of U.S. states are preparing for the coming effects of climate change. (Full rundown of the study here, at...
