by Jeff Kaplan | May 11, 2016 | Happenings
Entrepreneurship is about to get a massive boost in visibility across our city. That’s because physical spaces catering to entrepreneurs are rapidly opening. So never mind your curmudgeonly friends and relatives who claim Asheville is all about hotels and beer (and we...
by Jeff Kaplan | May 11, 2016 | Happenings
George Wheeler isn’t the only business traveler who’s faced frustrations with taxis in big cities, but he was one of early ones trying to fix the system with tech solutions nearly a decade ago. Today in the age of Uber, cab companies must adapt or die, and...
by Jeff Kaplan | May 11, 2016 | Happenings
When UGoTour landed a contract with the NCDOT to provide mobile multimedia tours of some of the state’s 54 official Scenic Byways, that was a huge milestone. WNC Magazine previews a few of the scenic tours offered for free by UGoTour, a participant in Venture...
by Jeff Kaplan | May 4, 2016 | Happenings
Elevate, Venture Asheville’s entrepreneurship development program, is now accepting applications for its second cohort of 10 early-stage, high-growth startups. Elevate enables startup founders to rapidly navigate the daily challenges of building great companies...
by Jeff Kaplan | May 4, 2016 | Happenings
South Asheville is home to a cutting-edge manufacturing facility building next-generation intelligence into RFID tracking tags. What the @#$% does this mean, you ask? Here’s a Wall Street Journal article to explain it. Or better yet, here’s NFL Hall of...
by Jeff Kaplan | Apr 26, 2016 | Happenings
For a small southern mountain town, Asheville attracts an incredible variety of creative and artistic types with world-class talent. History has shown ties between a high concentration of engaged artists, makers, innovators, and entrepreneurs and the communities that...
