by Jeff Kaplan | Oct 21, 2021 | Uncategorized
Writing as of October, 2021 – We’ve come to an imbalance of the Force in Elevate, our Mentorship program. We now have way more mentors than Founders. We had the opposite problem about a year ago. So we’re back to recruiting Founders. Who is a good...
by Jeff Kaplan | Oct 21, 2021 | Uncategorized
Over time as corporations grow, mature, and formalize, executives delegate to managers and managers coordinate across divisions, and divisions lead to bureaucracy and red tape. At each stage of corporate growth, the entrepreneurial spirit is diminished. Growing levels...
by Jeff Kaplan | Oct 21, 2021 | Uncategorized
From LinkedIn “Anyone else love shopping at Earth Fare? Well, it’s about to get even better! Cardstalk is putting our first ever print-on-demand greeting card kiosk into the Asheville Earth Fare – THIS WEEK! You can check us out...
by Jeff Kaplan | Oct 11, 2021 | Uncategorized
October 8, 2021 Washington, DC – Venture Asheville, the high growth startup initiative of the Economic Development Coalition of Asheville-Buncombe County won a Gold Rank for its Venture Asheville/The Venture 15 and Venture Asheville Honors Programs, a project in...
by Jeff Kaplan | Feb 3, 2021 | Uncategorized
Looking at this year’s cohort we see reflective and surprising trends. We’ve got a nice little video you can watch, and I’ll highlight a few stats here. 2020 Venture 15 and Venture Asheville Honors Stats $62M in local revenue 345 Jobs Avg. Age of...
by Jeff Kaplan | Jun 11, 2020 | Uncategorized
Announcing the 2020 Asheville Impact Micro Grant Winners Six entrepreneurs split $25,000 in grant funding to launch their startups (Asheville, NC, June 10, 2020) – Venture Asheville awarded six entrepreneurs micro grants totaling $25,000 to help launch new...
