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The entrepreneurial journey looks different in Asheville, and it is bringing new tech talent to town

The entrepreneurial journey looks different in Asheville, and it is bringing new tech talent to town

Jeffrey Kaplan took to the TEDxAsheville stage earlier this year to talk about something uncomfortable: The entrepreneurial journey as we know it is pretty broken. As Director at Venture Asheville, he’s seen the negative outcomes that come when a tech ecosystem focuses on funding exclusively. Founders suffer when they

You Have Your Credit Score. Now a NC Startup Wants To Give You A Cybersecurity Score.

You Have Your Credit Score. Now a NC Startup Wants To Give You A Cybersecurity Score.

Our call with founders Edward Carroll and Jeremiah Smith started with the small talk you might expect from those in the startup space: there just aren’t enough hours in the day. But while chatting about their new venture, Asheville, North Carolina-based Edison Marks, I’m fairly convinced they

Ecobot Raises $2.8 Million To Boost Digital Collaboration In Fieldwork

Ecobot Raises $2.8 Million To Boost Digital Collaboration In Fieldwork

Asheville-based Ecobot went into the pandemic with three employees. But as those in the environmental regulatory industry looked for better digital collaboration tools, business boomed. The platform is now used by 1,2000 consultants doing regulatory fieldwork and has helped those users file just under 50,000 reports. Now

Asheville-based Environmental Data Startup Ecobot Announces Seed Raise, Launches App

Asheville-based Environmental Data Startup Ecobot Announces Seed Raise, Launches App

Asheville, North Carolina-based environmental monitoring, reporting, and data forecasting startup Ecobot has raised $700,000 in seed funding, bringing total investment to over $1 million, according to CEO Lee Lance. Lance says Ecobot will use the capital to grow staff in sales and product development, which he calls “the

Auxbus Closes Seed and Launches Podcast Creator Workflow Platform

Auxbus Closes Seed and Launches Podcast Creator Workflow Platform

The podcast industry has exhibited a massive growth spurt over the last decade, with almost one out of three people listening to at least one podcast on a monthly basis. Like any new industry, growth doesn't always stay on pace with tools to streamline processes. Audio technologist Dan

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Environmental Fieldwork Is Slow and Tedious, So A Scientist and Tech Founder Are Digitizing It

Often, even before a real estate developer or construction work moves the first piece of dirt on a property, they must conduct extensive environmental assessments to make sure that building on that land won’t have detrimental effects on the local environment. To do this work, environmental services companies dispatch