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Asheville Entrepreneur Week is Coming Soon

Aug 22, 2024 03:08PM ● By WNC Business
Venture Asheville is the high-growth entrepreneurship initiative of the Economic Development Coalition for Asheville-Buncombe County and the Asheville Area Chamber of Commerce. It's annual Asheville Entrepreneurship Week encourages citizens to celebrate the area's creators and innovators.

During September 9 through 13, 2024, a variety of events will be held around the Asheville area with the theme of celebrating and supporting entrepreneurs. Here are some details:

Mad Genius Studios will be hosting an entire week of events. Each panel is followed by a happy hour. While that gets added to the official web page, here's the preview: 

Every day, there will be a women entrepreneurs panel from 4:00 to 5:00 PM followed by a happy hour from 5:00 to 6:00 PM to celebrate Asheville Entrepreneur Week. Stay tuned for details.
  • The panels will be MC’d by the Chief Mad Genius Officer, Shawndra Russell.
    • Monday Panel, Leadership & Entrepreneurship:
      • Co-MC’d by Sabrina Delk, Director Center for Entrepreneurial Leadership at Mars Hill featuring Dr. Susan Muntean, Hatch Innovation Board member; Tracy Eames of Teames & Co., and Jami Daniels, owner of Ernest and Brightbell Communications.
      • LOCATION: Ernest Co-Warehousing, 135 Sweeten Creek Road
    • Tuesday Panel, Financial Resources:
      • Jennifer King, Sr. SBA Business Development Officer at First Community Bank; Tara Brown, Director of Community Engagement for Western NC at Self-Help Credit Union; and Yaselin Gonzalez, Senior Small Business Lender at Mountain BizWorks.
      • LOCATION: Mad Genius Studios
    • Wednesday Panel, Remote Women in Business  
      • MC’d by Cera Schrems, Account Executive at ISA AVL and AVL Digital Nomads Co-Working Leader and will feature Kimi McBurney, American Eagle Home Inspection, Andi of Big Sea Design, Holly McCann of Grail Leadership, and Shellie Bel. Learn more about this organization built to help remote workers thrive at AvlDigitalNomads.org.
      • LOCATION: Mad Genius Studios
    • Thursday Panel, Workforce Resources:
      • Faith Bischoff, NextGen Goodwill Ambassador and Derrick Edwards, RegionA
      • LOCATION: Mad Genius Studios
    • Friday Panel: Products, Products, Products!
      • Ginger Frank of Poppy’s Popcorn and Heather Bauer of DJ’s Pickles.
      • LOCATION: Devil’s Foot Beverage, 131 Sweeten Creeck Road
And that's just from Mad Genius! See the rest of the calendar below....
Find more information on these events, ticket links, registration info and more at VentureAsheville.com/AEW.
Source: Venture Asheville
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