Accelerating Appalachia’s 2013 crop of nature-based businesses are presenting their plans for the future on Monday, December 9, and you’re invited. Join us for a night of exciting presentations, excellent networking, and good old fashioned fun. The Venture Forum will be emceed by Entremanureship, along with a bit of entertainment from Joel Schantz. Your ticket ($15 each) includes access to all the presentations, heavy hors d’oeuvres and two drink tickets. Don’t miss this chance to hear some of our region’s most exciting entrepreneurs share their vision of the future – reserve your ticket now. Details:

Accelerating Appalachia Venture Forum

Monday, December 9, 2013
5 – 8 pm

Highland Brewing Company
12 Old Charlotte Highway
Asheville, NC 28803

acapventureforum.splashthat.com

Accelerating Appalachia was featured in Triple Pundit, an innovative new-media company for the business community that cultivates awareness and understanding of the triple bottom line. By exclusively developing social entrepreneurs in nature-based companies, Accelerating Appalachia is helping to heighten the standard in which people operate businesses. Consumers have raised the bar in the quality and integrity of the products and services they use and Accelerating Appalachia is serving business owners and operators who are answering that demand with innovative answers.

http://www.triplepundit.com/2013/06/accelerating-nature-based-business-good/

 

 

The Asheville Citizen-Times recognized Accelerating Appalachia as a key player in the continuing development of a nature-based economy in Western North Carolina. By working with innovative entrepreneurs and investors from across the world, Accelerating Appalachia is seen as an opportunity for long-term sustainable growth in the region.

http://www.citizen-times.com/article/20130331/BUSINESS/303310029/Building-businesses-around-nature