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* The Venture 15 Awards and Venture Asheville Honors * Asheville Entrepreneurship Week * Elevate, the Venture Asheville High Growth Startup Incubator * Podcast – Talking ‘Ship * The Venture 15 Awards and Venture Asheville Honors * Asheville Entrepreneurship Week * Elevate, the Venture Asheville High Growth Startup Incubator * Podcast – Talking ‘Ship **Venture Asheville Elevate** Our Elevate program enables startup entrepreneurs to simultaneously navigate the practical, day-to-day challenges of building great companies and develop their skills as effective managers, leaders and CEOs.
Offering mentorship modeled on the MIT Venture Mentoring Service, Elevate is a service provided by Venture Asheville as part of our strategy to systematically strengthen and support high-growth ventures in the Asheville area.
* **Team Mentoring Sessions** with highly skilled founders, C-level executives and functional experts – matching 3 to 4 mentors with each entrepreneur in a highly dynamic environment * **Office Hours with Specialized Mentors** including experts in HR, patents, finance, and branding **UNBIASED ADVICE IN A CONFIDENTIAL SETTING** Core to the Elevate program is a Statement of Principles governing the standards and ethical guidelines that all mentors and entrepreneurs adhere to as a condition of participation.
This ensures that entrepreneurs receive unbiased advice in a confidential setting whether in mentoring sessions or peer-to-peer group meetings. Our mentors listen, coach, and advise without scouting for investment opportunities, new clients, or a job.
**BUILDING GREAT VENTURES AND GREAT LEADERS** Entrepreneurs accepted into Elevate learn how to perfect their products and services; identify, enter and grow new markets; build business organizations; seek funding; and become effective managers, leaders and CEOs. **COST AND PARTICIPATION** Elevate is free to participating entrepreneurs for their entire first year in the program.
Entrepreneurs can continue to benefit from the program in subsequent years. To remain in good standing, entrepreneurs must maintain a 90% participation rate in all activities. Elevate is a service provided by Venture Asheville.
Our team: Jeffrey Kaplan, Director of Venture Asheville, is Elevate’s Director (his bio). Matt Godfrey is Elevate’s Senior Program Manager (his bio). Desiree Monstrola is Elevate’s Operations Manager (her bio).
#### **MEET THE VENTURES IN ELEVATE** Ventures may stay in Elevate as long as they remain in good standing, keep up with their monthly mentor meetings, founders luncheons, and continually work on their experience portfolio. The average startup is in Elevate for 12-24 months. As we have a rolling admission model, the set number of participating companies does shift, though we tend to have 20-30 members at any time.
Scroll through the currently active startups below. 1234567891011121314151617 **APPLICATIONS ARE ACCEPTED ON A ROLLING BASIS. ** Elevate is available to entrepreneurs across all industries who meet the following criteria: 1.
Have a scalable business model 2. At least 1 full-time founder on the business 3. Live or work in Asheville-Buncombe County 4.
Product is already launched and in market (might not have revenue but you have something to sell) **Please complete the following Founder Application** A team member will follow up with you once it is reviewed. Mentors are selected for their combination of startup, corporate and national or global experience.
To become a mentor, individuals must: * Pass a pre-screening evaluation * Interview with Elevate’s management * Complete a day-long mentor orientation grounded in the principles of MIT’s Venture Mentor Service **If interested in participationg, please complete the Mentor Application. ** A team member will follow up with you once it is reviewed.
To inquire about applying to Elevate or becoming a mentor, contact Jeffrey Kaplan, Director of Venture Asheville, via email. [](https://ventureasheville. com/elevate/)**OUR MENTORS**are highly experienced volunteers with great depth and range of experience.
See some of them below. Financial Advisor, Edward Jones Wireless Technology, Manufacturing, & Operations Executive Attorney, McGuire, Wood & Bissette, P. A.
Co-Founder, Outside Angle & Outside Angle Labs CFO, CPA, Business Finance Coach Chief Alchemist, WorkAlchemy.
com Founder and President, Kaizen Group #### Jonathan Snover, PhD Executive Director Western Office, NC Biotechnology Center Principal, Patent Attorney, Sotomayor IP Consulting Investment Manager, Caeruleum Senior Consultant & Co-Founder, SunSpring Leadership Executive Vice President, Aeroflow Healthcare Marketing Coach and Strategist Program Director, Cloud Sales & Partner Program Design, IBM Director of Marketing at Aeroflow Healthcare #### Christopher Mailander Managing Director, Ironheart Information Systems & Product Development Director, Redwood Valuation Partners Sr. Product Manager, Verizon Enterprise Solutions Founder & President, Devil's Foot Beverage, LLC Director of Product Development, Trelleborg Teames & Company - Helping Your Teams Grow Business Advisor & Strategist, Forrester & Associates Founder & Owner, Poppy Handcrafted Popcorn Direct Sales Manager, Moog Music #### Harold "Buzz" Garlock Retired - Fifth Third Bank, Senior Vice President Education, Government and Institutions, Media Relations Director, Darby Communications Emerging Products, Senior Mobile Engineer CEO & Co-Founder, Anthroware Business & Financial Modeling Senior Vice President, Speakeasy GTM Positioning & Culture Building Branding Expert, Managing Partner at What's the Idea?
Co-Founder and Executive Chairman, Vizsafe Co-Founder & CEO, French Broad Chocolates Investment Manager, Swedan Investment Manager Senior Sales Manager, HAVI Global Solutions Venture Asheville is the high-growth entrepreneurship initiative of the Economic Development Coalition for Asheville-Buncombe County and the Asheville Area Chamber of Commerce. info@ventureasheville.
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