Today’s Venture Local sustainable business conference brings together hundreds of local entrepreneurs for a full day of speakers, panels and networking. This post features live updates from attendees via Twitter using the hashtag, #vlocal.
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Finding the balance: Venture Local aims to nurture sustainable economies
After years of primarily looking to large corporations and the global marketplace to fuel growth, AdvantageWest, the region’s biggest economic-development organization, is now focusing on growing businesses closer to home.
Venture Local conference focuses on local business movement
More than 100 entrepreneurs and investors gathered Thursday, Oct. 27, for Venture Local, a business conference dedicated to the growing local-business movement. Hosted by the Blue Ridge Entrepreneurial Council, the forum brought business people from across the region and speakers from across the nation to the Asheville Renaissance Hotel.
Venture Local: Conference explores the local-business movement
On Thursday, Oct. 27, the Blue Ridge Entrepreneurial Council will host Venture Local, a forum that convenes investors and business owners for a discussion of the growing local-business movement. And the night before, Asheville Green Drinks will host Slow Money NC’s co-founder, Carol Peppe Hewitt, for a discussion about the importance of investing in local “food sheds.”