Established corporations can play a hugely important role in fast-tracking startups. In this Freaky Friday episode, Juliana (or J-Walker) talks with Director of Venture Asheville Jeffrey Kaplan about his take on the different ways corporations can get involved with and support the startup ecosystem. (He also just wrote an article on Medium about it! Check it out here.)

We cover a great example of a corporate win-win-win, dive into why CVC is the new R&D and learn about how a corporation’s expertise is integral to the success of the award-winning Venture 15 & Venture Asheville Honors (tickets available November 1st). 

Jeff's Medium Article: https://medium.com/@jeffrey.kaplan_6559/corporations-roles-in-startup-ecosystems-fef638202605

CardStalk: https://www.cardstalk.ink/
Earth Fare: https://www.earthfare.com/
Anthroware: https://www.anthroware.com/
Aluminati Guitar Company: https://aluminatiguitars.com/
Moog Music: https://www.moogmusic.com/
Johnson Price Sprinkle (JPS):  https://www.jpspa.com/

The Venture 15 & Venture Asheville Honors: https://ventureasheville.com/venture15/