PAGE 4A 5,2016 ASHEVILLE CITIZEN-TIMES founded his company, BrewStream, in une. The synergy that occurs in a mentor- mentee relationship is one I pass said Cox, whose company develops software that tracks federally required alcohol and brewing data for craft-beer companies. Fifteen locally-based professionals who have succeeded in the startup and corporate worlds comprise inaugural cohort of mentors, said Josh orfman, director of entrepreneurship or Venture Asheville. hat organization, which operates und er the umbrella of the Economic Development Coalition for Asheville-Buncombe County, helps area entrepreneurs by connecting them to investors, talent and other startup founders. Of the mentors selected to guide new business owners, Dorfman said, want them to be the type of people that if you clicked on their LinkedIn profiles, say, like to get advice from that Elevate has two components.
The first is the mentorship program that is based on the Massachusetts Insti- ute of Technology Venture Mentoring Service, Dorfman said. Participating CEOs meet on a monthly basis with their mentors. The second component is peer-to- peer advising, which San-Diego-based Vistage will deliver through a trained and very successful Dorfman said. ill Tate, who has led companies ranging in size from $20 million to more than $2 billion, will fill that role. Vistage provides executive coaching, eadership development and business entoring.
he advising component program last 12 months and costs about $15,000 for the first year but each new mentee receives a scholarship that pays that ini- ial fee, Dorfman said. Mentees may continue with the advis- i ng portion of the program, provided they 25 percent of the annual cost during he second year. If they opt to remain for a third year, the mentee pays full price half of which goes to the fund that provides the schol- a rships, Dorfman said. The plan is to add another 10 mentees id-summer and then another 10 in early fall, he said. like to have a total of Dorfman said.
ach mentee will have two to three entors. Cox, for example, has three. eremiah Smith, 35, head of sales for Modus Create, a Virginia-based software-application company, is one of them. he Asheville native, who works from here for Modus Create, has more than 10 ears of experience in sales and business development for tech-based startups. He also has lived and worked in the Research Triangle and Charlotte.
mith said he the oppor- unity to be a mentor once Dorfman shared details of the program with him. I want to help showcase that entrepreneurs can be successful Smith said. have a lot of creative makers eyond that, however, Smith said that, if done right, Elevate could provide he foundation for a thriving Western North Carolina economy 10 years from now. be able to add value and genuinely i mpact this region in a way that will have a positive effect over the long term what gets me really he said. Dorfman shares that assessment.
The levate mentor program is another comp onent that will strengthen tartup ecosystem, he said. It helps brand the region as a vibrant entrepreneurial environment one where would-be startup founders know be able to access the support, capital and other resources necessary to be uccessful, Dorfman said. That type of success, at least in part, omes from relevant advice, said men- tee, Clark Harris. The 34-year-old is a cofounder of Lo- Lo, an Asheville-based citywide consume loyalty program. companies are at different stages growth and mentors will be able to provide input relevant to that he said.
analogous to a development. A newborn has different needs han an Elevate Continued from Page 1A ANGELI Jeremiah Smith, left, listens Wednesday at the Asheville Chamber of Commerce offices to Jeffrey questions about a software system in the process of creating and selling as they meet through Elevate, a professional mentorship program launched by Venture Asheville. companies are at different stages of growth and mentors will be able to provide input relevant to that phase. analogous to a development. A newborn has different needs than an CLARK HARRIS CO-FOUNDER OF LOLO, A CITYWIDE CONSUMER LOYALTY PROGRAM Deschutes Brewery, of Bend, Oregon, i about a month away from announcing where it will build its East Coast expansion, possibly in Asheville, the company said.
are moving along a little slower than said company spokesman Jason Randles. The brewery scouted 110 possible locations including Asheville; Roanoke, Virginia; and Greenville and Charleston, South Carolina. While the company is saying little about possible sites, it is believed to be considering a 137-acre site in Bent reek, owned by Buncombe County. Roa noke is also thought to be a major contender for the brewery, which could still to any of the locations the company as visited. Deschutes is highly regarded in beer ircles and does not currently sell much eer in the eastern United States.
The new brewery would serve eastern mark ets. The company may have already picked a location, but Deschutes President Michael Lalonde said in October that after the decision was made, it ould double check be sure utilities can go to the site and that the water meets the quality standards and the soil is the right condition to build a Wherever it goes, Deschutes would be a big project. It would bring at least 100 jobs and become a major tourist magnet, as have Sierra brew- ry in Mills River and Oskar Blues in revard. The same is expected when New Belg ium officially opens its new West Ashe- ille brewery this spring. Lalonde visited almost three dozen ossible brewery locations and said he as impressed with Asheville as a town supportive of craft brewing.
There are ow 22 breweries open in Buncombe County, most of then in Asheville, and an additional 24 in surrounding counties. Others are under construction or planning. Deschutes to reveal new home in March TONY KISS are moving a little slower han JASON RANDLES DESCHUTES SPOKESMAN An Asheville man unsuccessfully fled police on a moped while attempting to vade arrest for several larceny and reaking and entering charges, accord- i ng to documents on file at the Bunc ombe County Office. ordon Cameron Scott, 18, of Turtle Creek Drive, was arrested Wednesday a nd charged with larceny of a firearm, breaking and entering, and larceny after breaking and entering, all of which are elonies in this case, according to arrest arrants. was also charged with reckless riving, resisting an officer, failure to egister a moped, and fleeing and elud- i ng arrest with a vehicle, the warrants state.
Dec. 30, the warrants state, Scott broke into a residence in Fletcher and ook a Playstation, a backpack, a burgundy Casio digital camera, a black Sony Cyber Shot digital camera, another digital amera, a knife in a Winchester case, a Go Pro Hero and an iPad Mini. The war- ants value these items at $1,300. He also ook a black Glock handgun of unspeci- ied value, according to the warrants. Jan.
15, officers pursued him in a ehicle the defendant drove a moped and then on foot, according to the war- ants. Secured bond is set at $17,700. An additional warrant for his arrest has been filed at the Buncombe County Office. Charges include reaking and entering a motor vehicle, a ttempted common law robbery and ass ault with serious bodily injury, accord- i ng to the warrants. cott failed to appear in court for these charges on Dec.
7, according to the arrants. Bond for those charges will be set at $60,000. Suspected burglar who fled on moped arrested EMILY PATRICK.
