Carolina Connect 2008
Carolina Connect continues to be about “Successful Connections” and this year’s Carolina Connect will take place once again at The Grove Park Inn in Asheville on September 11, 2008. Learn More

An initiative of the AdvantageWest Economic Development Group, the Blue Ridge Entrepreneurial Council is a nurturing organization for entrepreneurs in Western North Carolina, creating homegrown jobs and growing the region's economy.

BREC supports entrepreneurs through the following four focus areas: education, mentoring and networking, communications and capital formation. BREC meets monthly, and provides quarterly opportunities for qualified entrepreneurial businesses to present plans before a group of local investors, the Blue Ridge Angel Investors Network.

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Mining For GOLD in the Current Economy
Address the current economy, discuss ways to stabilize and sustain current market share and provide a blueprint for a dynamic breakout strategy designed to seize overlooked opportunities that currently exist.

Entreprenuers, Investors Come Together at Carolina Connect 2008
Nationally recognized authors and business experts to keynote Sept. 11 conference, with sessions on business planning, marketing, financing, start-up management and investing

Juicy Ideas Collegiate Competition
Attention, college-aged entrepreneurs: Get your creative juices flowing, help the environment and win a trip to Google headquarters in California - Register by September 10,