Aaaron Houghton grew up in Sylva and has many ties to the Asheville community. In 2003, during his senior year at UNC Chapel Hill, Houghton co-founded iContact, an email marketing startup that he would build and later sell for $169 million in 2012 to Maryland-based firm Vocus. He’s now on to his newest startup, Bootsuite, an online advertising venture that already has 17,000 businesses on its platform.

For AVL entrepreneurs interested to hear how he did it, the journey it took to get there, the lessons gleaned along the way, and how he applies those lessons to growing Bootsuite, Aaron will be speaking this evening at Startup Grind and tomorrow morning as a special guest at 1 Million Cups of Coffee.

As we continue to grow our startup community, we’re thrilled to welcome Aaron back to Asheville and excited to hear from one of North Carolina’s greatest tech entrepreneurs.

We hope you’ll join us. 
 

Join Josh Dorfman, Managing Director of Asheville Angels, Venture Asheville's angel investor network, for a lunch 'n' learn conversation about raising capital from angel investors. Bring your own bag lunch and prepare for a fast-paced informative hour. Held the first Friday of every month. Topics covered include:

• Creating a winning pitch deck
• Pro-forma financials
• Delivering on what matters most to angel investors
• Overview of the Asheville Angels funding process

To attend, RSVP by email.