Our purpose:
Empowering Asheville Women Entrepreneurs
We provide a creative, collaborative space for local female entrepreneurs to learn, connect, and thrive.
We provide a creative, collaborative space for local female entrepreneurs to learn, connect, and thrive.
Create. Self-Care. Play. Support.
We offer workshops, lunch and learns, and team-building days for female entrepreneurs. Bring your team and gain clarity as a group about the legacy of your company and each team member’s role, impact and personal journey. Or, book a seat at the table with a curated collection of other local female entrepreneurs and be taken through expansive, life-affirming, dream-building activities to get crystal-clear on the legacy you want to leave. We will help you see where you want to go and provide support, connections, and resources for how to get there in both your professional and personal lives.
1st Thursdays: Women in Trades 6-8pm
2nd Tuesdays: Creative Entrepreneurs Coffee Club 9-10
3rd Thursdays: InvestHER Asheville 6-8pm
Fridays: Open Office Hours 2-5pm @ MGS Studios
MGS supports the Asheville chapters of The Real Estate InvestHER and Women in Trades, two free organizations that support women living their best lives with monthly educational & networking events.
The Legacy Project
Women in Trades
AVL Design District
The S&J Show
Mad Genius Studios serves as an incubator for women startups and the offices for HarmonyAVL+media Design District satellite location, Women in Trades Hub, and InvestHER Asheville. The Legacy Project show, AVL Design District podcast, and Women in Trades podcast are also recorded and produced here. Want to record your pLearn Moreodcast or show at our location? We also rent our space for your projects.
Our community is built on local women supporting local women. We are all independent business owners that collaborate by referring business to each other, building relationships at quality networking and educational events, and yes, hiring one another because we seek out opportunities to work in both our professional and personal lives with other women entrepreneurs. We also host microevents that we ourselves want to attend and are always looking for ways to help more women gain leadership roles, build their wealth, and thrive in every aspect of their lives.
Our advisors, supporters, and mentors understand how important it is to create spaces and events that support female entrepreneurs because the journey is winding and best navigated by tapping into the wisdom, experiences, and offerings of other women in our local community. We have advisors helping us strategically grow, apply for grants and funding, and help us identify more ways that we can serve women entrepreneurs.
We aim to offer a way for every woman to get involved in our community. Whether you attend one of our free networking/educational events, support by purchasing a ticket to one of our events or workshops, or want to reach out about a way for us to collaborate, we want to be a place that woman always feel welcomed and able to find ways to grow.
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