AVL Digital Nomads

AI as Your Velocity Engine: Entrepreneur Week Edition

Wed, Sep 2 · 5:30 PM EDT

Hatch Coworking Asheville, South French Broad Ave #170, Asheville, NC, US

AI as Your Velocity Engine: Build Your AI Brand & Execution Engine in 90 Minutes
Free Interactive Special for Entrepreneurship Week!

Are you tired of AI generating generic, corporate fluff that sounds nothing like you?
Most founders and early-stage entrepreneurs spend hours prompting ChatGPT, only to get generic marketing copy that feels uninspired, unvalidated, and safe. Speeding up the creation of weak messaging isn't velocity–it's just making noise faster.
What if you could turn your AI into a personalized Brand & Execution Engine that produces high-converting, perfectly styled assets in 3 minutes instead of 3 hours?
Join us for a special Asheville Entrepreneur Week edition of AI Hacks & Hops, where we skip the passive lectures and dive straight into an interactive, hands-on sprint.

What You Will Experience
This isn't a sit-and-listen presentation. It is a live "Build, Test, Battle" workshop where you will collaborate with fellow local founders and leave with a working tool you can use the very next morning.

PHASE 1: Build Your AI Brand Matrix
We’ll guide you step-by-step through setting up your personalized AI Brand & Velocity Matrix—a lightweight context prompt that extracts your core offer, target audience pain points, tone rules, and banned cliché words.
Please complete your worksheet for your AI Brand & Velocity Matrix ahead of the event**.**

PHASE 2: The 15-Minute Execution Battle
Once your engine is built, put it to the test! You and a partner will race against the clock in a live challenge to launch a complete, multi-channel mini-campaign (landing page copy, cold outreach, and launch posts) aligned with your authentic voice.

PHASE 3: Live Stage Teardowns
Watch live on-screen audits where we troubleshoot real founder prompts to show how small adjustments lead to 10x higher output quality and speed.

What You’ll Walk Away With

1. Your Custom AI Brand & Velocity Matrix: A copy-paste system prompt ready to plug into ChatGPT, Claude, or Gemini.
2. Zero-Hype AI Workflows: A repeatable method to generate pitch emails, launch announcements, and value props in minutes without losing your voice.
3. Local Founder Connections: Real-time collaboration with fellow Asheville entrepreneurs facing the same scaling challenges.

Who Should Attend?

• Aspiring & Early-Stage Founders who need to execute fast without hiring an expensive marketing team.
• Solo Operators & Small Business Owners wanting to automate repetitive copy and communication tasks.
• Marketers & Creators looking for a structured prompt architecture that goes beyond basic chatting.

No technical coding or paid AI subscriptions required. Free-tier accounts (ChatGPT, Claude, Gemini) work perfectly.

What to Bring

• A laptop (preferred) or tablet/smartphone.
• A free account created on ChatGPT, Claude, or Gemini.
• Optional: A buddy or co-founder! (If you don't have a laptop, we will pair you up).

Event Agenda
5:30 PM – 6:00 PM: Networking, Drinks & Setup
6:00 PM – 7:30 PM: Interactive Workshop (Build, Test, Battle)
7:30 PM – 8:00 PM: Wrap-Up, Q&A & Community Socializing

Special discount on ADN engraved Pirani cups!
Get $10 off our 5th anniversary customized ADN Pirani cups! Available in 16oz, 26oz, and 32oz sizes, you can select yours directly at this event.

General Event Info
AI Hacks and Hops is a monthly event tailored for non-technical professionals, entrepreneurs, marketers, engineers, or anyone who wants to explore and discuss how to use AI.

Each gathering will feature presentations, stimulating group discussions, and a relaxed atmosphere for enjoying your favorite brews while delving into the world of AI. Topics will range from AI integration in business processes, marketing, content creation, software, ethical considerations, human-AI collaboration strategies, to the latest advancements in AI technology. The informal setting encourages open dialogue, idea exchange, and fosters a collaborative spirit.

The AVL Digital Nomads are excited to be part of Asheville Entrepreneurship Week, organized by Venture Asheville. Click here to learn how to participate in the week's activities from Aug. 31st to Sept. 4th. There will be many opportunities to network, mingle, and learn about the Asheville entrepreneurial ecosystem.

Celebrating Asheville Entrepreneurship Week

Thu, Sep 3 · 6:00 PM EDT

Visuals Rooftop Bar, 40 Collier Ave, Asheville, NC, US

Join us at Visuals Rooftop Bar, located next to Burial Beer Co. and directly above Good Hot Fish and Eulogy, to celebrate Asheville Entrepreneurship Week!

As remote and independent professionals, we're a key component in driving local economic growth. The AVL Digital Nomads are excited to be part of Asheville Entrepreneurship Week, organized by Venture Asheville. Our mission? Connecting remote workers to the local business community – and nobody socializes in Asheville quite like us!

And click here to learn how to participate in the week's activities from Aug. 31st to Sept. 4th. There will be many opportunities to network, mingle, and learn about the Asheville entrepreneurial ecosystem.

What to Expect:

• Networking opportunities with local businesses and fellow remote workers
• A chance to showcase the awesome AVL Digital Nomads community
• Our signature name tags to ease introductions
• Alcoholic and non-alcoholic drink options
• Everyone is welcome!

We look forward to celebrating with and meeting you!

FYI: Eulogy right below us will have a concert that night at 8:00, The Builders and The Butchers w/ Johanna Rose & The Dreamboats.

AVL Digital Nomads - Book Club

Mon, Sep 7 · 6:00 PM EDT

Battery Park Book Exchange, Battery Park Avenue, Asheville, NC, US

September 2026 Selection - To Have and Have Not by Ernest Hemingway
Amazon - GoodReads

To Have and Have Not is the dramatic story of Harry Morgan, an honest man who is forced into running contraband between Cuba and Key West as a means of keeping his crumbling family financially afloat. His adventures lead him into the world of the wealthy and dissipated yachtsmen who throng the region and involve him in a strange and unlikely love affair.

In this harshly realistic, yet oddly tender and wise novel, Hemingway perceptively delineates the personal struggles of both the "haves" and the "have nots" and creates one of the most subtle and moving portraits of a love affair in his oeuvre. By turns funny and tragic, lively and poetic, remarkable in its emotional impact, To Have and Have Not is literary high adventure at its finest.

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Welcome to our monthly Book Club! We’re a small, friendly group that gets together for fun, thoughtful conversations about a different book each month.

Finished the whole book? Great. Only made it through a few chapters? Still come. Didn’t read it at all but the discussion sounds interesting? Honestly, you’re welcome too.
We meet on the first Tuesday of every month.

One of the best things about this group is that we keep it relatively small and guide the conversation, so it doesn’t turn into three people talking while everyone else quietly questions their life choices. Everyone has a chance to jump in, share their thoughts, and explore the book’s characters, themes, writing, and bigger ideas.

You definitely don’t need to be a literary expert. Whether you read constantly or you’re trying to get back into it, this is a relaxed place to discover new books, hear different perspectives, and meet some great people along the way.