CHARLOTTE, North Carolina — October 16, 2023 — Mavendog was honored at the 2023 Small Business Partner Appreciation Dinner, hosted by the Carolina Panthers and Eleven Sports Media. Mavendog along with 18 other Charlotte-based companies were invited to a wonderful meal and celebration, hosted at The Vault in Bank of America Stadium. The event also included guest speakers from the Panthers organization, including Eugene Robinson, Kurt Coleman, and Mike Rucker, who shared their own small business experiences following their careers in NFL football.
Mavendog joined Eleven’s SBP program not only for its marketing prowess, but also its civic mission to recognize, elevate, and promote small business. Small businesses are the front lines of American entrepreneurialism and ingenuity. They are risk-takers — testing new ideas, services, and products, and creating new opportunities and wealth for the community. Here in Charlotte small business are instrumental to our city’s explosive growth.
“Mavendog is a Charlotte business success story. Our program and project management services have helped companies across the region deliver complex, enterprise initiatives. Looking ahead, we foresee Mavendog supporting companies across the wider Carolina footprint. Growth and expansion aside, however, we remain devoted to our local roots, and a proud partner and patron of Charlotte’s mighty, small business community.” — Jon Vordermark, President
Owner Jon Vordermark, his wife Anna, and a few of the Panther legends we were so honored to meet.
The evening featured other prominent small businesses.
About Eleven Sports Media
Founded in 2009 in north-west England – the spiritual home of football – Eleven has re-imagined end-to-end brand partnerships in the sporting landscape. From historic English towns to major American cities, we connect teams with what matters most to them: their local communities. For Charlotte and the Carolinas, Eleven offers small to medium-sized businesses the opportunity to align themselves with their local sports team, through a proven combination of branding, experiential and activation services.
About Mavendog, LLC
Mavendog is a project leadership firm of independent, program and project leaders who operate as Affiliates under the brand. The firm is a unique conduit to the American independent economy. Since 2017, Mavendog has been committed to helping clients with their project challenges, from complex IT portfolios and programs to tactical project needs. Today, Mavendog is a preferred consulting asset for managing and driving information technology and enterprise change initiatives for Fortune 1000 companies. The company is headquartered in Charlotte, N.C.