Entrepreneur Insight: Alysha Ellis, Healthy Living Kitchen
Since 2015, Alysha Ellis and her mother have been transforming the lives of Northeast Ohio residents as the creators of Healthy Living Kitchen, a foundational vehicle aimed at empowering individuals to make healthy food and lifestyle choices that can be sustained throughout their lives. Healthy Living Kitchen offers cooking classes and educational workshops that help
[PODCAST] 10 Ways To Ruin A Website
Your website should be the hub of all your marketing efforts … so is yours a 24/7 lead generating machine or an out-of-date embarrassment? With years of digital marketing experience, the web gurus at Kiwi Creative—a Cleveland-based marketing studio for B2B software and technology companies—have seen the good, bad and downright ugly of all things website-related.
JumpStart Celebrates Hispanic Heritage Month
Every year from September 15 to October 15, the U.S. celebrates National Hispanic Heritage Month, highlighting the contributions and the culture of Americans whose ancestors came from Spain, Mexico, the Caribbean and Central and South America. The celebration runs across two months because September 15 marks the anniversary of independence for five Latin American nations (Costa
Core City: Cleveland Open Mic Night Offers Inspiration To Entrepreneurs
Two minutes isn’t a very long time, but it’s all the time local entrepreneurs and small business owners had to present their elevator pitches during our recent Core City: Cleveland Open Mic Pitch Night. In a casual atmosphere, without any pressure to compete, more than a dozen participants polished their skills in front of a
New $25k Startup Competition Seeks CWRU Student And Alumni Founders
Late in the summer, Case Western Reserve University (CWRU) partnered with university trustee and venture capitalist Bob Pavey, JumpStart and the Morgenthaler family to introduce the new Morgenthaler-Pavey Startup Competition. Designed to identify and support high-potential startup companies coming out of CWRU, the annual competition is currently seeking applications from ventures whose founding teams include
Midwest ZIP Codes May Provide Entrepreneurial Edge
By Judy Stringer, Crain Content Studio-Cleveland Not so long ago, Ohio entrepreneurs were often urged by outside investors to relocate to Silicon Valley, where a well-established startup ecosystem increased the odds of getting the right leadership, talent and funding to propel an idea forward. Today, the notion that Silicon Valley is the only place to
Rust Belt Riders Is Turning Food Waste Into Gold
Daniel Brown and Michael Robinson spent many years working in the restaurant industry, seeing exactly how much food ends up in the trash. Aware of the stark reality that nearly 40% of food is wasted*, they were inspired to find a productive use for that waste. THE SOLUTION They started by collecting compostable food