Five Questions With Jose Melendez, Executive Chef Of Melendez Catering Services, LLC
Melendez Catering Services was founded by the Melendez brothers, Omar and Jose, in 2010. Over the past eight years, Chef Jose has expanded his menu to feature more elaborate Caribbean-style modern cuisine by taking American classic dishes and reinventing them with a Latin touch. Jose is also a part of JumpStart’s Core City: Cleveland Impact Program, an
Five Questions with Immaculate Cleaning Co. Founder, James Barnes
Founded in 2011, Immaculate Cleaning offers premier janitorial cleaning services designed for commercial buildings, government facilities, healthcare facilities, places of worship, schools and universities, retail locations and sports and entertainment venues. The company specializes in day porter services, general daily cleaning, floor and upholstery care, post-construction clean-up and event setup and takedown and takes pride
Five Questions with Consult 2 Code, LLC Founder, Angel Washington
Consult 2 Code (C2C) provides fast and accurate medical billing, coding and practice management services to healthcare providers of all sizes, including hospitals, clinics, home health agencies and health departments. Angel Washington, who has more than two decades of experience in medical billing, coding and credentialing, founded C2C in 2008 to help her clients increase
Five Questions with Mustard Seed Development Owner, Daryl Anderson
Founded in 2011, Mustard Seed Development is a community-based business that specializes in real estate development/construction on the near West Side of Cleveland. The company renovates quality, affordable housing for low income, refugee and immigrant families and also hires and trains refugees and immigrants in construction skills, empowering them to start their own businesses and/or
Five Questions With Faithful Homes, LLC Founders, Karla & Carl Miller
Nearly two decades ago, Faithful Homes began by providing care for adults with developmental and intellectual disabilities in need of respite care. Since then, the company has grown and now provides residential and homemaker personal care for these individuals, in addition to non-medical transportation and travel services, helping them become more involved in activities they
5 Building Blocks Of A Great Brand
Put simply, a brand is your identity— it’s the impression consumers have or the emotions they feel when hearing or seeing your product or company name. It’s more than your logo, more than your messaging and more than your product experience—rather, it’s the sum of all the interactions an individual has with your company, each
3 Steps To Profitably Price Your Product Or Service
As an entrepreneur, how do you set appropriate prices for your product or service? This can be a difficult decision to make—choose a price that’s too low and you may weaken profits but assign a price that’s too high and you may deter consumers. While there is no one-size-fits-all answer for how to price your
Morgenthaler-Pavey Startup Competition Offers CWRU Student And Alumni Founders A Shot At $25K
Last year, Case Western Reserve University (CWRU) partnered with university trustee and venture capitalist Bob Pavey, JumpStart and the Morgenthaler family to introduce the first Morgenthaler-Pavey Startup Competition. Designed to identify and support high-potential startup companies coming out of CWRU, the second annual competition is currently seeking applications from ventures whose founding teams include at least
6 Local Latinx Leaders Share What Hispanic Heritage Month Means To Them
Each 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 spans two months because September 15 marks the anniversary of independence for five Latin American nations (Costa
Fundamentals Of Business Growth
For many, JumpStart is synonymous with early-stage tech investing — providing assistance and capital to early-stage tech businesses that have significant growth potential. While this is true, it may surprise some that we also work with many non-tech entrepreneurs — the kind that may not attract venture capital, but also have great potential to create
Meet Our Core City: Cleveland Impact Program’s Fall 2018 Cohort
We are excited to welcome the sixth cohort to our Core City: Cleveland Impact Program! This 12-week business assistance program is designed to drive economic impact in the city of Cleveland by helping individuals overcome obstacles to entrepreneurship through hands-on advising and industry-specific mentoring. Over the next three months, these five individuals will be learning
Personal View: Becoming A Startup Hub Is Hard. We Need To Do It Anyway
Right now, Greater Cleveland is doing some very appropriate economic soul-searching. We’re asking ourselves some hard questions about what it’s really going to take to “win the future.” This soul-searching extends to our startup ecosystem, which is why our absence from the list of rising startup hubs in a recent Center for American Entrepreneurship study