Meet Our Team: Mery Sanchez, Latino/Hispanic Deal Flow Analyst

As the Latino/Hispanic Deal Flow Analyst, Mery Sanchez helps Latino entrepreneurs develop business plans and business ideas, and guides them through the process of building their companies. She is responsible for connecting clients with other support resources in the community that can also contribute to this process. Mery is passionate about providing Northeast Ohio’s Latino/Hispanic

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Entrepreneur Spotlight: Saidah Farrell, Marshmallow of the Month Club

Business growth looks different for every entrepreneur. For some, it could mean product diversification or entering new markets, for others it could mean opening a storefront or upgrading technology. For Saidah Farrell, owner of Marshmallow of the Month Club, growing her company that creates subscription boxes of artisan marshmallows, freshly baked graham crackers and chef-inspired

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Meet Our New Head of Human Resources and Culture

We’re excited to introduce the newest member of JumpStart’s team, John Grace. He is an HR expert with years of experience in all types of businesses, from small startups to Fortune 500 companies. As JumpStart’s Partner of HR & Culture, he will be providing coaching and leadership development training to our team, while leading employee

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JumpStart Employee Spotlight: Allison Zupan

JumpStart Senior Administrative Assistant Allison Zupan spends her time working closely with the CEO and Senior Leadership staff to ensure administrative needs are met, managing Board of Director relations and assisting the Development department in report writing and donor correspondence. Recently, we sat down with Allison to ask her five questions about her life and

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JumpStart Employee Spotlight: Lee Poseidon

JumpStart Senior Partner, Entrepreneurial Services & Investing Lee Poseidon spends his days helping startup and scaleup entrepreneurs identify, focus on, and execute against their key, value-driving, business priorities. He also leads both JumpStart’s talent and mentoring operations and his decades of experience growing and managing businesses in a wide variety of sectors makes his advice

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JumpStart Employee Spotlight: Gloria Ware

JumpStart Principal, Inclusion Gloria Ware spends her time leading the development and implementation of JumpStart’s inclusive entrepreneurship strategy. She brings a wealth of finance and business development expertise to the organization, along with a true passion for community engagement. Recently, we sat down with Gloria to ask her five questions about her life and work

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JumpStart Employee Spotlight: Nick Worner

JumpStart Content Marketing Specialist Nick Worner is a professional writer—but he’s also picked up a few other tricks along the way. Over the last decade, Nick has worked in a diverse range of disciplines including print journalism, public/media relations, technical writing, non-profit strategic communication and most recently, content marketing. Over the years he’s also pulled

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JumpStart Employee Spotlight: Jaclyn Sommers

JumpStart Market Research Analyst Jaclyn Sommers spends her time helping entrepreneurs in Northeast Ohio gather and analyze good data in order to validate their assumptions about their products, services and target markets. Recently, we sat down with Jaclyn to ask her five questions about her life and work at JumpStart: How has JumpStart helped you

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