Small Business Grantfinding: 10 Things You Need to Know About Grant & Proposal Writing
Grant writing is a comprehensive approach to securing public funding. The process can be simple and pragmatic, yet precise language can make the difference between an award and a decline. 10 Things You Need to Know About Grant & Proposal Writing for Small Businesses helps prepare organizations to “get grant ready”. In this course, small
Cleveland Small Business Impact Program Showcase
On Wednesday, May 3rd, you’re invited to meet the graduating cohort of JumpStart’s Small Business Impact Program at their culminating showcase. This event will be a demo-day-style pitch competition where program participants will use their new knowledge and skills to present their business to a panel of judges for a chance to take home up
Founders Unfiltered: A Conversation with Camille Heard
Camille Genise Heard is the co-founder and CEO of FELOH [Fell-Oh], a conscious and inclusive social marketplace just for beauty. She has led FELOH through idea, market validation and product development, and is currently working with her growing team to scale the company. Additionally, as Entrepreneur-In-Residence at JumpStart, Camille serves her startup clients by applying
Northwest Ohio Small Business Impact Program Showcase
On Wednesday, May 10th, you’re invited to meet the graduating cohort of JumpStart’s Small Business Impact Program at their culminating showcase. This event will be a demo-day-style pitch competition where program participants will use their new knowledge and skills to present their business to a panel of judges for a chance to take home up
Webinar: Finding Funding – Startup Capital Beyond Angels and VCs
From the moment that a startup is established, raising funding becomes the #1 goal. Is Angel or VC money the only way to go? What other funding options are out there? Hosted by Shadi Yazdan of SY Strategy, this session will cover the following tactics to help founders consider alternatives beyond the norm, including: A
WEBINAR: The Buyer Experience
How often are you actually selling to customers? More often than not, you are working with them to streamline their buying of your goods or services. That process is the buyer experience, and creating a buying experience that resonates well with your customers is a necessity. But what is Buyer Experience? And how do I
Pitch Cypher
Connect with Cleveland’s innovation movement at Pitch Cypher, a tech-focused pitch event bringing together founders, creatives and start-up insiders over good music and drinks. Join us at Re:bar in Downtown Cleveland on March 30th for the first meetup of the year in a series of events focused on elevating Cleveland’s BIPOC tech trailblazers. Register today
Conversando con la Comunidad: Mujeres Emprendedoras
Únase a nosotros para celebrar El Mes Internacional De La Mujer en un evento especial con emprendedoras latinas e hispanas en Cleveland. Conoce más acerca de sus desafíos y oportunidades y escucha de empresarias latinas e hispanas locales acerca de su experiencia estableciendo y creciendo sus negocios en Cleveland. Conecte con los miembros de la
Webinar: From Owner to Employer
Are you taking the leap and hiring your first employee, or thinking about it? Join Laura Anderson of Brigham Hill Management for a webinar on the basics of human resources, learn how to hire your first employee, and set up your business’ HR Operations for team growth. Topics of discussion will include: Justifications for Hire,
Webinar: Why Buy You? Creating and Optimizing Your Brand Promise
A company’s brand promise is critically important – it provides clients and prospects with the answer to “why buy from you.” Learn how to create a value proposition and a brand promise that both sell in the marketplace and get your team excited and aligned internally. Come learn all of this in just two hours
Founders Unfiltered: A Conversation with Mark Woodka
Join us for Founders Unfiltered as we welcome, Mark Woodka, CEO of OnShift, a leading HR platform for senior living facilities. Over the past 6 months, his Cleveland-based company has achieved some major milestones including joining forces with ShiftKey, the country’s largest platform for connecting healthcare contractors with open shifts and a new partnership with
Holiday Mixer with JumpStart & Young Latino Network
As this year comes to an end, we invite you to join us at our upcoming Holiday Mixer, in partnership with Young Latino Network (YLN). Join us for food, drinks and music on December 9th at Phunkenship. Wear your favorite ugly holiday sweater and visit the small business booths to complete some of your holiday