Meet Brandyn Armstrong, With His Portable Music Studio: Startup Scaleup
CLEVELAND, Ohio — Brandyn Armstrong, rapper, singer — and recording-device entrepreneur? It could happen, judging from his portable recording studio product, trio of advisers and drive. Armstrong is among the budding tech businessmen and women who will speak at JumpStart’s Startup Scaleup event on June 28. A longtime singer and rapper, Armstrong’s tough childhood in East
Meet Bob Sopko, Startup Guru Extraordinaire: Startup Scaleup
CLEVELAND, Ohio — Case Western Reserve University students, or anyone who drops by the school with a dream of making a product into a business, gets the benefit of Bob Sopko’s counsel. So do entrepreneurs launching their ventures through the Youngstown Business Incubator. Now you can see why he’s sought out, because Sopko will be among
JumpStart’s Second Annual Startup Scaleup Coming Next Week
CLEVELAND, Ohio – For the second year, JumpStart Inc. and some of its closest partners are taking over Gordon Square for Startup Scaleup, an all-day festival-style event celebrating Northeast Ohio’s entrepreneurs and resources to help small business owners. The June 28 event is a follow-up to last year’s inaugural event that drew about 1,200 people to
Got A Great Tech Idea, Clevelanders? Become A Startup Entrepreneur
We’re in the Rust Belt, right, where industry dies? A hive of business leaders, financiers and go-getters are determined to prove that idea as wrong as the notion that Cleveland can’t win a major sports championship. If you have a business idea, now’s your chance to pitch it — or at least learn how to try. Cleveland nonprofit
Meet Some Of Cleveland’s Innovators
Every city has its champions, its innovative leaders – those who, no matter their work, embody the spirit of their city and help drive progress and inclusivity forward. And Cleveland is full of them. From June 14-17, Forward Cities leaders will meet in Cleveland to explore how to drive inclusive innovation. Out of town participants
JumpStart’s Second Annual Startup Scaleup Event Will Take Over Cleveland’s Gordon Square Arts District On June 28
Presented by PNC Bank, Startup Scaleup 2016 Will Feature More Than 40 Sessions At 15 Different Venues, Connecting Northeast Ohio Startups And Small Businesses With The Knowledge And Resources They Need To Grow
ELITE Entrepreneur Sam Rajan Of CoverMyMeds
Sam Rajan was working as a pharmacist for a pharmacy benefits manager (PBM) and frequently witnessed patients with major illnesses abandon their request for prescription therapy because they did not know how to complete prior authorization (PA). He spoke to patient support groups to understand the root cause. It was simple. They were frustrated because
Startups Scoop Up Venture For America Fellows
BoxCast has already hired five fresh college graduates through the Venture for America program. And CEO Gordon Daily says he may very well hire another from this year’s graduating class. He loves the Venture for America program. Loves it. After all, the national fellowship program has provided his Cleveland-based startup company with a steady pipeline
Salem Awarded Economic Development Services
Salem has been selected as one of three Missouri communities to receive the Community Foundation of the Ozarks’ first-ever economic development grant, which could be worth over $100,000 to each community over a three-year period. Salem, along with Marshfield and Sarcoxie, is an inaugural participant in the Growth in the Rural Ozarks program, a three-year
Top Workplaces 2016: Midsize Employer, CoverMyMeds
This healthcare company can only go upstream with its “you be you” philosophy and collaborative inclinations. Chase EuJene McCants went conservative when he started work at CoverMyMeds nearly five years ago. He took out his facial piercings. He buttoned up—and tucked in—his shirt, sleeves down to cover his tattoos. The work cover-up was something he
JumpStart Inc.’s Focus Fund Makes The Case For Inclusion
Fast Company is encouraged by the progress of the $10 million Focus Fund for women and minority entrepreneurs, which is led by Cleveland-based JumpStart Inc. The Focus Fund made its first call for business plans in January, according to the story. It has been “inundated with hundreds of applications,” says Ray Leach, CEO of JumpStart. “There’s pretty
JumpStart Announces $10 Million Fund For Women And Minority Tech Startups In Ohio
A Cleveland nonprofit has pledged half a million dollars to 20 different tech startups run by women or minorities through a public-private source called The Focus Fund. The partnership is led by Cleveland-based non-profit JumpStart alongside the Ohio Third Frontier, The Case Foundation and Cuyahoga County. Eligible tech businesses must be headed by women or