Meet the Cohort: 5 Stark County Entrepreneurs Growing Through JumpStart’s Impact Program
The Small Business Services Team is pleased to present the entrepreneurs in cohort four – a hardworking, high-potential group of Stark County’s finest.
JumpStart Announces the Inaugural Cohort of New ScaleReady Program
To support established business owners who are ready to grow beyond Northeast Ohio, we’ve expanded the continuum of education JumpStart offers entrepreneurs with a new program – ScaleReady.
The Cleveland Impact Program Kicks Off Cohort 24 – Meet the Participants
Smart entrepreneurs know that sharpening their business skills is part and parcel to long term success. Taking advantage of free resources such as JumpStart’s Small Business Impact Program can [...]
Stark County Business Owner Nina Parr Wins $10K at The Impact Program Pitch Competition
On May 13, Nina Parr, owner of ParrTakeNCare – a local small business which specializes in weight loss & body waxing – took home the top prize of $10K at the 3rd Stark County Impact Program Showc [...]
Sonya Patel’s PUR Spices Wins $20K at The Impact Program Pitch Competition
On May 7, Sonya Patel, owner of PUR Spices, a globally inspired, Cleveland-based company offering a range of small-batch sauces, spices, and craveable snacks like freeze-dried fruits and vegetables, [...]
Impacto Welcomes Its Seventh Cohort Small Business Owners
Bilingual entrepreneurs can encounter unique challenges when starting and scaling their small businesses in Northeast Ohio. Along with our partners at the Hispanic Business Center, we facilitate busin [...]
Introducing the 3rd Cohort of the Stark County Impact Program
Recently, JumpStart revived business support operations in the greater Canton area. With funding from the Stark Community Foundation and the Stark Economic Development Board, JumpStart established a [...]
Introducing the 23rd Cohort of the Cleveland Small Business Impact Program
JumpStart’s Small Business Impact Program is an intensive accelerator designed to equip entrepreneurs with the support they need to grow their businesses. Over the course of 12 weeks, entrepreneurs [...]
Local Business Owner Shay Searcy Wins $10K at the Impact Program Pitch Competition
On December 3rd, Brensha “Shay” Searcy, owner of Be Browed Etcetera Permanent Makeup Studio & Academy, the only one of its kind in Cleveland, won the top prize of $10K at the 22nd Small Business I [...]
Local Entrepreneur Creates Gymnastics Program, Turning Her Dreams Into Reality
We all start somewhere – maybe it’s a dream we had since childhood, or an idea that struck when we were in school, or even a side gig that turned into a full-time venture. For Kanisha Harwell, owner o [...]
