Collisions, Not Coincidences
If you are an investor, corporate leader, policymaker or founder, consider this your invitation. Join us at VC Fest and help create the next collision that moves Ohio forward.
Centers of Excellence: Support for Ohio Startups
If you're a founder in Ohio, the programming or advisory support to help you take your next step may be just a few clicks away.
How Should A Startup Size A Healthcare Market?
This cheat sheet exists to give you quick, sourced denominators for each of those four layers. These are the same layers that come up constantly in ICP definition, pricing and ROI discussions, and bottom-up TAM/SAM/SOM math.
Why Aren’t My Linkedin Posts Reaching More People?
If you use LinkedIn to promote your work or your organization, there is something worth understanding. Organic reach is not what it used to be. You can spend time creating a post, hit publish and stil [...]
Connecting Vision to Venture: Beyond Capital. Creating Opportunity.
When JumpStart created VC Fest in 2023, we started with a simple belief: if we could bring more founders and investors together, we could help more startups succeed.
What Small Business Owners Are Up Against Right Now
The biggest takeaway from the symposium was not a new product or program — it was a mindset shift: owners have better odds of success when they're not navigating alone.
Could Cleveland’s Next Great Entrepreneurs Be the Ones Who Buy Existing Businesses?
Nearly half of small business owners in this country are 55 or older, and only about a third have anything resembling a formal succession plan. Researchers have started calling this the Silver Tsunami.
How Do You Measure Small Business Success?
Most small business owners don't need a complete reinvention every year. They need consistent, incremental improvement.
What Does It Take to Build a Multi-Generational Family Business?
Successful family businesses must weigh both immediate value and multi-generational impact. Survival isn't about chasing trends — it's about adapting when necessary while protecting the family foundation that made the business successful in the first place.
How Can I Make Networking Actually Work for Me?
Knowing how to network and being intentional about it are two very different things. So let's dig into three ways to take your networking from surface-level interactions to something meaningful and purposeful.
