What Does It Take To Be Successful In Tech?
Cleveland.com asked three women in tech what it takes for women to be successful in their industry at Cleveland’s Startup Scaleup event on Tuesday. The answer? The same thing as it takes for men be successful, Gerri Kahnweiler, founding partner of InvestHER, a venture capital firm with a focus on women. You need to be hardworking, and willing
cleveland.com Facebook Live Interview: Mike Malley And Christie Murdoch
How do brick and mortar businesses stay competitive in the time of Amazon? cleveland.com chatted with Mike Malley of Malley’s Chocolates and Christie Murdoch of Banyan Tree at Startup Scaleup in Gordon Square.
cleveland.com Facebook Live Interview: Monique Woodard And Gerri Kahnweiler
cleveland.com talks about women in tech with female venture capitalists at Startup Scaleup.
Startup Scaleup 2018 Speaker: Diversity Needed In Entrepreneur Ranks
Entrepreneurs who don’t look like Facebook founder Mark Zuckerberg often ask venture capitalist Monique Woodard if they will have a harder time getting funding because they are female, a person of color or older than 40. “I say, you don’t have any choice, do you?” Woodard said Tuesday to an audience at Startup Scaleup, the
Startup Scaleup Event Draws In Cleveland’s Entrepreneurs
Cleveland’s JumpStart hosted its fourth annual StartUp ScaleUp conference today to celebrate the region’s entrepreneurs. The day-long event featured panels and interactive activities facilitating entrepreneurial growth, funding and finding talent. Ray Leach is the CEO of JumpStart, the event’s organizer. He says the goal of the conference is to educate attendees, but also to promote
Startup Scaleup To Bring In Female Tech Pros To Cleveland
Women are not fairly represented in the tech world. And that’s a problem – for women, of course, and for men, too. If investors shut down women’s ideas, you miss out on what could become your favorite phone app, or a product to make your life easier. If venture capitalists don’t include women in decision
Startup Scaleup To Bring In Female Tech Pros To Cleveland
Women are not fairly represented in the tech world. And that’s a problem – for women, of course, and for men, too. If investors shut down women’s ideas, you miss out on what could become your favorite phone app, or a product to make your life easier. If venture capitalists don’t include women in decision making, you lose the
Personal View: Entrepreneurs, Small Business Owners Know Nobody Grows Alone
In 2015, JumpStart launched a festival-style summer event called Startup Scaleup. Our idea was to bring together all the different people we work with — tech founders, investors, small business owners, corporate leaders, public sector leaders and the heads of major philanthropic and nonprofit organizations. Clearly these people have different goals and objectives in their day
Hillman Accelerator Grad Gives Health Care Devices An Efficiency Score
Health care equipment is crucial. It’s often expensive, undergoes significant wear-and-tear and then, doesn’t get the quality service it needs. Enter Ilerasoft, which aims to fix those problems. Co-founded Kwaku Owusu, who also serves as the company’s CEO, Ilerasoft utilizes its “Efficiency Score” to provide insight into a medical tool’s state. Functioning much like a
8 Cleveland Leaders Fly To Toronto To Learn How To Make Cleveland Blockland
Cleveland car mogul Bernie Moreno flew an all-star group of Cleveland leaders on his private plane to Toronto with one goal: get them to go all in on blockchain. The goal wasn’t to get the high-ranking officials in business development and higher education to say “yes” to looking into it — Moreno wanted a commitment.
CoverMyMeds’ Proposed Franklinton HQ Represents ‘Huge Deal’ For Urban Core, City Says
CoverMyMeds’ plans to build a $100 million headquarters campus in west Franklinton to accommodate more than 1,000 new jobs would be the biggest office expansion near the city’s center since American Electric Power Company Inc. built its headquarters, according to Columbus officials. Read the full story at Columbus Business First.
Ideas Feature: Startup Scaleup
JumpStart President Cathy Belk and PearlFlower Catering Founder and Startup Scaleup speaker Tiwanna Scott-Williams discussed the event with ideastream earlier this week.