Follow Live Sessions At Entrepreneurship Event Startup Scaleup In Live Video

Today, entrepreneurs are gathering in Cleveland’s Gordon Square neighborhood for Startup Scaleup, a daylong business-focused event. Attendees will attend workshops, panel discussions and networking opportunities all aimed at building companies in Northeast Ohio. See highlights from our coverage on social media (details below). Highlights from the lineup of speakers and panelists are AJ Hyland, the

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Cathy Belk & Anuja Maximo on WKYC

JumpStart is a business that helps local entrepreneurs “jumpstart” their careers here in Cleveland. Since 2003, JumpStart has offered services like business assistance, mentoring, scale up services & more. Joining the show today to talk more about the opportunities at JumpStart are Cathy Belk, President of JumpStart, and Anuja Maximo from GrooveRyde. This story originally

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Company Designs Device To Crack Down On Opioid Overdoses

Opioid overdoses continue to rise all over the nation. One local company has developed a drug-free solution that could help those battling addiction. SPR Therapeutics is releasing a device called SPRINT. “This is the SPRINT peripheral nerve stimulation system,” Maria Bennett, CEO & Founder of SPR Therapeutics said. It’s small in size but scientists believe this device could

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Case Western Reserve Students And Alumni Vie For Startup Money In New Morgenthaler-Pavey Competition

Case Western Reserve University students and recent alumni will compete for money for startup businesses in a new annual competition that honors legendary investor David Morgenthaler. JumpStart Inc. and the Morgenthaler family, with CWRU trustee and venture capitalist Bob Pavey, created the Morgenthaler-Pavey Startup Competition. Venture teams, each composed of at least one CWRU student

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Battling The ‘Bro’ Culture: Helping Women Entrepreneurs Win At Startup Scaleup

This year’s Startup Scaleup, the JumpStart’s all-day networking and expertise-sharing event for entrepreneurs and small businesses, has just added a panel provocatively called “Battling the Bro Culture: Being a Woman in the Startup World.” The conversation, scheduled from 12:15 to 1:15 p.m. Aug. 15 in the Near West Cafe in the Gordon Square Arts District, aims to help

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Neuros Medical Raises $20 Million To Fund Clinical Trial

Neuros Medical has raised $20 million that should allow the nerve stimulation company to finish a clinical trial involving 130 patients who suffer from post-amputation pain. The deal was led by U.S. Venture Partners of Menlo Park, Calif. The Willoughby-based company also received capital from Boston Scientific, Aperture Venture Partners of New York, Osage University Partners

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KeyBank Foundation Makes Historic $24 Million, Four-Year Commitment To JumpStart

“KeyBank Business Boost & Build Program, powered by JumpStart” will transform neighborhoods by helping microenterprise, startups, scaleups and community members thrive in Ohio and upstate New York The KeyBank Foundation today announced it has awarded JumpStart Inc. a four-year, $24 million grant to fuel the “KeyBank Business Boost & Build Program, powered by JumpStart” in communities across Ohio and

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