JumpStart and WOVU 95.9FM have partnered to bring you JumpStart Fridays, a show focused on supporting small businesses and entrepreneurs in Cleveland. Over the coming weeks, you’ll hear from local business owners, business assistance and funding experts, community organizations and more as we dive into live and honest conversations about entrepreneurship.

In this week’s episode, Jumar Newell of Launch Arts Media and Leatron Twitty of My Smart Home Ohio provide insight on their entrepreneurial journeys and their valuable experience as members of JumpStart's Small Business Impact Program cohort.

JumpStart and WOVU 95.9FM have partnered to bring you JumpStart Fridays, a show focused on supporting small businesses and entrepreneurs in Cleveland. Over the coming weeks, you’ll hear from local business owners, business assistance and funding experts, community organizations and more as we dive into live and honest conversations about entrepreneurship.

In this episode, Eduardo Rodriguez, owner and founder of Café Social LatinoAmericano is joined by his son and café manager, Lalo Rodriguez, to discuss the unique challenges of opening a café during a pandemic and talk about the entrepreneurial support they received from JumpStart and other local business assistance service providers to get off the ground.

JumpStart and WOVU 95.9FM have partnered to bring you JumpStart Fridays, a show focused on supporting small businesses and entrepreneurs in Cleveland. Over the coming weeks, you’ll hear from local business owners, business assistance and funding experts, community organizations and more as we dive into live and honest conversations about entrepreneurship.

In this episode, Impact Program graduates Diane Linston, owner of Cleveland Cut & Sew, and Brittney Nichols of House of B Jewels, discuss the evolution of Cleveland's fashion scene and how their respective businesses are making an impact with the help of JumpStart’s small business support services.

JumpStart and WOVU 95.9FM have partnered to bring you JumpStart Fridays, a show focused on supporting small businesses and entrepreneurs in Cleveland. Over the coming weeks, you’ll hear from local business owners, business assistance and funding experts, community organizations and more as we dive into live and honest conversations about entrepreneurship.

In this episode, JumpStart’s Patrick Kucharson joins Sharia Livingston, the owner and founder of Living Rich and recent winner of the Cleveland Small Business Impact Program to share her entrepreneurial journey and review the support she received while working with JumpStart & other Cleveland organizations.

JumpStart and WOVU 95.9FM have partnered to bring you JumpStart Fridays, a show focused on supporting small businesses and entrepreneurs in Cleveland. Over the coming weeks, you’ll hear from local business owners, business assistance and funding experts, community organizations and more as we dive into live and honest conversations about entrepreneurship.

In this week’s episode, Amy Witzigreuter, the owner & founder of Witzi’s Raw Granola, dives into her son's health challenges that inspired her to began her business and how her participation in the Impact Program contributed to her continued success.

Marcus Harris, the Young Adult Resource Center Manager at YOU (Youth Opportunities Unlimited) discusses the work experiences and career exploration opportunities that his organization provides and dives into the importance of collaboration with Cleveland-area programs, like Access Tech, to holistically serve underprivileged communities.

JumpStart and WOVU 95.9FM have partnered to bring you JumpStart Fridays, a show focused on supporting small businesses and entrepreneurs in Cleveland. Over the coming weeks, you’ll hear from local business owners, business assistance and funding experts, community organizations and more as we dive into live and honest conversations about entrepreneurship.

This episode concludes JumpStart’s Neighborhood Spotlight series with Ohio City Inc.’s Ashley Shaw and Donna Grigonis-Bailey.  Ashley and Donna discuss how the combination of tourism and community engagement helped spur economic growth within Ohio City. Owner of Sauce the City Food Hall, Victor Searcy Jr, joins in to talk about the creativity and impact his business has had on the neighborhood.

We kick off the recently revived Founders Unfiltered series with Amy Husted, Chief Commercial Officer at Cleveland-based startup smallTalk.

Prior to joining smallTalk, Amy co-founded Komae, a Northeast Ohio startup that exited in 2019. Hear Amy’s personal story and find out how her journey from napkin to acquisition prepared her for a new chapter in her entrepreneurial career.

Featuring entrepreneurs from across Ohio, and the country, Founders Unfiltered uncovers the inspiring personal journeys of some of the tech founders on the forefront of innovation.

JumpStart and WOVU 95.9FM have partnered to bring you JumpStart Fridays, a show focused on supporting small businesses and entrepreneurs in Cleveland. Over the coming weeks, you’ll hear from local business owners, business assistance and funding experts, community organizations and more as we dive into live and honest conversations about entrepreneurship.

JumpStart Fridays' Neighborhood Spotlight segment continues with Joy Johnson, Executive Director of Burten, Bell, Carr to discuss the Kinsman community initiative, Box Spot, and how it has assisted small businesses in the community. Local entrepreneur, Olympia Robinson joins the conversation to talk about how the Box Spot initiative has impacted her business, iSpecz and how JumpStart’s resources helped her during the COVID-19 pandemic.

JumpStart and WOVU 95.9FM have partnered to bring you JumpStart Fridays, a show focused on supporting small businesses and entrepreneurs in Cleveland. Over the coming weeks, you’ll hear from local business owners, business assistance and funding experts, community organizations and more as we dive into live and honest conversations about entrepreneurship.

In episode 24, JumpStart Fridays continues its Neighborhood Spotlight series with the Famicos Foundation, outlining how its programs, services and revitalization efforts have made an impact on the Glenville community.

Karen Ross, owner of Cleveland Cold Brew in Glenville joins the conversation to discuss her entrepreneurial journey and how her business aims to bring jobs and increase community engagement.