Unlocked | A JumpStart Podcast

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.

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 episodeJumpStart Fridays kick off its Neighborhood Spotlight segment with Midtown Cleveland Inc. Joi Carter, Richard Barga and Chelsey Kovar talk about their organization's mission and how its programs and services help advance small businesses in the neighborhood to drive community development.

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 Lamont Mackley and Michael Elliot of Cleveland Neighborhood Progress discuss the importance of community development corporations to neighborhood advancement and how CDC resources assist in small business growth.

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, Tondi & Terrance Allen of Urban City Codes discuss the unmentioned challenges communities with insufficient tech resources face and how their organization is working to bridge the technology divide.

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 week's episode explores the unique challenges women face in entrepreneurship. Reverend Dr. Leah C.K. Lewis, J.D., CEO of Three Butterflies Entertainment & Press LLC, is joined by JumpStart's Gloria Ware and Tamika Otis for this inspiring conversation on personal and professional growth.

In this week's episode,  Camille Heard of FELOH and Charron Martin of Perfect Pineapple Wraps explore innovation in the beauty industry and discuss the unique challenges they face as Black female entrepreneurs.

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, Cathy Greene, owner of Cathy's Gourmet Ice Cream Sandwiches, and Danisha Anderson of Cleveland Flower Walls detail the challenges and achievements of their respective entrepreneurial journeys and how JumpStart's small business resources helped them gain traction.

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, Rashida VanLeer-McHargh of Iron Koi LLC explains how her own weight loss journey inspired her to start her own health and wellness studio, and shares some tips for keeping your fitness goals. JumpStart's Shanelle Johnson joins in to explain how JumpStart's small business assistance programs help transform ambitious goals into successful businesses like Iron Koi.

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, Angel Washington (the owner of Consult 2 Code) and her husband William Washington (founder of the Washington Wellness Institute) detail the unique challenges they often face as married entrepreneurs and how they manage to maintain a healthy work-life balance.

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, co-founder of Making A Difference Consulting and licensed social worker, Angela Flowers, examines the effects that the COVID-19 pandemic can have on mental health and how to combat stress as a business owner. JumpStart's Chris Smith joins the conversation to discuss his own entrepreneurial journey and explore how JumpStart's business assistance programming supports local entrepreneurs.

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, we connect with branding expert and owner of Auden & Co., Janae Bryson, who provides some branding best practices and advice for small businesses. JumpStart's Gabby Warshay joins the conversation to answer some small business FAQs and review how JumpStart's business assistance programming supports local entrepreneurs.

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, local restaurant owners, Jose Melendez of Melendez Catering and Tiwanna Scott-Williams of Pearl Flower Catering recount the challenges they've faced and creative pivots they've made to maintain their businesses in one of the heaviest hit industries of 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 this week's episode, Cleveland entrepreneur James Barnes tells the story of how he transformed his business idea into a successful enterprise as the President and Founder of Immaculate Cleaning Company. JumpStart's Chris Smith joins in to explain how our business assistance programming can help support and boost the entrepreneurial ambitions of small business owners across northern Ohio.

Shashonna Duckworth, Ted Carter and Armond Budish share information about programs and initiatives aimed at supporting entrepreneurs of color in Cleveland.

Business owners Darrell McNair, Anjua Maximo and Ras Asan talk about the successes and setbacks on the entrepreneurial journey.

Guests Erica Penick, Tamika Otis, and Ella Frye discuss the history of civil rights and entrepreneurship, and how growth is necessary to build a productive economy in Cleveland.

Ron Stubblefield talks to Aja Hardy, Brooke Sinclair and Charles Ross about national trends impacting small business support ecosystems across the country and how some of those insights could be adopted locally.

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 11, we catch up with Arleesha Wilson, winner of the most recent Core City Cleveland: Impact Program Showcase, to recap her experience with the Impact Program and learn about her plans for the future of her business. JumpStart's Shanelle Johnson joins in to elaborate on the ins and outs of the Impact Program and the variety of other resources JumpStart provides to ambitious small business owners.

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, Monica Grays (owner of 2nd Semester Consignment Shop) revisits her entrepreneurial journey and shares how she took advantage of a unique funding solution to grow her business. Dora Rankin of Honeycomb Credit joins the conversation to discuss the benefits of debt crowdfunding.

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 9, JumpStart's Lamont Mackley and Cleveland Urban League's Shashonna Duckworth take a deep-dive into the importance of focusing on diversity, equity and inclusion to drive positive, lasting effects in small businesses (and the business sector as a whole).

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, two leaders of Cleveland's local fashion scene—Charron Martin, owner and founder of Perfect Pineapple head wraps and  Sharia Livingston, owner and founder of Living Rich Apparel—discuss their entrepreneurial journeys, advice and resources they've received and how they stay motivated in an ever-changing industry.

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, Katy Fuerst from HFLA of Northeast Ohio joins JumpStart's Patty Ajdukiewicz to review and discuss a myriad of frequently asked questions aspiring entrepreneurs have (and potential issues they may face) when financing new ventures or seeking access to capital for growing small businesses.

In this week's episode, owner and founder of Urban Kutz barbershop, Waverly Willis walks us through the highs and lows of his entrepreneurial journey. JumpStart's Patrick Kucharson joins the conversation to detail how local services, like JumpStart's business assistance programming, support ambitious business owners like Waverly.

In this episode, JumpStart's Gloria Ware partners with our friends at the Stark County Urban League and Newbridge Cleveland to teach listeners an alternative leadership practice that can change the way we view the workforce. Listen in as we tackle Trauma-Informed Care and its positive effects on your business.

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 4, we hear two recent success stories from graduates of JumpStart's Core City: Impact Program. Barbara Bradford, owner of J.B Grill, and Lisa McGuthry of Our Little Things Boutique walk listeners through their entrepreneurial journeys and share how COVID-19 has impacted their businesses.

Michael Elliot, Director of the Neighborhood Economic Development and Benjamin Collinger of the Greater Cleveland Partnership introduces a new resource for aspiring business owners to build and accelerate successful businesses.

WOVU JumpStart Fridays - Ron Stubblefield & Pauly Suchy by JumpStart Inc.

Hoa shares her personal story, talks about how she and her husband Ryan turned their big idea into a viable business and provides her candid perspective on what it takes to succeed as a founder in Ohio. This conversation is the first in JumpStart's new “Founders Unfiltered” series, featuring honest and informative conversations with the entrepreneurs who are rethinking what is possible and creating the businesses of the future.