The Core City: Cleveland program offers one-on-one assistance for anyone who owns a business in the city of Cleveland.
Core City: Cleveland offers free advising services to any entrepreneur or small business owner who lives or owns a business in the city of Cleveland. In these free sessions, JumpStart advisors will help you identify key tasks for your business, develop a plan for achieving them and access the people and resources you need to grow.
Core City: Cleveland is supported by the KeyBank Business Boost & Build program, the Cleveland Foundation and the City of Cleveland.
Interested in taking your Cleveland-based business to the next level? Our Core City: Cleveland Impact Program can provide you with the tools.
5 Companies. 12 Weeks. $20,000.
Twice a year, a cohort of five high-potential businesses join the Core City: Cleveland Impact Program, an intensive 12-week business assistance program designed to provide focused business advising, industry-specific mentoring and collaborative learning.
Each Impact Program cohort culminates in a demo day-style competition where every participant pitches to a panel of judges for a chance to take home a $10,000 grand prize (all other cohort participants receive $2,500).
More than 90% of the companies served by Core City: Cleveland have been African American led.
Core City: Cleveland is headquartered in the offices of JumpStart Inc., situated between Euclid and Carnegie, just east of E 66th Street.
By Car: Drive east on Euclid Ave. Right turn after E 66th Street.
By Bus: Ride the Healthline from Downtown to the E 66th Street Station.
By Car: Drive west on Carnegie Ave. Right turn after E 69th Street.
By Bus: Ride the Healthline from the Cleveland Clinic area to the E 69th Street Station.