Venture Showcase on ZOOM! will feature the top startups from reSET’s Impact Accelerator, a group of talented, impact-minded entrepreneurs, as they pitch their business ideas to the public and compete for up to $10,000 of award money to continue growing their business in Hartford.
Read MoreIn normal times, Connecticut and the nation would have observed the convergence of national Small Business Week and international Economic Development Week to begin the month of May. This year, due to the coronavirus pandemic, the official observance highlighting small businesses across the country did not take place, even as the focus on economic development and the fate of small businesses sharpened in Connecticut and nationwide.
Read MoreInsureTech Connect (ITC) has announced that Connecticut resident Mee-Jung Jang has joined the international organization’s leadership team as President. Jang brings to ITC a broad set of experiences driven by her diverse interests. Among them: being the managing director of a seed stage fund, founder and CEO of her own startup, quant hedge fund analyst, corporate IP attorney, and published book author
Read MoreIt seems that prospective entrepreneurial businesses and start-up ventures just keep on coming. To Hartford. reSET, a non-profit organization supporting social entrepreneurs, has announced the acceptance of 16 Connecticut-based startups into their 2020 Impact Accelerator
Read MoreThe general absence of personal financial content in schools, coupled with the growing burden of student debt and an economy increasingly reliant on less permanent, part time jobs, is – understandably - causing significant financial stress for many millennials. A youth-driven Fairfield start-up, with roots at Sacred Heart University, is looking to fill the gap.
Read MoreConnecticut does not have county government, unlike virtually every other state in the nation. The closest we come to regionalism – a word that has traditionally drawn ire in the Land of Steady Habits – are regional councils of government, designated in state statute but not county governments.
Read MoreThe Bridgeport/Stamford/Norwalk region is the nation’s 10th most unequal metro area by income, according to data highlighted by a national website, in a “snapshot of income inequality around the U.S.”
Read MoreOne bank’s merger is apparently another’s opportunity. With the recent consolidation of some key players in Connecticut’s banking market, new players – large and smaller - from neighboring New York are joining, and growing, on the financial landscape of the Constitution State.
Read MoreConnecticut Innovations, the state’s quasi-public business investment organization that invests in technology, health-care and manufacturing companies in the state, is joining the state’s innovators where they live.. in New Haven.
Read MoreUtah has the lowest average student debt among the 50 states, at $18,838. That is two times lower than in Connecticut, the state with the highest, at $38,510.
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