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If you’re an entrepreneur looking for a way to finance a small business or grow an existing company, you’re likely feeling a little lost and confused. Many people have great ideas that could solve...
View ArticleCT Startup Focus Telecom Expense Management
Focus Telecom Expense Management co-owners (left to right): Michael Ciaburri, Joseph Picone, and Gianni Castaldo. Focus Telecom Expense Management co-owners Gianni Castaldo, Michael Ciaburri, and...
View ArticleTainted Shares Updates About the Startup
Tainted co-founders Andrea Cortez (far left) and Alyssa Haley (right) with a model. Innovation Destination Hartford spoke with Tainted Inc. Founder Andrea Cortez in February 2016. At that time, the...
View ArticleCT-Based Virtual CFO Startup TAAG
George Thomson is Founder of virtual CFO startup TAAG, LLC. A career in public accounting helped prepare George Thomson to launch his startup TAAG, LLC (Thomson Advisory and Analytics Group) in July...
View ArticleRelic Brewing Shares Updates About the Startup
Relic Brewing recently opened a new taproom at its location in Plainville, CT. (Photo courtesy Christine Dangelo) Innovation Destination Hartford met with Relic Brewing Owner and Head Brewer Mark...
View ArticleHartford Flavor Company Founders Share Updates
Where Are They Now? Follow Up with Hartford Flavor Company Co-Founders Lelaneia and Tom Dubay Innovation Destination Hartford spoke with Hartford Flavor Company Creatrix & Infusionary Lelaneia...
View ArticleCT Entrepreneur Shares Updates About Her Woman-Owned Business
Where Are They Now? Follow Up with Black Diamond Body Piercing Owner Georgina Schiavelli Black Diamond Body Piercing Owner Georgina Schiavelli. Innovation Destination Hartford spoke with Black Diamond...
View ArticleEntrepreneur Shares Updates About Her CT-Based Corset Business
Where Are They Now? Follow Up with Champagne Corsets & Designs Carol Stella Champagne Corsets & Designs, LLC Founder Carol Stella at one of the photoshoots where she collaborated with Aria’s...
View ArticleShe Means Business!
Join Upward Hartford and the Trinity College Women’s Leadership Council for She Means Business Thursday, May 3 from 5:30 to 7:00 p.m. at Upward Hartford. The event will include open networking and a...
View ArticleConnecticut Entrepreneur Founds Owner’s Representation Firm
Connecticut entrepreneur Jim Giuliano is Founder of Construction Solutions Group. Connecticut entrepreneur Jim Giuliano founded Construction Solutions Group (CSG) in September 2014. The company...
View ArticleHartford Entrepreneur Shares Updates About CONNetic Dance
Where Are They Now? Follow Up with CONNetic Dance Founder Carolyn Paine Connecticut entrepreneur Carolyn Paine is Founder, Director, and Choreographer of CONNetic Dance. (Photo courtesy Greg Bernier)...
View ArticleConnecticut Valley Brewing Company
The Connecticut Valley Brewing Team (left to right): Maxx McNall, Marketing Assistant; James Dodd; Cellerman, Andrew Blakeslee; Cellerman, Steve Palauskas, Owner; Ashley Blanchard, Director of...
View ArticleTrinity College President Discusses Entrepreneurship and Innovation
Joanne Berger-Sweeney, Trinity College President and Professor of Neuroscience. Innovation Destination Hartford spoke with Joanne Berger-Sweeney, Trinity College President and Professor of Neuroscience...
View ArticleWomen Business Founders Share Updates About InspireCorps
Where Are They Now? Follow Up with InspireCorps In June 2016, Innovation Destination Hartford spoke with InspireCorps Chief Innovation Officer Allison Holzer about launching a startup and the meaning...
View ArticleUpward Hartford CEO Encourages Women Entrepreneurs
Upward Hartford Founder & CEO Shana Schlossberg (left) was interviewed by Cynthia Dokas Whipple, Director of Graduate Support and Admissions at Covenant Prep School in Hartford at the She Means...
View ArticleHartford’s Groove Is Coming Back!
One year ago, I wrote in the Hartford Business Journal that “Hartford stands at a tipping point: Bankruptcy? Revival? Or both?” And I focused on how common negative perceptions must be rebutted. David...
View ArticleEntrepreneurship Hubs reSET and Upward Hartford Collaborate to Grow...
This story by Staff Writer John Stearns originally appeared in the Hartford Business Journal May 14, 2018 reSET—a staple of the Hartford coworking and business mentoring and accelerator scene for...
View ArticleStartup Advances Carbon-Zero Fuels Through UConn Partnership
This article by Jessica Mcbride, University of Connecticut, originally appeared in Phys.org April 25, 2018. Mattershift CEO Rob McGinnis (front) and UConn associate professor of chemical and biomedical...
View ArticleA Conversation with MetroHartford Alliance President and CEO David Griggs
MetroHartford Alliance investors gathered on May 5 at the Bushnell Center for the Performing Arts to welcome the Mr. and Mrs. David Griggs to Hartford. (Photo courtesy Nick Cinea Photography LLC) David...
View ArticleHartford-Based Hog River Brewing Shares Updates About the Startup
Hog River Brewing Company Founder and Owner Ben Braddock and his wife Joy look forward to opening their brewery in Hartford’s Parkville neighborhood in spring 2016. Innovation Destination Hartford...
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