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🔒CT welcomes inaugural ‘Connect New England’

The first annual Connect New England was recently held at the Connecticut Convention Center in Hartford. This appointment-only trade show brought together planners, suppliers and experts who focus on New […]

🔒Low oil prices present early challenge to CT’s $7B gas expansion

When Connecticut launched its ambitious $7 billion, 10-year effort in 2014 to convert approximately 280,000 utility customers to natural gas, the plan's success hinged on federal government projections that oil prices would climb for the next decade or more.

🔒Oil dealers take fight to High Court

While natural gas conversions continue, an industry association of heating oil dealers hasn't given up its legal fight against the plan, which is causing its members to lose customers and revenue.

🔒CT legislature tried to stop the exportation of water. What’s next, air?

Creating an environment for job creation in Connecticut should be the No .1 goal for our elected officials, both on the local as well as state level.
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🔒Bank of America employees spend time with veterans

Bank of America employees from across Connecticut recently gathered to support Take a Vet Fishing, an organization...

🔒Private sector must lead innovation economy

State government-backed programs aimed at developing a more vibrant startup and entrepreneurial culture are smart policy because small businesses are the lifeblood of the economy, creating the majority of new jobs.

🔒Keys to using your intuition to make smart business decisions

“Put Your Intuition to Work — How to Supercharge Your Inner Wisdom to Think Fast and Make...

🔒Epner’s Hartford startup aims to ease C-suite headaches

Robert Epner drew on his successful experience as a chief operating officer for a multinational corporation to develop a software that makes C-suite executives' lives easier, particularly managing and implementing strategic plans, but also merger integrations or other initiatives in large, complex organizations — whether for-profit or nonprofit.
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🔒Communities compete for CT’s innovation places

Q&A talks with Glendowlyn L.H. Thames, director of small business innovation and CTNext, about the inception of innovation places, which aim to create a more vibrant startup culture in Connecticut.

🔒Entrepreneurial networking groups fuel CT’s startup culture

As Connecticut puts more focus on attracting and supporting startups, the state has begun to see the emergence of startup specific networking organizations.

🔒Three stages of a company’s growth

Growth is a given for business sustainability.

🔒Yale’s next vaccine platform

John Rose, professor of pathology at Yale University and director of its molecular virology program, is the man behind the science on which CaroGen's “virus-like vesicle” (VLV) vaccine platform is based.
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🔒Cromwell Commons plaza sold for $16.7M

The Cromwell Commons Shopping Center recently sold for $16.7 million, brokers say.

🔒Stanley Tools honors Build Your America winner

New Britain's Stanley Tools, in partnership with House of Heroes, honored its first 2016 Build Your America...

🔒Nonprofit Profile: CT Science Center

This year's 2016 Travelers Championship at TPC River Highlands in Cromwell focused its charitable efforts on ALS-related...

🔒Gilbane building company honored with 2016 Project Team Award

Glastonbury's Gilbane Building Company was recently honored by the Connecticut Building Congress with a Project Team Award...
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🔒Dual CEO Almassian tees up CaroGen’s next stage

Hartford Business Journal's year-long series on Connecticut's bioscience industry continues this week with a look at Farmington-based CaroGen and its co-founder Bijan Almassian.
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