February 10, 2020Edition

Small Business

🔒Azitra CEO Andrews sees bright future in clear skin

At its best, the biotech startup ecosystem is populated by some of the world’s smartest and more industrious problem-solvers willing to put in countless hours with the goal of improving people’s lives and health.
Politics & Policy

🔒Blink, and you’ll miss the 2020 legislative session

The 2020 General Assembly is now in session and scheduled to end May 6. Blink, and you’ll miss it.
Manufacturing

🔒The future is in leisure industry, not manufacturing

In 2015, candidate Donald Trump promised to bring back manufacturing jobs to the U.S. economy. But in reality, the real future growth industry is leisure, not manufacturing.
Economic Development

🔒Interstate no-poaching compact puts CT at disadvantage

Economic incentives are once again front and center in Connecticut’s public policy debate with the Lamont administration officially unveiling its new strategy to reward companies that create jobs in high-growth industries.
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Real Estate & Construction

🔒$30M redevelopment would bring apartments, upgrades to South Windsor’s Geissler’s plaza

Farmington developer Prospect Enterprises LLC acquired South Windsor’s Geissler’s plaza almost a decade ago with aspirations of recasting the property into a mixed-use development.
Politics & Policy

CT state lawmakers among delinquent taxpayers

With the 2020 legislative session officially underway, state lawmakers will need to tackle Connecticut’s fiscal and economic challenges. But some legislators are also struggling to get their own fiscal house in order.
Manufacturing

🔒CT companies spend billions on research and development, but some say state should incentivize more of it

Some of Connecticut's most prominent manufacturers are focusing on innovation with investment into research and development.
Politics & Policy

🔒Keno is becoming CT Lotto’s ace in the hole

Bridgeport’s Daybreak Doughnuts is known to customers for its sweet breakfast treats. It’s also known to the Connecticut Lottery Corp. (CLC) as a top-tier revenue producer.
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Health Care

🔒Med-tech startups will test wares on Greater Hartford patients

Belgian startup founder and CEO Sylvie De Smet wanted to break her company, FamilyEye, into the U.S. market when she was selected to participate in Upward Lab’s startup accelerator program last year.
Health Care

🔒Starling Physicians’ businessman CEO choice underscores corporatization of healthcare industry

When Starling Physicians decided late last year to appoint businessman Jim Faircloth as its new CEO, it wasn’t just a leadership change for the multispeciality medical group. It was a paradigm shift.
Small Business

🔒CI’s VentureClash pitch competition fades as startup incubators take on larger role

After four years, the state’s quasi-public venture capital arm is ending its $5-million annual pitch competition, which brought to Connecticut startups from more than a dozen countries.
Economic Development

🔒After quarter-century drought, new apartments bloom in Wethersfield

Prior to 2018, the town of Wethersfield went more than a quarter-century without any new apartment construction.
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