March 28, 2011 Edition - Hartford Business Journal

Small Business

At EasySeat, inventory is key

A key strategy to business success is finding a niche and serving it well. For David Evans,...

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Connolly | No. 16 Small / Medium Company Category

Working at Connolly means working for a company that values high standards in integrity, individual contribution, accountability...

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Hinckley, Allen & Snyder LLP | No. 12 Small / Medium Company Category

“We treat our employees fairly and respectfully, and we provide tools to help them succeed in their...

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Game on: Secondary ticket sellers score | Different philosophies, similar goals put two CT entrepreneurs on fast track

Two Central Connecticut entrepreneurs are riding the rising tide of online ticket reselling, turning small investments into...

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Fiduciary Investment Advisors LLC | No. 14 Small / Medium Company Category

“FIA is always looking for ways to engage, educate and please its employees,” says Sarah Wolfe, a...

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LAW FIRM MARKS 10 YEARS

Law firm McCarter & English celebrated the 10th anniversary of it Hartford office March 16 with a...

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GE pulls plug on UConn edgelab

Fairfield-based General Electric is ending its edgelab accelerator program at the University of Connecticut School of Business...

Economy & Labor

State ignoring visa program aimed at foreign investors

As Connecticut’s economy continues to recover at a snail’s pace, public officials and businesses are showing interest...

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Yale-New Haven Hospital meeting needs of employees on around-the-clock basis | No. 1 Large Company Category

With 8,500 employees working in a facility that operates 24 hours a day, seven days a week,...

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Door-to-door sales just not like old days

I considered organizing a little side business, where I would knock on residential doors, offering to read...

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Excellence is a habit at Best Places to Work

The Best Places to Work in Connecticut program puts companies through the wringer. As the description of...

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Tauck | No. 18 Small / Medium Company Category

“Everyone shares the same corporate values,” says Sharyn Cannon, senior vice president at Tauck, the travel services...

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Digitas | No. 8 Small / Medium Company Category

“Digitas puts its people first. When you work at a Digitas office, you work among friends who...

Economy & Labor

MoverS & Shakers

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Charter Oak Insurance & Financial Services Co. | No. 5 Small / Medium Company Category

“We’re all part of one big family here,” explains Brendan Naughton, general agent for Charter Oak Insurance...

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Benefits of Korea trade deal still a coming attraction for Connecticut

TO THE EDITOR: The recent (March 21) article on the benefits to Connecticut from the free...

Economy & Labor

Converting website visits to sales a challenge

Q&A talks email marketing strategy with Neil Rosen, CEO of eWayDirect, a full service e-marketing service provider...

Real Estate & Construction

Contractors unhappy over state’s shift to reverse auctions

Businesses will vie against each other openly for contracts to provide goods and services to Connecticut’s governments...

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Landscape shifts in Waterbury

Despite cross-town rival St. Mary’s Hospital on the verge of obtaining a game-changing multimillion cash injection, Waterbury...

Economy & Labor

In selling, it pays to work from the top down

Salespeople usually take the course of least resistance. In other words, we don’t want to hear the...

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PPI Benefit Solutions | No. 6 Small / Medium Company Category

“Our success is based on communication,” says Maria Scarpa, executive vice president of PPI Benefit Solutions. “We...

Technology

Medical community wrestling with technology | Doctors finally moving to electronic records but not without high costs and heartburn

Picking the right software is like selecting a mate. First, you look out. Next, you check out....

Technology

Upgrades an important factor in purchasing decision

Like any other IT product, an electronic medical records software that’s good today can be outdated tomorrow....

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Icon International Inc. | No. 20 Small / Medium Company Category

“Icon is a great place to work because it has an amazing entrepreneurial spirit,” explains Dawn Montelione,...

Economy & Labor

In building contacts, quality trumps quantity

When we were growing up, most of us learned to live by the Golden Rule: Do unto...

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Pullman & Comley LLC | No. 7 Small / Medium Company Category

“Our success comes from having a wonderful very stable group of people in the firm,” says D....

Nonprofits

Transparency, accountability prompt nonprofit’s reboot

In the current economy, accountability and transparency have become essential realities for many organizations, particularly in the...

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Harco Laboratories Inc. | No. 10 Small / Medium Company Category

“Harco has grown significantly over the past decade but we have maintained a family-oriented atmosphere,” explains Lindsay...

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The day of reckoning here for government

One thing that debt and yearly deficits at the national and state levels is forcing government to...

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OF NOTE

ROSA NAMED TO BOARD OF PORTUGESE COUNCIL Fernando G. Rosa, the deputy director of the Hartford...

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Relationships the key at Edward Jones | No. 2 Small / Medium Company Category

What makes Edward Jones a great place to work? According to Kevin Hylander, regional leader...

Small Business

At TicketNetwork, the value is in the connection

Don Vaccaro, founder and CEO of TicketNetwork, first got the idea to resell tickets in 1979 when...

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How the ranking process works:

Now in its sixth year, the Best Places to Work in Connecticut program was created by the...

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Kforce Inc. | No. 9 Small / Medium Company Category

“Treating people with trust and dignity is important in our cultural philosophy,” says Tom Hart, New England...

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Bingham McCutchen renovates space, keeps positive working environment | No. 1 Small / Medium Company Category

The complete renovation of the Hartford office of law firm Bingham McCutchen has altered the physical space...

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Private enterprise fix could save healthcare

Does America have a “grocery system”? An “automobile system?” A “tourism system”? The nation does, of...

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Miss Porter’s School | No. 19 Small / Medium Company Category

The “mission to educate young women to become informed, bold, resourceful and ethical global citizens” is accomplished...

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Comcast listens to its employees and responds | No. 3 Large Company Category

Comcast has been a Best Places to Work finalist for six consecutive years and the reason is...

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Dur-A-Flex Inc | No. 17 Small / Medium Company Category

Dur-A-Flex Inc., which offers seamless commercial and industrial flooring systems around the world, employees 70 people in...

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New England Financial Group | No. 13 Small / Medium Company Category

“Our number one attribute is our culture,” offers James Marlor, managing partner at New England Financial Group,...

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Pyramid Time Systems | No. 11 Small / Medium Company Category

“I think the key is to always look at doing things better,” says Martha Gallagher, human resources...

Banking & Finance

CT banks urge delay for swipe fee change

When $12 billion is at stake, the fight turns ugly fast. Efforts by the Federal Reserve...

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Creating a new image takes more than words

If Connecticut is open for business as Governor Malloy so loudly proclaims, that memo apparently never got...

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Bearingstar offers best of two worlds | Small / Medium Company Category

Bearingstar Insurance, a member of the Arbella Insurance Group, is a large company with a small office...

Advertising, Media & Marketing

Two books offer help managing time, charisma

“9 Steps to Work Less and Do More” by Stever Robbins (St. Martin’s Griffin, $14.99). ...

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Burns & McDonnell | No. 15 Small / Medium Company Category

“As a 100 percent employee-owned firm, our people are rewarded for performance and directly share in company...

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Engagement key at Robinson & Cole LLP | No. 5 Large Company Category

“We value all of our employees,” says John Lynch, managing partner at Hartford law firm Robinson &...

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Training and retention key at Shared Technologies | No. 3 Small / Medium Company Category

This is the second year Shared Technologies has been recognized as one of the Best Places to...

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COMBATTING SUBSTANCE ABUSE

Community Mental Health Affiliates’ Substance Abuse Action Council hosted its annual meeting March 16 at CMHA headquarters...

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NEWMAN’S OWN MAKES DONATIONS

The Newman’s Own Foundation presented more than $100,000 to various charities during the America East Conference Basketball...

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