October 8, 2018 EditionEdition

Politics & Policy

🔒Michelle Riordan-Nold | Executive Director, Connecticut Data Collaborative

The Connecticut Data Collaborative (CTData) was recently named the state's official data source for the 2020 U.S. Census, a feather in the cap of Executive Director Michelle Riordan-Nold, who's spent most of her career analyzing numbers.
Hospitality & Tourism

🔒Millennial-driven groups’ pro-Hartford sentiments aim to woo young professionals

Millennial-driven groups are sprouting up in Hartford and the suburbs to change the image of, and woo young professionals to, the city and region.
News

🔒The Simon Konover Co. supports Hole in the Wall Gang Camp

The Simon Konover Co. was recently the lead sponsor of the 10th anniversary of the Camp Challenge...
Politics & Policy

🔒2018 gubernatorial candidate interviews

Hartford Business Journal kicks off coverage of the gubernatorial candidates, spotlighting where they stand on issues important to the business community.
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News

🔒YHB employees collect backpacks for students

The employees of West Hartford's YHB Investment Advisors Inc. recently collected backpacks for “The Town That Cares”...
Politics & Policy

🔒Where gubernatorial candidates stand on CRDA

Hartford Business Journal asked the three major gubernatorial candidates about their views of the Capital Region Development Authority and some of the key assets it oversees, including the XL Center.
Manufacturing

🔒Producers say CT’s Manufacturing Innovation Fund helping sector’s ramp up

The state's producers say Connecticut's manufacturing Innovation Fund is helping the sector's ramp up.
Sports & Outdoors

🔒Sports help city, region live up to ‘Hartford Has It’ brand promise

Yes, it took years and multiple ill-fated marketing slogans — including the current “Hartford Has It” campaign — that were doomed from the get-go.
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Education

🔒Four tactics to attract and retain manufacturing talent

Attracting and retaining top talent for the manufacturing industry is more challenging than ever.
Accounting

🔒Progressive Democratic businessman Lamont seeks tradeoffs with CT employers

In his campaign for governor, Democrat Ned Lamont has emphasized his management style, mixture of business and progressive sensibilities, and promise of modest tax relief for residents and companies.
News

🔒How to manage a sales team

“The Sales Boss — The Real Secret to Hiring, Training and Managing a Sales Team” by Jonathan...
Economic Development

🔒CT must ease regulatory environment

In previous columns, I touched on reforming our land-use regulatory environment as one way to jumpstart Connecticut and get our economy on a growth path.
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Nonprofits

🔒Nonprofit Notebook —October 8, 2018

The Hartford Foundation for Public Giving has launched a new investment arm that will include collaborative investments...
News

🔒Wealth transfers won’t raise working families’ prospects

The HBJ wrote a story Aug. 28 (“Report: Despite rising wages for working class, more help needed”) describing a policy report published by Connecticut Voices for Children, a New Haven-based nonprofit that pushes progressive policies.
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🔒Funeral Directors Association honors veterans

Marking the 10-year anniversary of their partnership, the Connecticut Funeral Directors Association (CFDA) and the Connecticut State...
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