Today, we are joined by SB Chatterjee, Acting Director of CTDotNet/ CTDevStartup, an organization of startup enthusiasts in CT who are interested in honing their programming skills among a community of like-minded peers. In this article, SB shares his experience, along with information on the group, and how you can get involved.

The Grab Bag has always been the signature work of Independent Software’s Creative Director, Klayton Wald. This week, Klayton was unable to illustrate the Grab Bag comic that you’ve come to know and love. But don’t worry, there’s a great reason why he’s not here, and here at The Whiteboard, we’re not in the business of letting our readers down. We’re still serving up some laughs, so check out this week’s Grab Bag.

Connecticut Innovations (CI), the state’s quasi-public authority responsible for growing Connecticut businesses through innovative financing and strategic assistance, today announced that it has committed funding totaling $950,000 to six startup companies throughout New Haven county. Read more here.

On October 25th, Governor Malloy launched the State’s innovation ecosystem, called CTNext. As the Whiteboard becomes the official blog of CTNext, we will be sharing articles written by hub leaders, along with hub-related news and events. Today, we invite you to come to the launch of New Haven’s Innovation Hub, The Grid, featuring a ribbon-cutting ceremony to open an expanded Grove space.

Krishna will lead the A100 software apprenticeship program as part of the New Haven Innovation Hub Program (aka, “The Grid”). A100 is a community of developers that helps university engineers become “startup ready,” and to match that talent to startups. If you are a startup founder or developer, or are a current Computer Science major or recent grad in Computer Science, you’ll soon be hearing more about the program.