Applivate and MeritBooster, two of the three winning teams at Startup Weekend, blaze a trail by winning entry into a new accelerator program in Connecticut.
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Guest Post: Describing Coworking (Slate Ballard of the Grove)
Business New Haven recently named New Haven-based coworking space The Grove ‘Business of the Year.’ This month, co-founder Slate Ballard shares his thoughts on the award and on how coworking can transform a community.
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News: Claire Leonardi To Take On CEO Role At Connecticut Innovations
Connecticut Innovations (CI) announced yesterday that it is bringing in a new CEO, Claire Leonardi. At a time when CI just announced an unprecedented level of funding to support new ventures in Connecticut (and attract ventures to Connecticut) and to improve the state’s “entrepreneurial ecosystem,” it’s tempting to try to read meaning into this change in leadership.
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CI Announces Approval of Plan to Deploy $250 Million to Entrepreneurs
The state’s leading quasi-public investment organization announces a new plan designed to expand programs for entrepreneurs, and recruit startups from out of state.
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Infographic: We Need More Gazelles
How do you create jobs at a time of persistently high unemployment? Strengthening the entrepreneurial ecosystem is one option.
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March 7, 2012




