UConn Today – The University of Connecticut generates about $3.4 billion worth of economic activity every year in the state, including more than 24,000 jobs and over $202 million in tax revenue, according to a report released Wednesday by the national research and consulting firm Tripp Umbach.
Author: Claire Hall
UConn Retains No. 19 Spot in U.S. News & World Report Rankings
UConn 31st Best Place to Get an Accounting Degree
UConn, Main Street Waterbury Host Workshop for Local Businesses
Republican American – The UConn-Waterbury School of Business and Main Street Waterbury will hold a workshop for the business community on Sept. 15. The session, titled Exploring Pivot Points: Creating Space for Opportunity, will be from 5:30-7:30 p.m. in the school’s multipurpose room at 99 East Main Street.
Report Shows Slow Recovery from Recession
From Contest to Success: Following iQ Startups
Blue Edge Labs – The UCONN program is run by Dr. Richard Dino, a professor from the School of Business with an endless amount of enthusiasm and encouragement. Keith Fox, an alumnus of UCONN, provides iQ support from the national program level. In addition to Rich and Keith, there are twenty or more individuals both inside and outside the University who provide mentoring and other program support.
Job Recovery Has Been Steady, But Slow, Under Malloy
New Haven Register – Malloy’s Republican opponent, Tom Foley, has suggested elimination of the business entity tax, a cut to sales tax and the creation of enterprise zones in the city’s hardest hit by the recession could resuscitate Connecticut’s economy and labor market. But Fred Carstensen, University of Connecticut finance and economics professor and the director of the Connecticut Center for Economic Analysis, isn’t sold on Foley’s ideas.
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How to Build a 21st-Century Business Plan
Hartford Business Journal – Q&A talks about the evolution of business plans with Timothy B. Folta, a UConn professor and Thomas John and Bette Wolff Family chair in strategic entrepreneurship.