Hartford Courant– Momentum is building in Hartford for an influx of new technology companies to shape and strengthen the future of the city’s insurance industry, long a bastion of steady habits and stagnant growth.
Experiential Learning Accelerators
Solve Health or Medical-Based Problems in Entrepreneurship Course
Accelerate UConn Helps Students Commercialize New Technologies
The Daily Campus– University of Connecticut students can now apply to complete a seven-week long course which presents serious topics, such as science and business, in an entrepreneurial context with Accelerate UConn, a project whose mission is to support students who are commercializing new technologies and discoveries.
Believe It: Hartford No. 4 U.S. Tech City
BEHS Students Show Off Their Businesses at Competition
The Bristol Press– Sophomore Abigail King won the gold medal certificate for her idea for an interior design consulting business called “Intuit Interiors,” at the 15th Bristol Eastern High School Business Plan Competition (BPC), held recently at the UConn-Waterbury regional campus.
Looking Beyond the Bitcoin Bubble
The Boston Globe– Re “Popping the bitcoin bubble” (Opinion, Jan. 3): As the author correctly states, Pets.com launched at $14 per share, only to collapse a short time later, but is this comparison legitimate?
A Glimpse at Silicon Valley’s Cryptocurrency Craze: A Melding of Reality, Fantasy and Hype
MarketWatch – The hype that has fueled the skyrocketing prices of bitcoin and other cryptocurrencies was on full display this week in San Francisco, where a conference showcasing young companies seeking to catch the crypto wave before it crests offered a perplexing mix of a fantastical future and likely reality.
Three UConn Undergrads Have Begun Developing a New Form of Cancer Treatment
The Daily Campus – University of Connecticut students Ryan Englander, Matthew Lin and Nandan Tumu have started a company, named Vitalyx, that is developing a brand new form of cancer treatment that they call CRISPRX.
Women Top Men in Entrepreneurship, Says Girls With Impact Report
EDGE Media Network – While only 17.8 percent of participants in college venture competitions are women, according to a new report by Girls with Impact, women win most of the prize money.
The report, “The Entrepreneurship Talent Gap,” released on International Girls Day, underscores the importance of early education and the opportunity for colleges and business leaders to prepare the next generation of female leaders.
Military Family Finds Entrepreneurship Offers Healing
Hartford Business Journal – While U.S. Marine Gulaid Ismail was serving in Iraq last decade two of his friends committed suicide. Later, Ismail suffered a nervous breakdown and was honorably discharged. If it weren’t for Davina Ismail, his wife and caregiver, he said he’d be in jail or in a grave.
“She gave me purpose to live,” Gulaid Ismail said.