Connecticut by the Numbers – A new analysis of the status of the business startup community in six American cities – including Hartford – has found that Connecticut’s Capitol City has “strong startup potential,” and in some ways is already standing out among peers and competitors.
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What Will Be the Long-Term Impact of the #MeToo Movement?
What will be the long-term impact of the #MeToo movement in the workplace and beyond?Continue Reading
Stemler Participates in CTNext’s Entrepreneurship Retreat
Wesleyan University – Steve Stemler, associate professor of psychology, participated in the High Value Talents and Innovators’ Entrepreneurship Retreat Oct. 26-27 on campus. The new industry-academic initiative, supported by the CTNext Higher Education Entrepreneurship and Innovation Fund works to increase entrepreneurial education and output among the state’s top researchers. The event was sponsored by Wesleyan’s Patricelli Center for Social Entrepreneurship.
Inaugural Entrepreneurship & Innovation Expo Draws Many
Nursing students Jasmeen Mohammed and Katlin DiPietro couldn’t wait to tell visitors at the Fall Entrepreneurship & Innovation Expo about their project designed to calm elderly patients when they’re in the hospital.Continue Reading
How Can We Get Your Attention?
Social media is the new equivalent of “word of mouth” advertising, and in the United States alone, corporate social media spending is projected to exceed $17 billion by 2019.Continue Reading
Kasia’s Prague Blog: Kutna Hora and the Bone Church
This past weekend was one of my first weekends staying in Prague and opting out of travelling elsewhere. But this was for good reason because Czechoslovakia was celebrating 100 year of independence on October 28th! Continue Reading
In Connecticut, We’re on the Cusp of a Transit Renaissance
History can tell us a lot about the future. Think back to the late 1800s, when many U.S. cities began to grow around train stations. Marketplaces developed as locations where merchants could sell their products, and this attracted customers from all around Connecticut to live and work near the marketplaces.Continue Reading
Aaron McLean ’19: Persistence, Determination Key
School of Business senior Aaron McLean from Southborough, Mass., is enjoying his last year on the UConn football team while simultaneously preparing for a career in business. In a recent interview he shared his dedication to hard work, his love of movies, and insight into the person who is his biggest sideline fan. Continue Reading
OPIM – Research Connections Expo 2018
OPIM – CIMBA Panel Discussion
Information Management Association – On October 16th the OPIM Department hosted an event to get more people involved in Management Information Systems (MIS).