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The series of announcements today around the public-private Startup America Partnership  suggests there soon could be substantial investments made in high-growth companies and in the very regional Venture Development Organizations themselves.  Startup America will be led by the Case Foundation and Kauffman Foundation – the two initial funders of the independent nonprofit’s operations. The devil will be in the details, of course, but there appears to be opportunity to help ens

Summary Report Highlights Major Issues in Connecticut Job Growth A summary report is available as a downloadable PDF file on our slideshare site This report has been mentioned in the following CT news sources: Hartford Courant – December 20, 2010 Hartford Courant – December 19, 2010 Hartford Business Journal The New Haven Register Norwich Bulletin Connecticut Mirror December 16, East Hartford, Conn. – A six-month study by the Connecticut Technology Council (CTC) to determine

Following a tour of the Tech Incubator - the Connecticut Center for Advanced Technology, Senator Chris Dodd (D- CT) unveiled his new, comprehensive jobs agenda.  It aims to allow businesses to expand and add jobs, access to credit, and put Connecticut’s unemployed workers back to work. .pdf of Chris Dodd's Jobs Agenda Full Transcript of Chris Dodd's 12/7 remarks 12/7 article by the New Haven Register "While our national economy shows promising signs of turning around, times

Matthew Nemerson's new post on his Innovation Matters blog focuses on Economic Development challenges in the state of Connecticut.  He tells us that "what we can do is think of economic development as an apolitical social good that must be mastered to maintain our way of life and the benefits that we take for granted."   Read the full article at: http://ct.typepad.com/innovation_matters/2009/10/economic-development-is-now-a-serious-business.html #DECD #connecticut #Economic #