Take the lead in your region and be a part of your business community by attending a FREE networking reception with local business owners and executives. The Hartford Business Journal will host four receptions in four distinct regions of Greater Hartford in order to bring together each region's business community for networking and to exchange ideas.

Please click through for further details and to register for this FREE EVENT today!

HBJ On The Road Event Series # 1: Wallingford / Meriden

Thank you to everyone who nominated someone for this event. Nominations are now closed. We received a record amount of nominations this year. We will reach out to those who've won as soon as the judging process is complete. We thank you for your patience and interest in the 2013 40U40 awards.

The 40 Under Forty Awards recognize outstanding young professionals in the Greater Hartford area that are excelling in their industries through their leadership roles. They are driven by success, motivated by challenges and are role models for their peers.

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This one-day event will bring together exhibitors and attendees from across the state. The Business Showcase will offer attendees the opportunity to discover the wide range of businesses in Greater Fairfield and New Haven counties and attend professional development workshops.  This event will also connect exhibitors with key decision makers, buyers and business leaders.

Family businesses are an integral part of the social and business fabric of Connecticut. These awards recognize outstanding achievements in the past year by family-owned businesses, and the event is an excellent networking opportunity and learning experience telling the story of the state’s most successful firms. To be eligible for the awards, a business must be based in Connecticut, be family-owned, and have at least two family members working full-time (husband and wife, mother and daughter, grandfather and grandson, etc.)

Nomination Deadline: September 1st, 2013

Special Publication Date: October 21st, 2013

The Health Care Heroes Awards identifies outstanding leaders in the health care industry who are the epitome of a "hero." Whether they are doctors, nurses, specialists or managers, join us in recognizing those individuals who embody the word "hero" and prove their excellence in helping others.

Nomination Deadline: October 11th, 2013

Special Publication Date: December 2nd, 2013

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Join us for the Executive Kick-off Breakfast prior to the 2012 Business Showcase. With over 200 executives from Fairfield and New Haven Counties expected this breakfast is a great way to start the day. Breakfast will kick-off with opening words from Jim Smith, President and CEO of Webster Bank, followed by the morning keynote speaker, Dr. Thomas Lynch, the Director of the Yale Cancer Center and the Physician-in-Chief at Smilow Cancer Hospital at Yale-New Haven. With the Showcase’s theme being “Healthcare and Technology” Dr. Lynch is the perfect keynote. Dr. Lynch will cover areas including compassionate health care, specialized treatment from the Smilow Cancer Hospital as well as the economic development of Yale Hospital and its partners.

Some companies just get it right! The Best Places to Work Awards honor companies who are ranking highest in employee satisfaction as found through a survey administered nationally by the Best Companies Group (not affiliated with the Hartford Business Journal). The winners will be recognized at a special awards dinner.

SPECIAL GUEST:
Master Teaching Artist Bob Bloom brings DRUMMING ABOUT YOU to this year’s Best Places to Work Event!  Get your hands on a colorful cargo of drums and musical shakers – enjoy an evening drum ride filled with high octane rock & roll, funk, and boogie songs!

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Special WIB Alumni Panel Announcement!

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There are many outstanding women who are senior level executives, entrepreneurs and CEO's that are celebrated at the Annual Women in Business Luncheon. These women have mastered their industries and are admired by the business community.

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Tickets: $75 per ticket and $700 per table of ten

PLEASE ADVISE...website registration is CLOSED for this event, HOWEVER, you may register for this event ON-SITE tomorrow morning at the B2B theatre. Registration is $15. There will be a table right in front of the B2B theatre taking registrations all morning. See you tomorrow!

Join us for a Lunchtime THINK TANK experience, hosted by Great Blue, that is intended to give participants an opportunity to throw out ideas and questions to each other.  Hear a new perspective on your own business challenge.  Offer your advice to others.  Openly discuss where you need help and guidance and subsequently where we can offer our own experience and expertise to help others. You will walk away from this experience with solutions, new perspectives, and expanded resources.   You will choose from the topics of Sales, technology, marketing or business services. 

This event is only a 15 dollar charge where you and fellow colleagues may enjoy a sandwich buffet, chips, cookies and drinks during this educational lunchtime think tank. Click the red Event Registration button now to sign up today!

Please advise...because this is a paid event in order to register for this event you will have to register for the HBJ site (if you aren't already) in order to register for the CTBEXPO Lunchtime Think Tank. Please advise your ctbexpo.com username and login info does NOT work to sign into the HBJ site

CT Business Expo: Where Connecticut Business Connects

The CT Business Expo is a great way to meet and network with other business professionals:

Interested in becoming part of the show? Contact Brittney Michaud for more information on signing up for a booth at the show.

Phone: 860-236-9998 x133
Email: bmichaud@HartfordBusiness.com

Business Champions awards achievements of privately held companies in the Hartford Region in the categories of innovation, workforce and sustainable practices and revenue growth – plus the addition of an award recognizing the best new launch or startup. Produced in partnership with the MetroHartford Alliance, these businesses are honored at a stellar event in conjunction with the Connecticut Business Expo

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