Startups remorse: We hate the company that bought us

For many startup founders, the ultimate dream is a buyout offer from a big tech company. But after the money is in the bank, some founders regret selling.

Think about exit strategy when starting business

Q&A talks exit strategies with Ed Pratesi, managing director with Brentmore Valuation Advisors LLC in West Hartford and an exit strategies specialist.

Up from the (wet) basement

The entrepreneurial itch for Larry Janesky started as a second grader in Bridgeport. Today, Janesky's business sells things totaling more than $100 million a year. He is founder of Basement Systems...

Runyan is SBA's 2013 CT Small Business Person of Year

Christopher R. Runyan, owner/president of Milford's GameXChange, is the U.S. Small Business Administration's 2013 Connecticut Small Business Person of the Year. Eight other state entrepreneurs were...

Fairfield gets Joint Corp. chiropractic clinic

The Joint Corp. has opened its first Connecticut chiropractic franchise clinics in Fairfield, with four more due within the next 12 months, authorities say.

Day Pitney opens its CT startups resource hub

Hartford law firm Day Pitney LLP has launched an online resource for startup companies and investors in Connecticut – the first of several planned for the Northeast.

UConn offers entrepreneurial students grants

The University of Connecticut is offering $4,000 in grants to undergraduate students to fund an entrepreneurial idea or research project.

She took the risk and found the rewards

Almost a decade ago, Linda Rowan found herself facing a life-defining moment — one she readily admits “petrified” her. And so Transcend Business Solutions LLC was born in 2004.