Published by Westfair Communications As businesses look forward to expanded capacity, many business owners are optimistic for the future. Since March 6, 2020, CTSBDC has provided 4,960 clients with counselling and training services. Notably the team of 20 Business Advisors has helped small businesses receive more than $137 million in emergency and non-emergency funding, supported […]

East Hartford, CT; March 11, 2021 – Connecticut Small Business Development Center (CTSBDC) is celebrating National SBDC Day on Wednesday, March 17 after a year of supporting over 9,200 small businesses through a pandemic. SBDC Day is a collective proclamation of the impact America’s Small Business Development Centers (SBDCs) have on the success of our nation’s dreamers, […]

CTSBDC is proud to recognize Valeria Bisceglia, chosen as a 40 Under 40 Winner for 2021 by the Fairfield County Business Journal. Valeria has worked tirelessly to make the complicated federal legislation and guidelines of the CARES Act meaningful for so many. She has kept the CTSBDC staff of business advisors, Connecticut’s small businesses and […]

Published in the Hartford Business Journal January 11, 2021 More businesses are looking to pivot as they try to keep their employees and respond to the changing market. For the live event ticket reseller, TicketNetwork, COVID-19 has had a major impact on their business, forcing them to re-evaluate and shift to supplying PPE. “Everything comes […]

Published by the CTExaminer.com January 29, 2021 Looking to address the disproportionate number of minority-owned businesses who received the first round of funds from the Paycheck Protection Program, the Small Business Administration has put in place a number of guidelines and opportunities for minority-owned, woman-owned and veteran-owned businesses to take advantage of this round. Joseph […]

As featured in Fairfield County Business Journal Written by Kevin Zimmerman These are understandably busy times for the Connecticut Small Business Development Center – so much so, it’s changing how it works to better meet small business’ needs. “In the past we’ve covered the state according to geographic areas,” CTSBDC State Director Joe Ercolano told […]

East Hartford, CT; November 23, 2020 — For the past 40 years, the Connecticut Small Business Development Center (CTSBDC) has helped the state’s small businesses start, manage and grow, with business advising offered at no-cost to the business. This year, not surprisingly, the number of businesses looking for assistance has doubled and the CTSBDC has […]

We would like to congratulate our host university, University of Connecticut, on the recent recognition as a Top 30 school for entrepreneurship. The Princeton Review recently announced their Top Schools for Entrepreneurship, including UConn at No. 46 for undergraduate entrepreneurship and, for the first time, the UConn School of Business ranked at No. 28 for […]

Published in the Hartford Business Journal November 2, 2020 Connecticut Small Business Development Center recently spoke with The Hartford Business Journal regarding entrepreneurship during the pandemic. It was reported by the Connecticut Data Collaborative that more than 23,000 businesses were established in the state from March through June. Nationwide and in Connecticut, new business starts […]

Published in The Wesleyan Argus September 18, 2020 Connecticut Small Business Development Center Business Advisor recently spoke with The Wesleyan Argus about his experience with how businesses have adapted to COVID-19. Many businesses are excited that students have returned to help support the local community and are reporting that for the most part they are […]