News and Events

August 18, 2021

CTSBDC: On-Air with iHeart Media

CTSBDC Associate State Director, Matt Pugliese, and Pre-Venture Business Advisor, Michelle Ouimette went on air 105.9 to discuss the assistance CTSBDC provides to small businesses. Listen to the full interview on Community Access Radio Listen now

June 25, 2021

Protecting Your Intellectual Property Series [Webinar Recording]

You have invested your time and resources to develop your innovations and designs. As you move from idea to product, make sure your ideas remain in your hands. U.S. Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) specialists will join us for a series of webinars focused on protecting your innovations and explaining the resources available to you. […]

June 8, 2021

CT Small Business Development Center Supports Businesses During, After COVID-19

As shared by UConn Today: As the state begins to move into a post-pandemic phase, the Connecticut Small Business Development Center (CTSBDC) expects another busy year helping small businesses recover and grow in 2021 and 2022. Housed within the UConn School of Business, the CTSBDC receives funding from the federal and state governments, enabling a team of […]

May 27, 2021

Santander Bank Supports Initiatives to Benefit Business Students and Small Businesses

As shared by UConn Today: Santander Bank, N.A., through its Santander Universities program (“Santander”), has awarded a $100,000 grant to the UConn Foundation, to support initiatives that will benefit both business students and small businesses. The grant marks a new relationship between UConn and Santander, one of the country’s largest retail and commercial banks. The […]

May 20, 2021

Market Assessment of Connecticut Small Business Performance

More than 700 businesses shared their operational experiences from the beginning of the COVID 19 pandemic in March 2020 through early January 2021 in a market assessment survey conducted by the Connecticut Small Business Development Center. The survey was conducted from December 2020 through January 2021. The results provide a current perspective of how small […]

March 30, 2021

Small businesses (finally) seeing sunny skies ahead

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 […]

March 16, 2021

Women in Business: Juggling Entrepreneurship with Real Life

March 23, 2021 @ Noon Connecticut Small Business Development Center will host a panel of female entrepreneurs to discuss how they have navigated the unique challenges their business has faced during the pandemic.  This panel will offer all hardworking small business owners the opportunity to listen and learn from their struggles and successes. Register now

March 11, 2021

Connecticut Small Business Development Center is Highlighting a Year Full of Resiliency for National SBDC Day

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 […]

March 1, 2021

40 Under 40

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 […]

February 18, 2021

S. Windsor’s TicketNetwork pivots to volatile face-mask business

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 […]