Chokaico: Trading in Congas for Craft Chocolate
Fernando Velez took a circuitous route to the chocolate business. From spending days on his uncle’s cacao farm in Ecuador to working as a graphic designer to traveling the world with Sharon Jones & the Dap Kings—all the while looking for great chocolate—to making sweet treats at home and selling them at pop-up stores, it […]
Fernando Velez
Chokaico: Trading in Congas for Craft Chocolate
Fernando Velez took a circuitous route to the chocolate business. From spending days on his uncle’s cacao farm in Ecuador to working as a graphic designer to traveling the world with Sharon Jones & the Dap Kings—all the while looking for great chocolate—to making sweet treats at home and selling them at pop-up stores, it […]
Fernando Velez
From Startup to Spotlight: Hartford Film Company Doubles Revenue with Strategic Support
Tucked away in a corner office high above one of Hartford’s premiere independent cinemas and alternative arts organizations is another building block in Connecticut’s growing creative scene: Hartford Film Company. Founded in 2023 by TJ Noel-Sullivan with the intention of bringing the highest standards in film production to the city of Hartford, the company’s dynamic team of homegrown talent specializes in the production of narrative films, commercials, and more. In 2024, Hartford […]
TJ Noel Sullivan
From Startup to Spotlight: Hartford Film Company Doubles Revenue with Strategic Support
Tucked away in a corner office high above one of Hartford’s premiere independent cinemas and alternative arts organizations is another building block in Connecticut’s growing creative scene: Hartford Film Company. Founded in 2023 by TJ Noel-Sullivan with the intention of bringing the highest standards in film production to the city of Hartford, the company’s dynamic team of homegrown talent specializes in the production of narrative films, commercials, and more. In 2024, Hartford […]
TJ Noel Sullivan
Green Moon Spa on the Rise
When you think of a corporate environment, a spa probably isn’t the first thing that comes to mind. You might picture harsh lighting, office cubicles, and meetings that could have been a phone call. Yet even the salon and spa industry has its own corporate world. Paulina Lacapra began her esthetics career in a similar […]
Paulina Lacapra
Green Moon Spa on the Rise
When you think of a corporate environment, a spa probably isn’t the first thing that comes to mind. You might picture harsh lighting, office cubicles, and meetings that could have been a phone call. Yet even the salon and spa industry has its own corporate world. Paulina Lacapra began her esthetics career in a similar […]
