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A nonprofit aimed at helping local startups to begin services in Connecticut
Gov. Ned Lamont announced a nonprofit organization, FORGE, will be establishing itself in Connecticut to help local startups.
Lamont said FORGE connects startups that create physical products with the product development, manufacturing, and supply chain resources they’ll need to grow and succeed.
And Lamont said FORGE would provide its services free of charge.
Connecticut partners with nonprofit to boost startups
Gov. Ned Lamont wants more collaboration in Connecticut when it comes to helping startup companies scale to success.
“We’ve got to do a better job of helping our entrepreneurs go from concept to design to build,” Lamont said.
That help is on the way. Lamont announced Wednesday that Connecticut is partnering with FORGE, a nonprofit that connects startups with free resources.
Lamont announces new organization supporting startup and manufacturing partnerships
CTNext is a quasi-public organization that works to support innovators and groundbreaking businesses throughout the state, said CTNext Executive Director Onyeka “Ony” Obiocha. In connection with funding from the organization and the Connecticut Department of Economic and Community Development’s Manufacturing Innovation Fund, the partnership is looking to bring the Massachusetts-found FORGE group to support area businesses.
Massachusetts nonprofit supports local startups, ‘innovators’ across industries
The vast majority of startups — possibly up to 90% — are said to fail. For rising entrepreneurs and creatives, that number may be discouraging.
Enter FORGE, a Massachusetts-based nonprofit that helps startups and other innovators succeed. That looks like making meaningful connections between companies and local suppliers and experts, hosting workshops around “manufacturing readiness,” awarding product development grants and supplying the support and wisdom a new business seeks, Executive Director Laura Teicher said.
Boston biotech braces for space
An early-stage Boston biotech company is preparing for a lab experiment that will happen thousands of miles away in space.
Why it matters: A small but nimble team at Eascra Biotech has a front row seat to a relatively new frontier of space research: testing whether atypical environments like no-gravity orbit could become new arenas for the tech sector’s latest innovations.
Google AI and Mayo Clinic, Spectrum Ohio Expansion, New CFO for Gigstreem
Internet service provider Gigstreem announced Tuesday the appointment of Patrick Albus as its chief financial officer.
Gigstreem’s CEO, Andrew Kusminsky, said in a press release he expects Albus’s strategic planning and operational focus to contribute to the company’s long-term success.
Gigstreem Acquires Warp2Biz, Now Serves More than 20 States
Gigstreem has acquired fiber and fixed wireless service provider Warp2Biz, an ISP in Southern California. Gigstreem, which positions itself as a provider of high-speed services without data caps, now offers service in more than twenty states.
Ten-year-old Warp2Biz serves hundreds of commercial and multi-family properties across Los Angeles and Orange County. It features a 10G point-to-point network that Gigstreem says is easily expanded and can quickly be brought online.
An interview with Sidaulia Lyons on the 2023 Special Olympics of Massachusetts Sailing Regatta
There are many great reasons to fall in love with the sport of sailing. One of these is the sport’s ability to be inclusive to sailors of all needs. Take, for example, the 2023 Special Olympics of Massachusetts Sailing Regatta, which is set to unfurl on the waters of the Charles River, in Boston, Massachusetts, on Sunday, August 6.
The event is being hosted by Community Boating Inc., and it will provide sailors with different physical and cognitive abilities the opportunity to get onto a racecourse on one of the most storied pieces of freshwater in the USA.
4-Day Weekend in Boston: History, Sailing, and Seaside Eats
Hopping onto a sailboat might not be the first activity that comes to mind for an urban itinerary, but it’s one of the things that makes Boston so great. You can glide along the Charles River with the help of Community Boating Inc. The oldest public sailing organization in the United States, the volunteer-driven nonprofit has spent over 75 years teaching locals and visitors alike about the art of sailing.
Sail Blind program gives people who are blind the chance to learn to sail
On most Saturdays from the spring through the fall, you can find Timothy Vernon on the Charles River.
“Feeling the wind against my face and feeling the boat as it glides through the water certainly provides the chance to feel that sense of freedom and the opportunity to be able to feel independent,” said Vernon, who was born blind.
For the last six years, he’s been learning hands on how to operate a sailboat thanks to the Sail Blind Program.