HOW TO GET HARTFORD'S ECONOMY RUNNING AGAIN STATEWIDE Edition

While Adriaen's Landing and a stadium may give Hartford a much- needed morale boost, what this area really needs is a competitive advantage to attract entrepreneurial businesses and experts based on the new economy. In today's global markets, where businesses can be located almost anywhere...

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Published inThe Hartford courant
Main Authors Faust, Halley S, Halley S. Faust is a venture capitalist based in Bloomfield. He has been involved in the establishment of 10 new companies since 1991.
Format Newspaper Article
LanguageEnglish
Published Hartford, Conn Tribune Publishing Company, LLC 10.01.2000
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Summary:While Adriaen's Landing and a stadium may give Hartford a much- needed morale boost, what this area really needs is a competitive advantage to attract entrepreneurial businesses and experts based on the new economy. In today's global markets, where businesses can be located almost anywhere, entrepreneurs look for three things: proximity to established synergistic businesses with talented risk-taking managers and workers, innovative and creative technical personnel, and capital. The Hartford economic base does have highly talented managers and workers. But they generally are in non-entrepreneurial, old-economy businesses -- insurance, aerospace, health care services and defense.
ISSN:1047-4153