GREATER HARTFORD'S BUSINESS NEWS WWW.HARTFORDBUSINESS.COM VOLUME 27 • NUMBER 7 $3.00 FEBRUARY 11, 2019
THE LISTS:
Largest registered
investment advisory
firms in Greater Hartford
and Notable CT venture
capital investments
Newsmakers
Jim Hennessey, Owner,
The Music People.
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Hartford's
'Rocky'?
Local business executives are
ponying up cash to underwrite a
Hartford-based film about Willie
Pep's boxing comeback. However,
more funding is needed to get the
movie off the ground.
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People Mover
Joe Giulietti was chosen
as commissioner of
the Department of
Transportation to
jumpstart Gov. Lamont's
ambitious high-speed rail
plans. The challenges he
faces are many.
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Home Bound
Focus: Wealth Management
Major changes are impacting the state's
controversial "death tax." Find out how new
estate and gift tax exemption levels will save the
state's wealthiest residents big money.
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These startup founders, hailing from around the
world, participated in the first Stanley+Techstars
accelerator program and are now trying to grow
their businesses from Hartford.
HBJ
PHOTO
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STEVE
LASCHEVER
Amid quest to build Silicon Valley-like
hub, some Stanley+Techstars startups
are eagerly calling Hartford home.