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2014 | Doing Business in Connecticut 101 SPONSORED REPORT Campuses & Contact Information Storrs - Main Campus 2100 Hillside Road – Unit 1041 Storrs, CT 06269-1041 Tel. 860.486.2317 Hartford UConn Graduate Business Learning Center 100 Constitution Plaza Hartford CT 06103 Tel. 860.728.2400 Stamford One University Place Stamford, CT 06901 Tel. 203.251.8440 Waterbury 99 East Main Street Waterbury CT 06702 Tel. 203.236.9935 West Hartford 85 Lawler Road West Hartford CT 06117 Tel. 860.570.9258 Silicon Valley venture capital firm Farallon, a Department of Defense and Homeland Security initiative that invests in early-stage technology startups with solutions that could be repurposed for government use. "We have invested in eight companies and created a couple hundred to maybe a thousand jobs," he said. Through these investments, the startups have been able to attract additional investments of $170 million from major investors, including Kleiner Perkins and Google. Million-dollar baby: the Student Managed Fund Students accepted into UConn's Student Managed Fund accelerator gain real-world investment experience, using real money. In 2000, the UConn Founda- tion donated $1 million to start the fund, designating half for undergraduate finance students and half for MBA students. The Foundation added another $1 million in 2005 based on the initial success of the program. "Our goal is to provide students valuable hands-on experience in security research, valuation of risky assets, asset allocation and portfolio management," said Ghosh. Many go on to successful careers in money management. "The UConn Student Managed Fund was instrumental in help- ing me to prepare and succeed in my cur- rent career," said Ashley Martella '05 MBA, Senior Vice President-Wealth Management at UBS Financial Services. The SMF not only helped me to learn the theory and prin- ciples behind valuing equities and manag- ing risk, but is also allowed me to apply the theory with actual endowment money. Today, I work as an advisor with Lips Rous- seau Partners, a large wealth management group within UBS in Hartford, where we manage significant wealth for families and small institutions, including a number of endowments." Paving the way to a bright future for Connecticut These stories paint a bright picture of an innovative vision, academic rigor, technological sophistication and financial strength. But the UConn School of Business is far more than the sum of its parts. It is a dynamic success incubator where indi- vidual potential is nourished and ideas can grow into breakthrough enterprises that benefit the students, the faculty, the state and the larger business community. Stephen Gold (left), vice president of marketing & sales operations for IBM's Watson Solutions, speaks with business school Dean John Elliott after student presentations on ways that IBM's supercomputer could be used for business solutions. High-profile corporate partnering ensures relevant, rigorous challenges for students and reinforces the expectation of real, significant solutions for the company. Continuously accredited by AACSB International — The Association to Advance Collegiate Schools of Business — since 1958, the UConn School of Business ranks among the nation's top 30 public institutions by Forbes, BloombergBusinessweek and U.S. News & World Report. Tradition of Quality, Excellence