Co-Work Springfield

Co-Work Springfield

Connecting Point Contributor Carolee McGrath talks with Samild Hogan, founder of Co-Work Springfield, to learn how they help small business owners and entrepreneurs stay connected with each other and diversify their support network by connecting them with other...
Common Capital

Common Capital

Chris Sikes, CEO of Common Capital, and businesswoman Susan Mastroianni, a Common Capital investor, discuss the work of that Holyoke-based organization: granting loans to local residents in Berkshire, Franklin, Hampden, Hampshire and Worcester Counties & providing...

Business Growth Center

Marla Michel, Director of the Business Growth Center at Springfield Technology Park in  Springfield; Karen Utgoff of Utgoff Consulting; and Colleen Moynihan, Director of the Business Development Center for New England Business Associates, discuss the value and...

Female Entrepreneurs

Lioness Magazine, the digital magazine for female entrepreneurs, is based in Springfield, MA, and recently announced that they, along with Northampton Area Young Professionals (NAYP), are launching a new series titled 5.  5 talks will be hosted four times per year...

Vidur Dhanda

Vidur Dhanda is the  founder of Wain Street LLC, a Longmeadow-based startup firm aimed at helping to build up small businesses with the help of “big data’. Founder Bio: http://www.wainstreet.com/team#vidur The origins of WAIN Street:...

Valley Venture Mentors

Scott Foster and Steve Willis, board members of Valley Venture Mentors,  explain what an “entrepreneurial ecosystem” is, what are the key ingredients of building a start-up community, and the impact both can have on local communities and quality of life in...

SCORE Volunteers

Ted Stevenson, Chair of SCORE Western Massachusetts;  Dan Healy, 1st Vice Chair;  Len Gendron, 2nd Vice Chair;  and Bharat Desai, Secretary;  discuss the organization’s work helping local businesses and...

From their Minds to the Marketplace

Prof.Glenn Vallee, PhD and students Colby Conant, Thomas McLeod and Nathan Kuzmeski from the Product Innovation & Development Class at Western New England University will discuss and display some of the new products they’ve come up with and the business and...

Women Entrepreneurs

There are a number of different product options out there for people who want to be their own bosses — Tupperware probably being one of the first and most recognizable. At a time when unemployment is still high and second jobs are common to help make ends meet...