Shayna is the teenage director and founder of   Shayna Turk’s Academy of Rising Stars (STARS) www.dramastars.com , a musical theater camp which she started at age 11.  David Conway of Wilton, Connecticut : Mr. Conway is the founder of  CoolCash Coins ,  ( www.coolcashcoins.com) a coin appraisal business.  Shayna Turk. MORE >>

Founders, engineers, and designers have wrested control of Ultimate Frisbee from jocks and made it their own. The Meetup was the brainchild of Marc Plotkin, a co-founder of DecisionDesk, a Brooklyn-based digital services start-up. Nimbless is a key attribute of both a good Ultimate player and a start-up founder. happily agreed. MORE >>

The protections from the Card Act factored heavily into Richard Belton's decision to put business expenses for Knoshbox, his artisan-food subscription service with two employees, based in Deep River, Connecticut, on a consumer card from JP Morgan Chase. But some entrepreneurs have found a back door to the financial watering trough. MORE >>

Consider Daniel Dreymann, a founder of Goodmail Systems Inc., And companies that didnt survive might have closed their doors for reasons other than failure, for example, getting acquired or the founders moving on to new projects. Connecticut. Connecticut. Breaking Up (With a Co-Founder) Is Hard to Do. Facebook. MORE >>

Connecticut-based Indeed, a job search site with a big Manhattan presence, was acquired by Japanese company Recruit Co. Tumblr was the result of an exit its founder, David Karp , was a part of in 2006. 'Who needs Silicon Valley? In the past twelve months, three tech companies in the New York area have exited for more than $1 billion. MORE >>