Their obsession with handling every detail of the operation resulted in them doing much of the renovation work themselves. At first, the shop struggled to keep its operating costs down and hit the desired gross margins. Two Yale students used their college weight gain as motivation to start a thriving, health food restaurant. MORE >>

Gilman Gear Measuring first downs and more To measure first downs during this game, which the Saints lost, 31 to 21, chain crews used 10-yard chains made by Gilman Gear of Gilman, Connecticut. Entrepreneurial companies will be working in the background when the Superbowl kicks off at the Mercedes-Benz Superdome in February. MORE >>

The goal was not to open a mom-and-pop grilled cheese shop, but to open a fully operational grilled cheese system.”. During the summer of 2009 he opened three “Grilled Cheese to Go” booths at state fairs in Connecticut and had lines around the corner. Cheeseboy founder Michael Inwald. Image from BoldFacers.com. 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 >>

The Coast Guard Academy  opened in New London Connecticut in 1876. The class consisted of basic networking and administration, network mapping, remote exploits, denial of service, web vulnerabilities, social engineering, password vulnerabilities, wireless network exploitation, persistence, digital media analysis, and cyber mission operations. MORE >>