Listen to SSTI's Interview with Peter Longo of Connecticut Innovations
Listen to Peter Longo’s response to the following questions in this clip (approximately 9 minutes):
- Can you describe, from the company’s perspective, the process a company goes through when receiving assistance from the Eli Whitney Fund?
- What stages of business development are you targeting with the program?
- Can you speak about how instituting private sector practices has helped the program achieve success?
- Can you offer some insight into what has made it possible for the Eli Whitney Fund to continually turn profits from the funds to keep it self-sustaining?
Listen to the nine-minute condensed version of the interview or the full conversation (22 minutes).
About Connecticut Innovations Eli Whitney Fund
Connecticut Innovations invests in early-stage,
Connecticut-based technology companies through the Eli Whitney
Fund. These investments serve to attract and retain innovative
companies that create jobs and help position Connecticut to excel
in the global, knowledge-based economy.
About
the Excellence in TBED Awards
The SSTI Excellence in TBED Awards recognize
exceptional achievement in addressing elements that have been found in
successful tech-based economies. These include a research base that
generates new knowledge, mechanisms for transferring knowledge into the
marketplace, an entrepreneurial culture, sources of risk capital, and a
technically skilled workforce.
For more information about the SSTI Excellence in TBED Awards, visit http://www.sstiawards.org.