Innovation Destination Hartford

FROM INNOVATION DESTINATION HARTFORD, AN INITIATIVE OF THE METROHARTFORD ALLIANCE MONDAY, FEBRUARY 24, 2020 ISO 56000: Providing Standards for Innovation “The relevance of ISO 56000 today is important because we’re going through the fourth industrial revolution, which is very rapid evolution of technology. If we want to adopt it, we need to understand how things are happening,” says Inspiring Next Founder Dr. Ripi Singh. “My involvement as the U.S. delegate for ISO on Innovation Management means the content I’ve developed will be part of future ISO 56000 standards, which will come out in the next few years,” he adds. “For me, that’s the pinnacle of research on innovation.” LEARN MORE Hartford Entrepreneur Encourages Entrepreneurship “If I’m able to teach other people, I can create more entrepreneurs and more business owners, which creates a domino effect. That’s my ultimate goal,” says Hartford entrepreneur and High Maintenance Boutique Founder Tahara Chapman. FIND OUT MORE ChangeInc Founder Sees Hartford Thriving “We started ChangeInc 10 years ago in Hartford and we recently purchased Maple Leaf Manor, a facility in the West End that’s been a staple of Hartford for the past 25 years,” says ChangeInc Chief Executive Officer Derrick C. Gibbs, Jr. “We often utilize businesses in the Hartford area to host our client and staff events and we employ many of our staff from the Greater Hartford region,” he adds. READ MORE Have You Voted in the 2020 CT Entrepreneur Awards? The CT Entrepreneur Awards has named MetroHartford Alliance Content Manager and Innovation Destination Hartford Website Curator Nan Price a finalist in the Community Builder category. “If I’ve interviewed you, featured your story, showed up to support one of your events—or you’ve read and enjoyed the stories I’ve written and featured about our community, my job is done,” says Nan. “I’m proud to be part of an encouraging, insightful, and talented community of Connecticut entrepreneurs, business owners, and collaborators. Just knowing you is the true award.” VOTE NAN PRICE FOR COMMUNITY BUILDER Innovation Insights is a weekly update from Innovation Destination Hartford. For the latest news about Hartford's innovative entrepreneurial ecosystem, visit www.innovationhartford.com. Interested in sharing your startup or entrepreneurial experience? Know someone we should feature? Contact us or email nprice@metrohartford.com.  ‌  ‌  ‌