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Better Biz
In this series, reporter Alison Freeland collects the stories, challenges, and goals of six businesses, and then goes to Yale professors Barry Nalebuff and Ian Ayres, who brainstorm on what these businesses can do to reach those goals- and we learn something about the economy and business.
 Reaction to the experts' advice
Mar. 11, 2010
We've just concluded a six-week series called Better Biz. Reporter Alison Freeland profiled individual Connecticut businesses and brought their challenges to two Yale economists for their comments. Professor Barry Nalebuff and Professor Ian Ayres The two are co-authors of a book called "Why Not: How to Use Everyday Ingenuity to Solve Problems Big and Small." It was their interest in solving problems that we called upon in this series. Reporter Alison Freeland shares business reaction and listener comments on the series.
 Retirement living
Mar. 4, 2010
This week we talk with Paul Liistro, who is a second-generation owner of a retirement home business. He has different challenges than his parents generation did when they operated “rest homes,” and he’s always thinking about new models for retirement living.
 Refuse collector going green
Feb. 25, 2010
In this installment of our Better Biz series, we talk with Andy Bozzuto. After decades in the refuse business, he is gambling that he can spread his message to recycle, reuse and recover. His new business is the logical extension of his passion.
 ESPN, right there in Bristol, Conn.
Feb. 18, 2010
ESPN started as a cable TV network in 1979 and has moved into radio, the Internet, video games, events and merchandise. It broadcasts on seven continents in 16 languages. And it's all headquartered in Bristol Connecticut, population 60,000, southwest of Hartford. Alison Freeland has a look at one of Connecticut's most famous businesses that many don't even realize is in the state.
 UCAN, a company looking for new markets
Feb. 11, 2010
Some children are born with a rare condition known as glycogen storage disease or GSD. In 2001, parents in Cheshire, Conn., had a son with GSD, and they set out to find a cure. Along the way, they found a product that made his life better. Now they are part of a team that wants to market the product to the sports nutrition world and beyond.
 Kayak, the travel website, trying to take over the online travel planning business
Feb. 4, 2010
For the second in our series, we look at an online travel search company in South Norwalk, Conn.
 Whistle Stop Bakery, a small business entrepreneur with expansion challenges
Jan. 27, 2010
In these times, aren't people in business looking to be better at it? In our Better Biz series, reporter Alison Freeland visits local companies and brings their stories to two economists at Yale. She gets their advice, strategies, and case studies, and we learn more about how the economy works. For the first in our series, we start small at the Whistle Stop Bakery in Ridgefield, Connecticut.
Yale professors Barry Nalebuff (left) and Ian Ayres
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