La présidente et fondatrice de la start-up émergente Tripura Breath, Anne Marie Denault, s’est entretenue le 21 mars 2024 avec notre journaliste Sophie Bernard, au sujet de son projet « Breathing Engine ». Cette application alimentée par l’intelligence artificielle s’avère être un moniteur respiratoire en temps réel et un extracteur de biomarqueurs numériques, la première en développement en son genre. « Le nombre de temps où l’on inspire et l’on expire en dit beaucoup sur notre état de santé, soutient la dirigeante de Tripura. Tout le monde respire de façon différente et on pourrait avoir une signature respiratoire, une donnée qui pourrait révolutionner le milieu de la santé alors qu’on pourrait utiliser cette biométrie. »

Article complet de notre journaliste Sophie Bernard à lire sur Lien MULTIMÉDIA:  https://lienmultimedia.com/101113

Tripura Breath: https://tripurabreath.com

Podcast avec Anne Marie Denault, présidente-fondatrice de Tripura Breath

Carl Zuanelli knows his pasta. As founder and CEO of Nuovo Pasta Productions, Ltd, Zuanelli has been making fresh pasta for 35 years. 

“I refer to pasta as joy on a fork,” Zuanelli told the CBIA BizCast in the first of a two-part conversation.

“I’ve never seen anyone eat pasta and not be enjoying it. It brings a smile to their face.”

Since Zuanelli started the company in 1989, Nuovo Pasta has become a leading national producer of premium refrigerated pasta and sauce.

“We make things like ravioli and tortellini and long cut pastas, like fettuccine, or linguini, tagliatelle,” he said.

But Zuanelli’s career journey didn’t start with pasta.

“I was in the financial services world,” he said. 

After college, Zuanelli worked for Citbank and Merrill Lynch.

But he said that, even as a child, he knew he wanted to have his own business. 

“There was this thing inside of me that just said that I wanted to have my own business,” he said. 

And while that dream wasn’t to own a pasta company, the classic Italian food was always part of his life.

“I grew up in a home that had an Italian culture in it, because my grandparents lived in the home with us,” Zuanelli said.  

“They had brought a lot of culture from the old country, including the food and how the food was prepared.”

Amid market turmoil in 1987, he decided to exercise his entrepreneurial spirit.

Through research, he discovered a boom in pasta consumption and an emerging market for refrigerated pasta. 

“I had actually put together a business plan at that time,” Zuanelli said. “And I presented it to investors.”

Zuanelli only had one problem.

“I had actually no experience except eating pasta,” he said.

That experience came from a chance encounter, after a night out for Zuanelli’s parents.

He said his mother told him, “your father and I just had a magnificent meal at a restaurant called Pasta Nostra in South Norwalk. You should just go down and check it out and see what it’s all about.”

So on a Tuesday morning, he stopped at the restaurant and got the attention of the chef making pasta in the window. 

“I told him that I was interested in learning how to make pasta,” Zuanelli said. 

“He said, ‘if you’re willing to cook with me at night, I’ll teach you how to make fresh pasta.’

“I said, ‘you got a deal.’ And I went back to Merrill, and that week, I gave them my notice.”

For the next year and a half, Zuanelli worked at the restaurant, learning how to make different types of specialty fresh pasta. 

In 1989, he started Nuovo Pasta, and said he’s never looked back. 

“Some people say, ‘you know, you should have something to fall back on. If you’re going to start a business you should have something to fall back on,’” he said.

“My advice is have no fallback position. Because if it’s something that you’re passionate about, you have to burn the bridges behind you.”

Today, the company has more than 300 employees in four facilities in Stratford, including two state-of-the-art pasta manufacturing facilities.

They also have a facility in Cleveland, Ohio where they make long cut pastas and sauces. 

While he says his passion and commitment to excellence plays a role in his success, Zuanelli said the company’s most valuable asset is the people.

“I think it’s a commitment to the quality of a product and the respect for the people that use their talents and their skills every day.”

In part two of the discussion, Zuanelli will share some of the darkest moments of his career, and how he turned them around. 

Related Links: 
Nuovo Pasta 
Website: https://www.nuovopasta.com/
LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/nuovo-pasta-productions-ltd/
Carl Zuanelli on LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/carl-zuanelli-88523230/

CBIA
Website: https://www.cbia.com/
LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/cbia/

'Joy on a Fork' (Part 1)

Looking back over Nuovo Pasta's success, Carl Zuanelli said he wouldn’t be where he is without overcoming major challenges. 
“Anybody who's looking to have a big change in their life or to go out and pursue their dream, should understand that there are no big breakthroughs without big breakdowns,” he said.
One of those breakdowns for Zuanelli came with the 2008 financial crisis. 
At that time, 75% of the company's business involved producing pasta for chefs and restaurants, with about 25% retail.
But during the economic downturn, people stopped going out to eat, and Zuanelli said it looked like the company was going to be wiped out.
“I was at probably the lowest low of my life,” he said. 
“This was about as low as you can get. This was subterranean low.
“I come to realize later, the strong that do survive are those that are able to adapt."
Zuanelli said he took a close look at the state of the industry.
With the struggling economy and the growing popularity of food television, more people were cooking at home. 
Nuovo shifted their focus to retail and consumer packaged goods, leading to what Zuanelli called meteoric growth since 2008.
“When you change the way you look at things, the things you look at change," he said.
Zuanelli said commitment to quality is a big part of the company's success.
But he said Nuovo Pasta's employees are just as important as the pasta.
“As the company continues to grow, and as we change the way that we grow, we can't lose the aspect of the culture of the company and that the people are the most important,” Zuanelli said.
“One of the initiatives that we have, is a certification in a great place to work. We’re working towards that.”
Zuanelli said the company has monthly communication sessions with employees from different areas to get their feedback.
“It's so important to get that perspective from your team, your company, the employees, so that you can continue to be a place that grows and be a great place to work,” he said. 
Zuanelli said that for both the company and his family, Connecticut is a great place to call home. 
“I think Connecticut is, in so many ways, a great place to do business,” he said. 
Zuanelli said organizations like CBIA and government agencies like the Department of Economic and Community Development have been helpful for businesses in the state.
“Yeah, there’s work to be done,” he said. “And, you know, I'm leaning in on that, but I think they've been very positive in creating jobs.”
Zuanelli said he's pushing for more incentives for businesses to open more factories, or invest in new equipment or technologies.
“I think that there's work to be done for manufacturers and attracting more manufacturers, and how we can keep more manufacturers here in Connecticut,” he said. 
Zuanelli also credited Connecticut's workforce, calling it “an asset for any company.”
He said part of what makes the workforce so special is work ethic. 
“I think a lot of it is based on the old New England work ethic, but also the immigration that's taken place and how open Connecticut has been,” he said.
Zuanelli said that growing up in a family of immigrants, he understands the immigrant experience. 
That passion for the immigrant community led him to join the board of the Connecticut Institute for Refugees and Immigrants.
CIRI is a nonprofit organization that provides support and services to immigrants, refugees, and survivors of human trafficking.
“I don't think we can pay back the sacrifices that our families have made in terms of their immigrant journey,” Zuanelli said. 
“So if we can't pay back, we've got to pay forward, and that's why I think it's so important.”
Related Links: 
Nuovo Pasta 
https://www.nuovopasta.com/ 
https://www.linkedin.com/company/nuovo-pasta-productions-ltd/
https://www.linkedin.com/in/carl-zuanelli-88523230/ 

Connecticut Institute for Refugees and Immigrants
https://cirict.org/ 

CBIA
https://www.cbia.com/ 
https://www.linkedin.com/company/cbia/

‘Joy on a Fork’ (Part 2)

Juckende und schmerzhafte Mückenstiche sind ein Ärgernis, dem sich vor allem in den Sommermonaten wohl niemand entziehen kann. Um die Folgen zu mildern, setzen viele auf die Wärmebehandlung von Insektenstichen. Das Karlsruher Start-up heat it hat sich dieses Prinzip zu eigen gemacht und 2020 einen Insektenstichheiler als Smartphone-Zubehör auf den Markt gebracht. Co-Gründer Lukas Liedtke erzählt im Podcast, wie es dazu kam, dass vier Maschinenbau-Studenten zu Start-up-Gründern wurden und sich schnell auch eine hohe E-Commerce-Kompetenz erarbeitet haben. Heute verkauft heat it seinen smarten Insektenstichheiler in vielen Ländern in Europa sowie weltweit, beschäftigt mehr als 25 Mitarbeitende und hat einen Jahresabsatz von einer halben Million Produkten im Visier.

Website: https://heatit.de 

Amazon Store: https://www.amazon.de/stores/page/D477267C-FE07-46BA-879C-71E60CFF4E6F?ingress=2&visitId=00b034f6-ca6f-47d5-ac80-655466042c0a&store_ref=bl_ast_dp_brandLogo_sto&ref_=ast_bln

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A startup in Switzerland has received the green light for a unique pilot project with solar panels. A removable solar photovoltaic system will be tested on a railway track next spring, a world-first by the startup Sun-Ways.

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Fiona Milano et Maxime Dimidschstein, respectivement ingénieure biomédicale et ingénieur informatique, ont uni leurs expertises en février 2023 pour former Phoenix Impact, une start-up dédiée à la réduction de l’empreinte carbone des laboratoires de recherche. Face à la quantité phénoménale d’instruments en plastique jetés après qu’ils aient servi lors d’expériences, le duo a inventé une laveuse industrielle afin de les nettoyer pour qu’ils puissent être réutilisés. Notre journaliste, Sophie Bernard, est allée à leur rencontre.

« Dans mon cas personnel, je peux utiliser jusqu’à trois kilos de plastique par jour, ce qui correspond à ce qu’une personne génère en général en un mois, explique Fiona Milano, cofondatrice de Phoenix Impact. Des chercheurs comme moi, il y en a beaucoup dans le monde, donc ensemble, on produit plus de plastique que tout le Canada. » « C’est une chose qui me touche beaucoup depuis toujours, poursuit Maxime Dimidschstein. En discutant avec Fiona, nous en sommes venus à établir qu’il y avait un réel problème qu’il fallait résoudre. »

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Les fondateurs de Phoenix Impact nous parlent de leur solution pro-environnementale


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“Scale to America” par Newfund, met en lumière les expériences de start-up dans leur expansion et installation aux États-Unis. À travers des témoignages inspirants, explorez les défis, les opportunités et les stratégies qui ont permis de croître et de prospérer, mais aussi les erreurs commises sur l’un des marchés les plus compétitifs au monde.
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Learn why simplicity, speed of execution, and a performance-focused strategy are crucial keys to expanding in the U.S. A must-listen episode for any entrepreneur aiming to break into the American market and seeking real insights into international growth.


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Newfund (https://www.newfundcap.com/) is an early-stage VC fund backing entrepreneurs driving breakthrough innovations across all sectors, with a particular focus on internationally ambitious projects. The fund invests in seed rounds to kickstart international expansion and remains committed to long-term support with follow-on investments. Its team, based in Paris, Silicon Valley, and Nouvelle-Aquitaine, leverages proprietary tech tools and methods developed since the fund’s inception in 2008. The portfolio comprises over 120 young, innovative companies.
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