Archive for February 2020

After a streak of layoffs at prominent public tech companies, another local firm has reduced its workforce. This time, the company making cuts is private, valued over $1 billion and raised $200 million in funding just last month. Read More

Good morning! Here are the 5 Things You Need to Know to get your Friday started, plus Bernie tweeted our story, which TV show went off the air on this day, and why Boston’s ready for the coronavirus. Read More

New England’s colleges and universities have a growing weight on their shoulders, but some small, private colleges have found ways to buck the trend by differentiating themselves from peers, developing new recruitment pipelines or building new revenue sources. Read More

Eight of the largest engineering firms in Massachusetts saw double-digit revenue growth last year, according to new research data by the Boston Business Journal. Read More

The United Way of Massachusetts Bay and Merrimack Valley, one of the area’s top charitable institutions, will have a new CEO this summer. Read More

Two of the state’s top cannabis regulators are urging state lawmakers to further bolster and fund the state’s equity programs. Read More

Black and Latinx businesses have less access to the elements that are critical to business growth: good advice, growth capital, customers, and effective networks. Read More

CEO Mike Reed partly blamed the faster revenue declines on “employee distraction” due to the company’s announcement that it would be cutting costs. Read More

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Hospital and insurance executives said they are prepared to handle the looming threat of the novel strain of coronavirus, with hospitals having already screened hundreds of patients who have come through their doors. Read More