Archive for September 2020

Startup Boston Week 2020, a free annual conference for early-stage startup employees and founders, is ready to take off from Sept. 21 to Sept. 25. The Business Journal’s Lucia Maffei talked with the event’s lead organizer Stephanie Roulic about the successful strategy for shifting in-person events to a virtual setting, her best networking tips and…

Office amenities like in-house fitness spaces and foosball were once a big draw to attract and retain talent. But with so few people commuting to downtown offices, tech companies are wondering whether they need such amenities —or such offices at all. Read More

"The question is no longer ‘if’ federal legalization will happen, but ‘how?’" Shaleen Title, a member of the Massachusetts Cannabis Control Commission, writes in a BBJ op-ed. Read More

Amid a parade of upsized biotech IPOs this year, a Waltham company working on drugs to treat muscle diseases made its debut with a $233 million fundraise today — more than double what it said it was hoping to bring in when it first filed its plans last month. Read More

Sales tax receipts are up. The sales tax holiday was a hit. Consumer spending has rebounded in Massachusetts more than it has elsewhere. Here are the retail industry’s winners and losers. Read More

Nearly half of the largest intellectual property law firms in Massachusetts saw reductions in the number of IP lawyers they employ statewide, but several said the pandemic’s economic wrath wasn’t to blame. Here are the largest IP law firms in Massachusetts. Read More

The health care system announced Wednesday that Ron Walls, who has served as chief operating officer of one of its flagship institutions, Brigham and Women’s Hospital, would be appointed as chief operating officer systemwide. Read More

In this BBJ op-ed, the CEOs of The Home for Little Wanderers and the Association for Behavioral Healthcare call upon government officials to help support kids and families and prioritize mental health. If not, we risk another generation of Black and Brown children suffering the consequences of unaddressed trauma. Read More

GE Healthcare, which is one of metro Milwaukee’s longest-running high-tech manufacturers, said it will invest $50 million in its historic West Milwaukee location and move hundreds of jobs and operations there from the company’s sprawling Waukesha campus. Read More

Finch Therapeutics has raised new capital as it prepares for a potential product launch and large-scale manufacturing. Read More