Archive for November 2020
Buoy Health plans new hires, aims to reduce health care ‘friction points’
The Boston company plans to increase its headcount 75% over the next year and further its technology for return-to-work symptom checking thanks to $37.5 million in recently raised funds. Read More
Read MoreFast-growing minority firms are the ‘hidden gems’ of BBJ’s Fast 50
Real and potential fast-growth firms owned by Blacks, Latinos and other minority groups are relatively unknown to the mainstream media and the rest of the largely white-dominated business community. Read More
Read MoreBig companies that grow fast: A tale of two strategies
For fast-growth companies with nine-figure annual revenue, high-percentage growth year over year is no easy feat. Read More
Read MoreRevenue explosion: How Covid is accelerating the business of tech firms
This year’s tech honorees on the Business Journal’s Fast 50 list tend to be B2B software companies working in red-hot sectors such as online education, app development, fintech and tech-enabled staffing services. Read More
Read MoreHere are the 50 private companies growing their revenue the fastest
The fastest-growing company in the group of 50 fastest-growing private companies in Massachusetts operates in a sector that right now is red hot: nurse staffing. Read More
Read MoreTechstars Boston’s newest cohort delves into health care, deep tech
For the first time in five years, renowned accelerator Techstars Boston is hosting two cohorts in the same year — the first time in five years the accelerator has hosted two cohorts in the same year and an example of a significant rise in New England entrepreneurship, organizers say. Read More
Read MoreCarGurus CTO to step down next year
One of the largest public companies in Massachusetts is parting ways with one of its early senior engineers, who was promoted to the top technology role after more than ten years at the company. Read More
Read MoreOpioid overdose deaths trend upward during Covid
A slight increase in deaths from opioid overdoses during the pandemic has broken a years-long downward trend. Read More
Read MoreTechstars, LearnLaunch accelerators move into Venture Lane
It’s a testament to the need for an entrepreneurial community amid the pandemic. Read More
Read MoreModerna, Pfizer report success with Covid vaccines. Here’s what happens next.
Here’s a look at the key questions for Moderna and Pfizer’s Covid vaccine applications. Read More
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