Archive for February 2021

On the heels of continued growth of its security business, Cambridge Internet giant Akamai Technologies Inc. (Nasdaq: AKAM) has reorganized its business around two major classes of products in a move that has also led to some job cuts. Read More

Andrew Lelling has signaled he is interested in running for public office some day. In the meantime, should he decide to go the law-firm route, he will have plenty of options among the city’s top firms, one recruiter said. Before his nearly 20 years at the U.S. Department of Justice, he was an associate at…

Husband-and-wife entrepreneurial pair Adrian and Senofer Mendoza founded venture capital firm Mendoza Ventures five years ago to fill the need for hands-on investors, ones that would go beyond writing checks and help founders grow their footprint in the earliest stages of entrepreneurship. Read More

Covid-19’s economic impact was minimal in Grove Hall because we weren’t getting money from travel and tourism, college students, New England’s sports teams, theater patrons, movies, or full-service restaurants, writes Ed Gaskin. Here’s how we can remove the barriers to local Black economic development. Read More

ThredUp, an online clothing reseller founded in Cambridge before it moved to the West Coast, plans to lay off more than 200 employees. Read More

Massachusetts will allow people accompanying older adults to mass vaccination sites to be vaccinated themselves. Read More

The College of the Holy Cross in Worcester has named its next leader. Vincent Rougeau, currently the dean of the Boston College Law School, will serve as Holy Cross’s 33rd president, and the first lay and first Black president in the school’s history. He will assume the role on July 1. Rougeau succeeds Rev. Philip…

Good morning, Boston! Day two of the impeachment begins, more snow on your front lawn, and here are the five things you need to know today in Boston business, plus a debate over how to eat a potato in the workplace. Read More

Many businesses have been hit hard by the shutdowns over the past year, but helping workers who have been impacted by childcare issues needs to be part of the economic recovery. Read More

Authors & Innovators contributor Larry Gennari writes: "I’m hoping that policymakers and business leaders will take the time to check out a few new good books. After all, as Harry Truman noted: “Not all readers are leaders, but all leaders are readers.” Read More