Archive for April 2021
JetBlue adds new flights between Boston and San Antonio
New flights are set to take off later this year. Read More
Read MoreThe battle for tech talent is heating up. Texas isn’t the only emerging hotspot.
Demand for tech talent is ramping up around the nation, but growing hotspots like Texas aren’t the only places seeing a surge of job postings. New data shows several emerging markets where tech hiring is ramping up – a trend with implications for commercial real estate, startup ecosystems and small businesses. Read More
Read MoreVoting tech company Voatz plans to raise $10M in equity
The fundraise comes as people around the country are closely watching changes to voting laws. Read More
Read MoreBoston Speaks Up with The Operators CEO Ryan Durkin
Ryan Durkin is a serial entrepreneur, operator and product guy who’s interwoven himself into the fabric of Boston’s elite tech talent. Following his latest successful stint serving as head of product at Drizly (sold to Uber for 1.1B), Durkin is now busy building a sports agency for tech professionals in Boston — The Operators. Read…
Read MoreGisele Bündchen joins DraftKings as special adviser to the CEO
International supermodel Gisele Bündchen is the latest celebrity to join Boston-based DraftKings Inc. Her appointment as a special adviser comes a couple of weeks after her husband, former New England Patriots quarterback Tom Brady, announced the launch of an NTF startup with the three co-founders of DraftKings in an advisory role. Read More
Read MoreTom Brady is throwing some funding at this D.C. startup
The round is just the latest in a rapid series of raises for the company. Read More
Read MoreOrgan preservation to be focus of new $4M center at Mass General
MGH researcher Mehmet Toner called it the “Amazon of living things” — whole organs for transplantation, CAR-T cells for cancer treatment, stem cells for regenerative medicine or fish and shrimp embryos for aquaculture seeding. Read More
Read MoreFive things you need to know today, and could Boston be a ‘20-minute city’?
Good morning, Boston Here are the five most important things you need to know to help start your busy business day, plus reactions to the Chauvin verdict, drugs in limbo, crumbling Super Leagues, cat launchers and a question: Can Boston be a ’20-minute city’? Read More
Read MoreInsider View: UKG CEO Aron Ain talks trust, talent and togetherness
Here is an excerpt of a recent conversation with Aron Ain, CEO and chairman of Ultimate Kronos Group, or UKG, and the author of "Work Inspired: How to Build an Organization Where Everyone Loves to Work." Read More
Read MoreNew England workers want hybrid approach to remote work and return to offices
Forty-five percent of professional workers in New England would like a hybrid approach to working in the office and remotely, according to a survey from staffing company Robert Half. Read More
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