Archive for May 2021

The coronavirus pandemic has upended work and home lives and brought many people new levels of stress, depression or loneliness. Some healthcare workers also see the pandemic optimistically as a way to better address mental health. Read More

Throughout all the upheaval wrought over the past year due to the global pandemic, at least one thing has remained constant: The Boston area’s need for more housing. But Covid-19 has also brought about a unique opportunity to alleviate that problem. Read More

In 2020, a number of large companies committed to spending more dollars with minority-owned businesses, but experts say a successful supplier diversity program takes considerable time and effort. Here are four best practices to follow. Read More

Jennifer Neundorfer is cofounder and managing partner at January Ventures, an investment firm that is trying to address the unique challenges and biases faced by entrepreneurs often under-represented in business, including women and people of color. Read More

The association of 15 colleges, which collectively serve 136,265 students, said that Nate Mackinnon, most recently the vice chancellor for community colleges at the Nevada System of Higher Education, has been named its next executive director Read More

Good morning, Boston. Here are the 5 Things You Need to Know today in Boston business news, plus PPP Round 2, alpaca farms, MassArt’s new boss (she’s a familiar face), and something to be aware of this month. Read More

Drug companies have long argued that increases in list prices don’t significantly affect patients, because insurance companies pay the bulk of the cost, and rebates from drug companies to insurers largely offset out-of-pocket costs. But a study published Tuesday suggests that more than half of all patients do in fact pay more when overall costs…

The vision for this development company is to bring diverse communities into real-estate deals at the very beginning of a project, creating an opportunity for long-term, generational wealth creation rather than a one-time payout for selling a piece of property. Read More

Bank of America’s chief operations and technology officer, Cathy Bessant, discusses what she looks for in choosing the bank’s fintech partners and other vendors. Read More

While employers have always had a responsibility to support employees facing myriad personal and professional concerns, perhaps a silver lining of this dreaded global pandemic is that many companies, including the author’s, have become much more invested in doing so. Read More