Archive for June 2021
She couldn’t find a cancer wig, so she started a company
When Dianne Austin was diagnosed with breast cancer in 2015, she joined the one-in-three Black women who would develop cancer in their lifetime. Like many patients, she would undergo chemotherapy and lose her hair. But what started as a trip to her hospital’s cancer-center boutique turned into a nationwide search as she looked for an…
Read MoreHow often should employees be in the office? Best practices for answering the big question
As employers create their hybrid workplace models, one question is often at the top of the list: How often should employees be required to come to the office? Here’s how companies can approach the high-stakes question. Read More
Read MoreHow Waters Corp kept employees working — and the coronavirus out
With more than 1,700 employees working on site at 19 locations around the world, laboratory equipment and software maker Waters Corp. has not had a single case of person-to-person coronavirus transmission in 15 months — since the start of the pandemic. Read More
Read MoreNexamp looks beyond solar, to storage and utility scale
In 2008, when he joined the company, “the health of the global climate at the time was already begging for aggressive action, but the realities of the business climate suggested that perhaps the world was not ready,” Clark said. Now, the political backing behind clean energy is allowing Nexamp to scale at larger rates. Read…
Read MoreCIOs of the Year named at virtual 2021 awards program
The Boston CIO Leadership Association, in partnership with the Boston Business Journal, celebrated its finalists and awardees online at the 2021 Boston CIO of the Year Awards on Friday. Read More
Read MoreLongtime CTO Brian Stevens says of programming: ‘You get to build things’
The former chief technology officer at Red Hat Software was the keynote speaker at the 2021 Boston CIO of the Year ORBIE Awards, where he likened programming to carpentry: "Programming and construction are kind of the same thing." Read More
Read MoreSchneider Electric CIO Elizabeth Hackenson aims to ‘stay humble and learn every day’
Hackenson, a 2021 Boston CIO of the Year Leadership Award winner, says companies are finally recognizing both parents want to work, and resources are available, but you have to "listen to the needs of the business." Read More
Read MoreFive things you need to know today, and how James Brown helped save Boston
Good morning, Boston. Here are the five most important things you need to know to start your day, plus what’s going on this weekend, vaccinations on a train, and one night in Boston. Read More
Read MoreForm D Friday: Companies raise over $92M ahead of Juneteenth
Form D Friday is a Boston Business Journal feature highlighting regulatory filings from Boston-area companies raising capital for new projects or expanding their businesses. Read More
Read MoreGoulston & Storrs responds to $300M lawsuit brought by John Fish
Attorneys representing Goulston & Storrs PC on Thursday denied almost every claim brought against the firm in a $300 million lawsuit by construction magnate John Fish. Read More
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