Archive for June 2021
To be hired at SEI is like ‘joining the family’
SEI, named a 2021 Boston Business Journal Best Place to Work among small businesses, keeps its employees tied to one another with virtual events such as cooking classes and what they call “courageous conversations.” Read More
Read MoreBrookline’s beloved Coolidge Corner Theater expanding
“Our iconic movie-house can no longer stretch to meet the needs of our ever-expanding audience,” the theater said on its website. Read More
Read MoreMIT-born photonics startup Lightmatter to open Bay Area office
Nick Harris, CEO of Lightmatter, said on Wednesday that the MIT spinoff its slated to open a new office in California in September, which will allow the four-year-old startup to tap into Silicon Valley tech talent. Although the lease is not signed yet, Lightmatter is eyeing a new space either in Palo Alto or Mountain…
Read MoreAfter tax breaks, Mass. firms fall short of pre-Covid job pledges
The Baker administration has proposed taking a more lenient approach to enforcement because of the pandemic, though some members of a state oversight council expressed concern the plan is too lenient. Read More
Read MoreNew name announced for Tufts, Harvard Pilgrim post-merger
Tufts Health Plan and Harvard Pilgrim Health Care announced an "intentionally modern" name for their newly combined insurance organization. Read More
Read MoreGrooming, growing: 5 Minutes With…Jon Crandall
Jon Crandall is growing his commercial landscaping and snow-removal company by focusing on ethical, profitable clients and employees. He spoke with the Business Journal about his professional journey. Read More
Read MoreSole Man: Reebok’s Paul Fireman as salesman, storyteller, sports-business pioneer
In more than a quarter century running Reebok, Paul Fireman turned it from an obscure brand into an industry behemoth, and did so with plenty of heart and humanity. He is the latest recipient of Sports Business Journal’s Lifetime Achievement Award. Read More
Read MoreFounder of Solo.io talks about being a woman in IT at the top
The name of her company highlights how much she values her independence as a woman-founder in tech, an industry in which women hold just 10% of executive level positions. Read More
Read MoreMBTA to resume full weekend commuter rail service next month
In the latest sign of the economy’s return toward normalcy, the MBTA is restoring full commuter rail weekend service starting July 3. Read More
Read MoreGinkgo Bioworks’ food-focused spinout raises $226M to get products on the table
Since its founding in early 2019, Motif FoodWorks has been tinkering with ways to engineer plant-based foods so they more closely mirror traditional animal-based ones: tweaking texture to mimic the pull of melted cheese, beefing up the nutrients in plant-based milk so it’s as nutritional as cow’s milk. Now, armed with an eye-popping $226 million…
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