Archive for June 2021

For two local companies whose businesses will only be helped by a future that involves remote working and learning, the hybrid approach most companies are taking is a positive trend. Read More

Prior to the coronavirus pandemic, a lot of people would have been happy to skip the morning commute on most days and work from home remotely, sitting at their desks in a nice comfortable pair of sweatpants. After more than a year of isolation and a lack of physical interaction, businesses and employees are happy…

Goldman Sachs has set its sight on health tech. 4G Clinical, a Wellesley-based developer of software to support clinical trials, has brought in $230 million from the New York wealth management giant, with the promise to expand into new geographies, get its products to market and grow its team by about one-third. Read More

Good morning, Boston. Here are the five most important things you need to know to start your day. Read More

“I think both businesses and individuals can easily be spooked if it turns out that people are once again more at risk than they thought they were going to be,” Rosengren said in a recent interview with the Business Journal. Read More

The Empower DEI program aims to grow the number of minority- and women-owned union contractor businesses in the Greater Boston region. Read More

Amazon is launching a nationwide Black Business Accelerator, but it hasn’t connected with local businesspeople in Boston — and that’s a mistake on the part of the e-commerce giant, according to local Black business advocates. Read More

This is the first time that the media celebrity appears on the stage of marketing tech conference Inbound, a three-day event that this year will be held virtually, according to a spokesperson for Cambridge-based HubSpot. Read More

North Shore Community College said it would use $1.2 million in federal funds to erase the college debt for students who were enrolled during the pandemic last year. Read More

Jack Derby has been a part of the Massachusetts tech scene for decades, as a startup CEO, then as an investor and volunteer with entrepreneurship organizations, and most recently as a teacher of entrepreneurship. Now he’s giving $10M to Tufts University. Read More