Archive for November 2021

With the labor market in upheaval, Larry Gennari writes that we need to recognize the connectedness of work and wages to community, hope and progress and to think about possible solutions. We should do is, as Michael Scott would say, “as ASAP as possible.” Read More

The suspension of the renewable hydroelectric power, generated in Quebec and piped through Maine to Massachusetts, is the latest in a handful of significant blows to Gov. Charlie Baker’s energy and climate agenda. Read More

Wagner became a first-time CEO in early November, when she stepped into the role at Immunitas after having served as the startup’s chief business officer for two years. Read More

Arivee Vargas Rozier-Byrd always knew she wanted to be an attorney, but after a few years spent in that field, she’s found fulfillment in human resources and more recently, as a life and career coach with a weekly podcast. Read More

State Senate Majority Leader Cynthia Creem told her colleagues in the state senate this week that law enforcement use of facial-recognition software enacted last year "did not go far enough" to rein in the technology. Read More

The nonprofit started by a pair of Harvard Business School grads is building an adult civic education network, one class at a time. Read More

Accepting Bitcoin helped one bakery owner turn $250 in pastry sales into $15,000. But not all small businesses are comfortable with the risks. Entrepreneurs who embraced cryptocurrency early share their best practices and lessons learned. Read More

While some in the life sciences industry create drugs and devices to tackle the Covid-19 pandemic, their colleagues are busy as ever raising money, testing new drugs, expanding facilities and more. Here’s The Petri Dish, a roundup of news that may get overlooked amid the influx of Greater Boston life sciences and health care happenings.…