Archive for April 2023
Order tracking startup cuts sales jobs, citing ‘change in strategy’
Wonderment, which provides order tracking technology for Shopify merchants, eliminated part of its sales team, according to CEO Jessica Meher. Read More
Read MoreViewpoint: Making climate data actionable for Mass. communities
As part of our work to address climate change, we developed the Climate Risk and Resilience Portal (ClimRR), a free, publicly accessible site to provide localized data projections. Read More
Read MoreEverett reinvents itself, shedding image as an industrial expanse
Now that Encore Boston Harbor has opened, thousands of residential units are on the way, and plenty more could come. Read More
Read MoreBPDA board OKs Southie hotel, Fenway zoning changes
Also on the agenda were three requests for proposals for housing on city-owned land in Charlestown, Chinatown and Dorchester. Read More
Read More5 minutes with… Dr. Robert Higgins president of Brigham and Women’s Hospital
More than a year after he assumed the job, Higgins says he hopes to create a "health system of the future." Read More
Read MoreMassMutual set to put $100M into diverse, overlooked startups
"Great talent can come from anywhere," said Jason Allen, portfolio manager of impact investments at the insurer known as MassMutual. Read More
Read MoreMeet pro runners and score swag at these Boston Marathon events
The Boston Marathon provides an opportunity for Boston-area running and sports tech companies to showcase their products and sponsored athletes to runners from around the world. Read More
Read MoreHouse seeks big spending increase, tax relief in budget
Top House leaders are pursuing significant spending increases, fueled in part by newly available surtax revenue, while they move simultaneously to phase in permanent tax relief changes gradually in the face of shifting economic currents. Read More
Read MoreDick’s named a Boston Marathon sponsor ahead of Back Bay store opening
The sports apparel chain plans to open a House of Sport store next year in the former Lord & Taylor on Boylston Street. Read More
Read MoreFew businesses remain from 2013 along the Boston Marathon’s final stretch
Few of the more than two dozen retailers that lined the marathon’s route along Boylston Street in 2013 remain. Many closed, not as a direct result of the bombings, but largely because of the pandemic. Read More
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