Posts by ericg
Healey administration pursues new blueprint for a dominant AI sector: ‘AI for X’
The strategy is part of the administration’s new draft plan for the state’s economic development, which also touches on the workforce as well as industries like life sciences and climatetech. Read More
Read MoreThen and now: A look at key players in the saga of Boston 2024
Boston 2024 memorabilia is still tucked away in boxes and bags in the homes of such people as Corey Dinopoulos, who joined Eric Reddy to get Boston thinking about its potential as an Olympic host city. Here’s what they and other key players in the effort are doing now. Read More
Read MoreBoston 2024: A look back at the ill-fated push for the Olympics
Eight years ago, Boston was briefly on track to host the Olympics in 2024. Leaders of efforts in support of the plan, and against it, have drawn lessons from the experience. Read More
Read MoreHealey hints at future of revamped Life Sciences Initiative in economic development plan
Gov. Maura Healey’s proposed economic development plan offers some clues about how she’d run a Life Sciences Initiative 3.0. Read More
Read MoreCompanies will have to ask tough questions in office-space negotiations in 2024
The calculus for companies in the market for office space has become significantly more complicated in the wake of the Covid-19 pandemic. Read More
Read MoreWellesley Asset Management moves its principal office to NH
Despite its name, Wellesley Asset Management, an investment advisory firm, has moved its principal office to a new office in Portsmouth, N.H, the company announced Monday. Read More
Read MoreThis grocery chain CEO hadn’t planned to take over the family business
Vivian Iannotti never intended on joining the family business, Stop and Compare. That is, until her mother, who ran the company, told her she never felt burned out from the job. Today, Iannotti is its CEO. Read More
Read MoreCeltics co-owner is a lead investor in new MIT AI spinoff
The startup, Liquid AI, emerged from stealth on Wednesday with $37.5 million in seed capital. Read More
Read MoreNia Grace: Not letting ‘no’ deter her from building restaurant group
Nia Grace says it has never been a straight path to where she’s gotten to today: a restaurateur with three locations in Boston, a city not known for being easy to operate in, never mind for someone starting out in hospitality without deep pockets. Read More
Read MoreFounders push for bill to stop “rampant” discrimination, sexual harassment in VC
Advocates for the legislation say it would finally ensure investors were held to the same standards as other employers and workplaces in a time when there are still huge inequities in venture capital funding. Detractors have said it could lead investors to take fewer meetings with underrepresented founders in the first place. Read More
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