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Healey 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
Read MoreBoston business leaders, Rwandan organization create new kind of entrepreneurship education
In Rwanda, a group impacted by the genocide in 1994 and poverty formed Rungano-Ndota to support some of the region’s most vulnerable youth, empowering them as people and entrepreneurs. Read More
Read More15-acre Newton site on market for $24M after deal falls through
A nearly 15-acre Newton property is back on the market after the demise of a tentative deal that involved the city and real estate developers NOW Communities and Civico. Read More
Read MoreA ‘behind the scenes’ woman rises to the top at Takeda
Julie Kim didn’t start her career as a natural leader. Then a manager told her that if she aspired to leadership, she needed to step out of her comfort zone — speak up at meetings, make herself known. Read More
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