The Massachusetts Institute of Technology has received a $118 million gift from alumnus Samuel Tak Lee to fund the study of sustainable real estate development. It was one of the largest donations in the school’s history. The money will be used establish a real estate entrepreneurship lab at MIT that will support research and give […]
Boston-based athlete-to-coach connector CoachUp announced this morning that John Kelley, a former executive at The Princeton Review, will be stepping into the role of the four-year-old company’s chief executive. CoachUp founder Jordan Fliegel will continue to work as the president and will remain a member of the company’s board of directors. CoachUp, which was founded […]
Some people really get into shopping: The coupon-cutters, Amazon Primers, or painstakingly thoughtful types who spend months searching for the perfect anniversary present. But for the rest of us, the act of finding a lamp or shirt or birthday gift can evoke a feeling of dread. That’s what the new Boston-based company, Scratch, which is […]
After he trotted out their drones and button-sized computers at CES yesterday afternoon, Intel chief executive Brian Krzanich added one more thing: Intel would boost the diversity in its workforce by 14 percent over the next five years and earmarked $300 million to reach that goal. The amount will be spent over the next three […]