Interview with Chad Pytel, Founder & CEO Tell Us About Your Journey I got my first computer when I was about 10. My parents got it for me at a yard sale. I taught myself to program BASIC on that. It wasn’t actually very long after that, that I started to do work for people […]
The photo of Prince on the left above was taken by Lynn Goldsmith in 1981. Andy Warhol used this photo to create an unauthorized series of silkscreens – the “Prince Series” – which appears to the right of Goldsmith’s photo. Goldsmith is a well-known rock-and-roll celebrity photographer. When Warhol passed away in 1987, the Prince […]
Interview with Jeffrey Poole, CEO of Siren Marine Tell Us About Your Journey My journey was part of our CEO and founder’s journey, Dan Harper, who passed away a little over a year ago. And his vision was to connect every recreational boat in the oceans. So whether it was a sailboat, whether it was […]
Interview with Rochelle Nemrow, founder of FamilyID Tell Us About Your Journey My very first job out of college was with a magazine called High Technology Business Magazine that covered the intersection, it was the first magazine to cover the intersection of business and technology. It kind of ages me a little bit, but it […]
The Massachusetts Wage Act, M.G.L. c. 149, §148, is a particularly punitive statute for Massachusetts employers – entitling employees who are not timely paid their wages to three times the amount owed plus reimbursement of attorney’s fees accrued in pursuing their claim. With a recent decision of the Supreme Judicial Court – Reuter v. Methuen […]
Since our previous article from August 2021, employers have more frequently established and enforced mandatory COVID-19 vaccination policies. Employers have the discretion to implement mandatory vaccination policies for their employees. Certain employees, however, must be vaccinated under Massachusetts law. Massachusetts requires mandatory COVID-19 vaccination for certain employees, such as those who work in: To reach […]
Tell Us About Your Journey My journey started back in 2010 in the United States Navy. I was a supply and logistics officer working on a minesweeper. Minesweepers were a 30 year-old platform, wooden chips, really broken down supply chains. And one of the things that I got to learn about was just how amazing […]
Interview with Joe Phoenix, CEO of Givinga Tell Us About Your Journey The journey has been an interesting one. I mean, it started back in 2015. I had two co-founders and myself started Givinga, built it out of basically a WeWork. I think one of the first meetings that I had was actually in this […]
some workers are classified as “independent contractors” and are not entitled to all of the statutory protections and requirements applicable to employees.
Tell Us About Your Journey I, myself, am a Four Chapter caregiver and I became a 20-or-so-year practitioner and have been operating Torchlight for about ten years. For me, it was always about taking what I had grown up with and having a close family member, my Aunt Pauline, with categorical and pretty significant disabilities. […]
The question of what entity type to choose when starting a new business can be overwhelming and it is important to choose the one that best fits your business needs. While there is no one-size-fits-all approach, here are some things you should consider before making your decision. Common Business Entity Types The most common types […]
Tell Us About Your Journey I started life as an engineer and suddenly then pivoted to medicine. I was a practicing physician for over eleven years in academics here in Boston at Boston Medical Center, and I’m a BU faculty member. I pivoted over to hospital administration and then into business and have been with […]
One of the challenges of launching and growing a tech startup is procuring the necessary legal advice and support with a very limited legal budget, especially in the early days when the company is pre-revenue. Here are a few pointers on how to get the most out of your budget for legal services. Select The […]
Jake Lombardo is a co-founder of Anodyne Nanotech, Inc., a preclinical-stage biotech company developing differentiated, transdermal forms of high-value drugs. Anodyne Nanotech and its HeroPatch technology are going to become wonderful success stories that will change the lives of so many around the world.
We find that clients are often aware of how to use patents, trademarks and copyrights to protect their intellectual property. However, they seem less confident about how to utilize trade secret law and how it might benefit them. Trade secrets can be a powerful tool and this form of IP protection should always be considered as part of a company’s “IP arsenal.”