In case you have heard the rumor that we are changing our name…it is true. We have become the Alliance for Business Leadership (“The Alliance”) and will be launching the change along with our 2012 agenda on our website very shortly. For the moment, all of our emails, phone numbers, address and URL remain the [...]
Cambridge Innovation Center’s Tim Rowe Tells U.S. Senate: Start-Ups Can Drive Growth, Create Jobs
Today, PBLN member Tim Rowe testified before the U.S. Senate Committee on Small Business and Entrepreneurship at a hearing on Developing and Strengthening High- Growth Entrepreneurship. As you read his brief testimony below, the question for readers here is – did Tim represent what you think is best for the entrepreneurial economy? Weigh in below [...]
Workforce Development a No-Brainer: Empowering Community Colleges is Job One
Massachusetts currently has 240,000 unemployed citizens, and 120,000 job openings. These numbers should confuse you. In today’s economic environment, it is clear we can’t afford such an employment mismatch which experts say is tied to a complex “skills gap” between supply and demand of workers. In his recent State of the Commonwealth speech, Massachusetts Governor [...]
Two New Job Postings: Membership Manager and Communications Manager
Please email us at info@pbln.org if you are a qualified candidate for either of the following two positions posted on February 1, 2012 by PBLN: Title: Membership Manager Reports to: President/Executive Director Summary: Seeking a passionate, entrepreneurial and experienced relationship-builder and sales professional seeking a career of purpose who can help bring leaders together to [...]
Brazil Trip Report: Optimism Fuels a Rising Partnership
Massachusetts Governor Deval Patrick arriving in Sao Paulo, Brazil with the delegation I recently had a chance to sit down with Andy Tarsy, President and Executive Director of PBLN, to discuss his recent trip to Brazil with Massachusetts Governor Deval Patrick as part of a December 2011 trade mission. As a local entrepreneur, Brazil’s recent economic [...]
The Global Innovation Economy: Team Massachusetts Heads to Brazil
PBLN will be joining the Massachusetts Innovation Economy Mission to Brazil next week led by Massachusetts Governor Deval Patrick. As described in today’s Boston Globe, the 50 business and government leaders will include several cabinet secretaries and agency heads in key sectors, and top brass from universities and research institutes; as well as executives from EMC, [...]
November Issues Update
PBLN came out strong in support of the Massachusetts landmark energy legislation called the Green Communities Act in the face of significant criticism by some of the state’s most influential business organizations. We also deepened our engagement on the critical issue of workforce development through education and the crisis in of public nutrition policy and [...]
Jobs for Veterans – Is it your Business?
Today, President Obama signed a bill into law that helps unemployed veterans, numbering more than 850,000, to find jobs. The new legislation creates tax incentives for businesses to hire veterans, offering credits of up to $9,600 per hire, depending on the worker’s salary and how long he/she has been unemployed. Several top executives who are [...]
PBLN Pre-Summit Spotlight: Recombinant Data CEO Peter Emerson
As PBLN nears its Annual Boston CEO Summit, we have asked some of our participants to share some of their incoming thoughts as they prepare for the conference. Peter Emerson, CEO of Recombinant Data, shared his enlightening thoughts and insight regarding his company, Recombinant Data, and healthcare – a topic that will certainly be popular during [...]
Weigh in: Can entrepreneurs create jobs on the scale the US requires?
This is an open thread for comments as we prepare for PBLN’s 5th annual CEO Summit. Our focus is on how visionary entrepreneurship and public policy can align to spur economic growth and job creation. At our Summit Thursday we will ask top execs from Organogenesis, HouseWorks, Vertex, Panera Bread Company, XTalic, Digital Lumens, First [...]
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