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The Case For Localizing Mom-And-Pop Investment

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Exploring the importance of the small business through the lens of its immediate community is a critical component of promoting education among entrepreneurs. According to Mathews, MainVest aims to encourage local investors to invest in businesses of their own community. This is beneficial in more ways than one, he noted.

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Small Business Spotlight: Just Add Cooking

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Boston-based meal kit company Just Add Cooking aims to address both by sourcing its kits from farms and businesses in the New England region. We know the pitfalls that national competitors have run into. That’s why local markets are one of the fastest-growing food segments in the U.S.,

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Will The Fitness Industry’s Digital Shift Stick Once The Pandemic Is Over?

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There’s nothing like being in a class physically with a community and an instructor. Peloton, for example, took the market by storm with its connected fitness bikes that allow members of the greater community to tap into live classes and pre-recorded content with fellow riders from around the world. It’s not the same, right?”

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Retail Goes Out To The Ballgame For The Fourth

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Thousands of Americans will take to the nation’s ballparks this weekend as Americans celebrating the nation’s independence will look to the nation’s national pastime for the entertainment, likely combined with a fireworks display of some kind. Want to take your family of four to see the Boston Red Sox?

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Data Dive, Go Big Edition: Apple, Amazon And CloudKitchens

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According to reports last week, Amazon will soon be heading to Boston to construct a $40 million state-of-the-art robotics innovation hub. The 350,000-square-foot facility is planned for Westborough, Massachusetts, a community roughly 35 miles west of Boston. Amazon’s Big Robotics Investment .

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FinCEN Steps up Efforts to Protect Against the Six Biggest Threats to the U.S. Financial System

Abrigo

Blanco discussed the organization’s active approach toward addressing the top financial threats to our financial system, our national security, and our communities and families. FinCEN is committed to addressing compliance failures that put our financial system and national security at risk. The 12 major U.S.

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The community bank’s complete guide to building trust

Independent Banker

But for most community banks, building a trustworthy brand isn’t a conscious effort. So first, we’ll look at how two community banks have become trusted pillars of the community through charity work and good old?fashioned billion-asset community bank. Build your community. It’s in their DNA.

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