PYMNTS

MARCH 11, 2016

After a bit of a bumpy start to the year, what has become a now multi-week debacle with the FBI over that phone and a solid month of share prices below $100, it has been a while since Apple has managed a whole week of headlines that were, more or less, positive and even hopeful about innovation in the offing.

Apple 100

Apple Houston Boston Mobile 100

PYMNTS

MAY 27, 2016

Early April saw Staples announce a partnership with Workbar that will see parts of three of the office supply retailer’s Massachusetts stores converted into communal workspaces available for on-demand rental. Along with a handful of other household names, eBay was one of the pioneers of the rise of online shopping ubiquity.

Retail 100

Retail Las Vegas Millennials Conference 100

CB Insights

SEPTEMBER 15, 2017

Select Investors: CAA Ventures, Greycroft Partners, GVR Fund, Samsung NEXT, Sony Innovation Fund. offers a platform for hosting online gaming tournaments. Headquarters: Boston, Massachusetts. Gamer Sensei is an online platform for competitive gamers that uses algorithms to pair competitive video gamers with coaches.

California 49

California San Francisco Video Oakland 49

PYMNTS

JUNE 14, 2017

Online ordering now makes up more than 25 percent of orders at the chain’s company-owned stores. Panera’s CEO Ron Shaich and President Blaine Hurst spent hundreds of hours observing bottlenecks at a Massachusetts Panera location to pinpoint the source of the issue. But now it’s also proving that high demand can be handled efficiently.

Massachusetts 134

Massachusetts Boston Mobile System 134

Fintech Labs Insights

MARCH 28, 2016

In total, there were 13 fintech startups (or 15 by the Bank Innovations definition ), 12% of the total YC W16 class of 109. HQ: Boston, Massachusetts. Online foreign exchange services. Nigerian online credit card processor. Source: Crunchbase. Maxwell Health. Payroll & beneifts platform. Total raised: $56.4

Company 12

Company Fintech San Francisco New York City 12

CB Insights

MARCH 13, 2019

New York, Boston, Chicago, and Nashville, among other cities, all played host to newly minted unicorns last year. Company Description: Circle Internet Financial is a Boston-based cryptocurrency company offering a crypto exchange platform, money transfers, and investment services. Circle Internet Financial. Valuation: $3B.

San Francisco 77

San Francisco Company US California 77

CB Insights

MAY 10, 2018

Before Bruce Doolin Henderson opened the doors of Boston Consulting Group on July 1, 1963, the concept of “competition” barely existed in American business culture, let alone the concept of strategy. State of Innovation Report. It was a genuinely innovative insight into allocating capital, dressed up as a 2×2.

Strategy 78

Strategy Management Analytics Tools 78

CB Insights

SEPTEMBER 4, 2018

Top initiatives: First company to test self-driving tech on the streets of Singapore, and later in Boston. It then also became the first to test such technology on public streets in Boston, Massachusetts. Read more: The Guardian , Reuters , Bloomberg , The Guardian , Wall Street Journal. Aptiv hits the road for testing.

System 78

System Technology Michigan California 78

CB Insights

JULY 23, 2020

A completely remote workforce seems unlikely, given the intangible benefits of social connection, collaboration, and innovation that in-person working provides. An entirely remote workforce seems unlikely for most companies, with an office providing intangible benefits such as social connection, collaboration, and innovation.

Meeting 101

Meeting Tools Survey Company 101

PYMNTS

JANUARY 7, 2019

This is the year that everyone takes a critical look at the innovations they’ve pursued over the last decade to decide what’s worth taking forward into the decade of the ‘20s and what’s best left behind in the decade whose door will close 358 days from today. Paying for things will happen online for pickup in the store later.

Mobile 205

Mobile Innovation Apple Study 205