Features Companies to Watch

If there were any dissent from the rest of the legal world, it seemed muted in 2016, when the Boston Business Journal stated that the new Goodwin offices may be “the nicest law firm space in the country.” The case seemed closed indeed, for there was much about these offices at 100 Northern Avenue—designed by […]

Reputations spread fast in the food service industry. Dealers who provide the means to keep kitchens humming had better be dependable and versatile. One size can’t fit all when it comes to commercial kitchen equipment, layout and design, and custom fabrication. Drew O’Quinn, the personable 38-year-old vice president of Thompson & Little Inc., a third-generation […]

In 1987, the idea of a cyberattack—that someone might gain control of your computer system and steal your organization’s dollars or data—sounded like science fiction. Back then, the primary threats were of the physical sort: keeping cash in safes and making sure that buildings were properly locked. Thirty-one years later, the security landscape hasn’t simply […]

A changing culture has largely rendered archaic that old jingle of yesteryear, “Hey, Culligan Man!” giving way to something less gender-defined. But the good-natured fellow who’s owner and boss of, at last count, 37 of the water-treatment products company’s franchises, may still hear the original line from folks of sufficient longevity, and he’s more than […]

Grab any bottle from any cooler in any convenience store in America, and there’s a near-100 percent chance that the first ingredient listed will be water. It’s more than a building block of life; it’s the keystone of a trillion-dollar global industry. And yet, there’s a common misconception that each individual brand bottles its own […]

The human diet ain’t what it used to be. With all the hype around non-processed, gluten-free, low-carb, vegan and lactose-free foods, a time-traveler would likely be befuddled by today’s menus and food packages. But that doesn’t seem to faze Mark Battistoni, the vice president of sales and marketing for Sahlen Packing Company, as he sits […]

Talking with Chad Sayers, the question inevitably arises: Is there anything he hasn’t done? A jack-of-many trades, Sayers is the architect behind the soon-to-be released—and long anticipated—V SQUARED, a self-described smartphone designed to top all smartphones from his Salt Lake City company, Saygus. But the road of life has taken him along many paths (and […]