Aaron Pressman

3 days ago | bostonglobe.com | Jon Chesto |Aaron Pressman

Governor Maura Healey has tapped prominent venture capitalist Eric Paley to lead the state’s economic development efforts and make the most of a $4 billion bond bill that lawmakers passed last year to support several of Massachusetts’ most promising industries. Healey on Tuesday announced that Paley, managing partner at Cambridge VC firm Founder Collective, will take over for Yvonne Hao as economic development secretary.

3 days ago | bostonglobe.com | Aaron Pressman

MIT professor Bill Aulet chuckled to himself when he decided to invite his old friend and famed software programmer and investor Mitch Kapor to give a speech about entrepreneurship at the school this spring. Usually no laughing matter, the Doriot Lecture is a prestigious annual event at MIT’s Sloan School of Management. The funny part to Aulet was that Kapor, who created the groundbreaking spreadsheet program Lotus 1-2-3 and founded Lotus Development Corp.

1 week ago | bostonglobe.com | Aaron Pressman

Here are some of the most popular topics and a sampling of reader comments:The most common reader response was seeking better and healthier food options. Suggestions for specific restaurants included Sweetgreen, Shake Shack, Tasty Burger, and Panera. Some people asked for more gluten-free, vegetarian, and vegan options. Readers also asked for the rest stops to have a more local flavor with “New England authenticity” and seasonal food items.

1 week ago | bostonglobe.com | Aaron Pressman

At a gathering in Cambridge just down the street from MIT last week, dozens of entrepreneurs, investors, and policymakers debated how to keep the local innovation economy growing even as federal funding for many projects dries up. “It is going to take collaborations, it is going to take tough conversations, we’re going to have to think about new models,” Emily Knight, chief executive at startup accelerator The Engine, told the group.

2 weeks ago | bostonglobe.com | Aaron Pressman

The Massachusetts Department of Transportation next week is awarding a new 35-year contract to manage the state’s 18 highway plazas, including 11 on the Massachusetts Turnpike, to Irish convenience store giant Applegreen. As part of the deal, Applegreen agreed to replace buildings at nine of the 18 service plazas and make significant retrofits to the others. We want to know what readers would like to see changed — or kept the same. Do we need more EV chargers?