The Language of Business

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MIT Sloan Sports Analytics Conference – LOB 114
May 07, 2020

Your game tickets are worthless. There are no games to watch. The entire sports world is on hold...but that doesn't mean no one is talking about it. The Language of Business goes to the MIT Sloan Sports Analytics Conference in Boston to meet three team...

Restaurant job posting app about to be overwhelmed? – LOB 113
May 04, 2020

Tony Liu has an award-winning app called JobGet that specializes in jobs in the retail and restaurant space. In the last 6 months he won $100,000 from MassChallenge and $250,000 in the MIT Inclusive Innovation Competition.

You can’t pay your employees or pay your rent. What will the landlord do? – LOB 112
April 29, 2020

Covid-19 has forced you to close your business. You can't pay your employees and you can't pay our rent. You can't even go into the office. You are strapped. What will your landlord do to help? - The Language of Business visits Washington DC to talk w...

Challenges of international startups – LOB 111
February 03, 2020

You’re an entrepreneur from Brazil running a Brazilian food truck. Where you find investors? In the US...or Brazil? A very successful kid’s clothing company in Japan wants to make inroads to the US market. But they have a name problem.

Psychodrama…helping young people deal – LOB 089
December 10, 2019

Psychodrama at Lesley University - How a college professor teaching psychodrama helps psychiatrists. And how an attorney switched gears studied psychodrama and started a company that helps young people deal. -

Helping people with autism graduate, go to college and get a job – LOB 088
December 03, 2019

85% of people with autism are unemployed. But an organization on the South Coast of Massachusetts is doing something about it. The Language of Business travels to Fall River to learn about the Spectrum Empowerment Project,

Whistleblowers and con men – LOB 087
November 07, 2019

,  - In Part 2 of The Language of Business look at lying and cheating in business host Greg Stoller talks with litigation attorney Bruce Singal, legal expert on con men and whistleblowing. Then author Elaine Eisenman has insights into how to protect y...

2019 MassChallenge Awards – LOB 086
November 01, 2019

The Language of Business went to the MassChallenge 2019 Cohort opening showcase in July. Host Greg Stoller spoke with MassChallenge Boston Managing Director Cait Reimers Brumme about the 2019 cohort competition. MassChallenge Boston awards over $1,

Cannabusiness Part Two – LOB 085
October 22, 2019

A Private Equity investor decides the place to invest is in cannabis. So they open a dispensary in Rhode Island and we’ll check it out. Then we go to the Massachusetts Cannabis Control Commission to get the legal lowdown from the guy in the corner offi...

Yes we can cannabis – LOB 084
October 16, 2019

You have a license for a cannabis dispensary. What did that take? What do you do with it? How do your customers know your product is safe? - The Language of Business takes a toke on the cannabis business. The cannibusiness??