Let’s start with the number that explains everything else. The median sale price for a home in Boston in February 2026 was $802,000. That is 89% above the national average. To afford that median home comfortably — using the standard 28% debt-to-income rule, with a 20% down payment at current mortgage rates hovering around 6.5% […]
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Here is something worth sitting with for a moment. In 2025, Massachusetts startups raised $16.7 billion in venture capital. That is a 12% jump from 2024, the strongest gain since the pandemic. The state has more venture capital per capita than anywhere else in the country. And yet, by the standard metric everyone uses to
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Boston is not a city where “expensive” means the same thing in every zip code. A $1.2 million budget will get you a well-appointed two-bedroom condo with harbor views in one neighborhood and a tiny studio with a galley kitchen in another. The difference is not just square footage — it is history, walkability, prestige,
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If you want to understand where the American clean energy economy is heading, you don’t need to look at Washington or Silicon Valley. You need to look at a stretch of Greater Boston that runs from Somerville to Waltham, through Kendall Square and out toward Worcester. Massachusetts has quietly become the most concentrated clean energy
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Every year, thousands of professionals make one of the most consequential financial decisions of their lives in Boston: whether to take a job offer, negotiate a raise, or make the leap from one sector to another. And every year, they navigate that decision with incomplete information — company-by-company data points, anecdotal comparisons from colleagues, and
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There is a number that has come to define ambition in the startup world: one billion dollars. The threshold that separates a promising company from a unicorn — a privately held startup valued at $1 billion or more. The term was coined in 2013 by venture capitalist Aileen Lee, who at the time identified just
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There is a stretch of Cambridge, Massachusetts — barely a square mile in size — that has quietly become the most consequential piece of real estate in global science. On any given morning, the Red Line deposits researchers, entrepreneurs, venture capitalists, and executives from companies like Moderna, Biogen, Google, and Takeda onto the same sidewalks.
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Running a small business in Boston in 2026 comes with a unique set of challenges. Between the rising cost of commercial real estate and the city’s aggressive net-zero deadlines, business owners often feel squeezed. However, Massachusetts has quietly built one of the most well-funded “checkbooks” in the country to help SMBs modernize their operations. The
While the world was looking at Silicon Valley for software and Austin for chips, Boston was quietly building the infrastructure for the next industrial revolution: Climate Tech. As of early 2026, the city has officially transcended its reputation as just a “Biotech hub” to become the laboratory for the planet’s survival. This isn’t just a
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Boston has evolved from being solely the cradle of American independence to becoming the laboratory for digital financial independence. Businesses, both small and large, must adapt to this new reality—it is no longer optional for those who truly wish to prosper. Implementing new technologies and achieving real leverage through them is now a matter of
