Lebanon Startup Cleans Up in Contest
Manchester, n.h. — “C’mon, everyone let’s give it up!” Jamie Coughlin is working the audience like the warm-up act before the taping of a TV show. He’s dressed in the tech entrepreneur’s uniform of black jeans and open collar shirt, extends his arms like he’s leading a revival meeting, and smiles at the swell of enthusiasm. Coughlin, the director of entrepreneurship at Dartmouth College, is playing emcee in a staging area inside one...
Pizza Hut Joins Effort to Offer ‘100,000 Opportunities’ to Youths
Dallas — A coalition of businesses that has pledged to increase training and hiring for “opportunity youth” is nearly doubling in size and now includes Pizza Hut. The “100,000 Opportunities Initiative,” initially announced last month by Starbucks, now calls for 29 companies to help at least 100,000 young people ages 16 to 24 by 2018. The program will offer youths who face “systemic barriers to jobs and education” apprenticeships,...
