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The Daily Free Press

The Independent Student Newspaper at Boston University.

The Daily Free Press

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Daniele Bocchieri and Nikolai Romanov, Northeastern University students, started “Sapori Pinocchios,” a business that allows them to ride around their campus and downtown Boston on bikes delivering and selling Italian pastries from the North End. PHOTO BY OLIVIA NADEL/DFP FILE PHOTO

Italian treats to be delivered across city via student bicycle business

Ella Torres December 10, 2015

The mecca for authentic Italian food in Boston lies in the North End, often called “Boston’s Little Italy.” Daniele Bocchieri, a sophomore at Northeastern University hailing from Milan, Italy,...

Small Business Saturday, the Saturday following Black Friday, aims to promote shopping at local business. PHOTO COURTESY PIXABAY

Small Business Saturday places emphasis on shopping locally

Ella Torres December 3, 2015

For most small businesses, Small Business Saturday doesn’t quite deliver the same punch as Black Friday — the crowds aren’t quite as big, the sales aren’t quite as extreme and the preparations...

The Fenway Community Development Corporation hosted “Fen-tastic Fest,” a food festival featuring dishes from around the globe. PHOTO BY RACHEL MCLEAN/DAILY FREE PRESS STAFF

Fen-tastic Fest features food and philanthropy in Fenway

Ella Torres November 12, 2015

On a night that applauded the diversity of the Fenway neighborhood, approximately 100 professionals attending the Fen-tastic Fest fundraising affair Tuesday, displaying the heterogeneous culture that...

One of the first participants celebrates after shaving her head during the fourth annual St. Baldrick’s Charity Cup to raise money for pediatric cancer on Monday at Lansdowne Pub. PHOTO BY MARY SCHLICHTE/DAILY FREE PRESS STAFF

Young professionals shave heads to raise funds for childhood cancer research

Ella Torres November 5, 2015

Krysta Voskowsky could barely make it through the crowds at The Lansdowne Pub Monday night before someone stopped her for either a hug or an outpouring of compliments. “That was amazing,” one passerby...

The company that created Massage on Demand, Zeel announced its launch in Boston on Monday. PHOTO COURTESY 05COM/FLICKR

Zeel brings convenient massages to tense Bostonians

Ella Torres October 1, 2015

As more companies begin specializing in the art of straight-to-your-front-door service, one company wants to do more than stand idly outside. Zeel wants to come in. An in-home massage service, Zeel...

Boston Mayor Martin Walsh announced Monday “Women Entrepreneurs Boston,” a City of Boston initiative that will advance Boston’s women in business. PHOTO COURTESY DAWN ARLOTTA/CDC

Walsh enacts advancement program for female entrepreneurs

Felicia Gans September 24, 2015

Over the past several years, colleges and universities have increased their focus on supporting female entrepreneurship and providing resources for women in business. But with an initiative launched...

The Prudential Center will open a new Eataly location in place of the old food court that closed in June. PHOTO BY MAE DAVIS/DAILY FREE PRESS STAFF

Eataly, planned Prudential Center food court replacement, draws mixed reactions

Ella Torres September 17, 2015

As Bostonians, visitors, students and workers breeze through the kiosk-filled hallway of the Shops at Prudential Center, one classic piece is missing — the building’s food court. Now shuttered with...

Door of Clubs, operating out of WeWork in South Station, is a Boston startup that provides and online platform for companies looking to work with college clubs. PHOTO BY DANIEL GUAN/DAILY FREE PRESS STAFF

Door of Clubs works to provide students with passage to successful careers

Ella Torres September 10, 2015

To join a school club is to be connected not only to the student and faculty at Boston University, but potentially to a network of similar companies throughout the city as well. Though BU’s more than...

 Christopher Grandoit, software testing manager at the startup company Toast, works at his desk at Hatch Fenway Wednesday morning. Hatch Fenway is a startup that provides affordable workspaces for Boston-based startups to launch their businesses. PHOTO BY BRIAN SONG/DAILY FREE PRESS STAFF

Hatch Fenway serves as dynamic incubator for local startups

Ella Torres September 3, 2015

In a city that has gained national recognition for its efforts in sustaining small business innovation, a recently-launched company in Boston’s Fenway neighborhood is hoping to make startup creation...

Restaurants and other eateries with more than 20 locations must provide calorie information of their products by Dec. 1, 2015, according to regulations announced by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration on Nov. 25. GRAPHIC BY EMILY ZABOSKI/DAILY FREE PRESS STAFF

New FDA regulations on calorie count spur debate among consumers, businesses

Ella Torres December 9, 2014

In a country where it’s easier — and cheaper — for many to dine on a bacon, cheese and chicken patty sandwich or a bread bowl stuffed with cheesy pasta, perhaps it is no surprise that more than one-third...

The Happiness Lab founder Vishal Patel loves you and wants you to be happy

Ella Torres December 4, 2014

Walking into a coffee shop — spilling textbooks over a table, typing away furiously and having two cups of coffee for extra caffeine — can be anything but stress-free. Despite the soothing music in...

A research team led by Sinan Aral, a management professor at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, looks to tap into the large network of social media sites to encourage HIV testing in South Africa. GRAPHIC BY EMILY ZABOSKI/DAILY FREE PRESS STAFF

MIT professor to promote HIV testing, public health issues via social media

Becca DeGregorio November 18, 2014

Eat this. Wear that. And make sure to do what? When faced with decisions of all sorts, defaulting to outside influence is natural: Well, what is everyone else doing? This “I’ll jump if you do” tendency...

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