Porter will head state's small business office

Massachusetts Housing and Economic Development Secretary Daniel O’Connell (right) announced today the selection of André M. Porter to head the Massachusetts Office of Small Business and Entrepreneurship.

  Porter is a former deputy director for the city of Boston’s Office of Business Development.

According to state figures, 178,652 employment establishments with fewer than 500 employees were in the state at the end of March 2007; collectively, these establishments employed more than 2.5 million people, or roughly 85 percent of the state's work force.
(By Chris Reidy, Globe staff)

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