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  • Original Central Mass. ‘Daily Deals’ Website Revamps Business Model

    Pioneering deal-of-the-day websites Groupon and Living Social have fallen on hard times over the past year, losing either employees, money or both.

  • Page One Story
    Page One Story

    New Business Owners Embrace Changes, Risks

    Scott Hayward has changed careers several times, which he thinks might be a key factor in his latest plunge — buying and managing a small-town general store.

  • Incorporations
    Incorporations

    Incorporations: April 29

    These Central Massachusetts businesses filed incorporation papers with the Massachusetts Secretary of State's Office from Feb. 1-14, 2013. Listed below are the corporate name, address, ZIP and president.ASHBURNHAM

  • Readers Weigh In: Remembering The Marathon Victims

    In the days after the Boston Marathon bombings, citizens and businesses in the region pulled together in response to the tragedy to aid the victims and their families.

  • Advice
    Advice

    Work Social Media, Get More Business

    Neil Licht Special To The Worcester Business Journal

    The web has created a serious challenge to our ability to control the process of acquiring paying customers.

  • Editorial
    Editorial

    Devens Succeeds In Reinvention

    Any time the federal government announces it's looking to close a military base or two to rein in defense spending, a Congressman is bound to step it up into rhetorical overdrive in an effort to preserve the status quo, and the base jobs that go w

  • Briefing
    Briefing

    Briefing: UMass Memorial Vs. Nurses Union

    More than a year after their contracts with UMass Memorial Medical Center expired, nurses in the health care system's three Worcester campuses — represented by the Massachusetts Nurses Association (MNA) — authorized a one-day strike as they contin

  • Photo Finish
    Photo Finish

    Photo Finish: April 29

  • Opinion
    Opinion

    Hospitals’ Focus On Readmissions Is Wrong Approach

    Dr. Bruce L. Bender Special To The Worcester Business Journal

    Many hospitals are focusing on reducing patient readmissions within 30 days of discharge because of a concern that readmission represents a failure of medical care.But they're wrong.

  • More Than Money: MBA Students Focus On Nonprofit Careers

    Emily Micucci

    Traditionally, students pursuing a master of business administration degree have set their sights on high-paying jobs in finance or accounting, frequently landing on Wall Street and in financial districts in other major cities.

  • Advice
    Advice

    10 Things I Know About ... Being Creative

    Matthew Maguy Special To The Worcester Business Journal

    10. IT'S FLEETING. We must capture our genius ideas when they happen. I have various notepads and devices strategically hidden all over my house for such occasions. In a pinch, use the recording app on your phone.

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Today's Poll

Should Massachusetts do more to encourage outdoor cannabis cultivation?
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Poll Description

The overwhelming majority of legal Massachusetts cannabis is grown in indoor cultivation facilities, where quality and product safety is easier to control, but these facilities draw large amounts of energy, particularly for lighting and HVAC systems. The Massachusetts Cannabis Control Commission offers perks to outdoor growers, with expedited business license application reviews and lower fees. The CCC has talked about adding additional perks for outdoor growing, such as speciality sustainability labels for their products, but none of those proposals have garnered significant consideration. Of the 130 licensed marijuana growers, 25 grow outdoors.