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June 24, 2019
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Focus on Entrepreneurs & Innovation

MBI's Worcester expansion should get more biotech startups off the ground

Zachary Comeau

Inside dozens of closet-sized laboratories in three different Worcester buildings is a goldmine of biotechnology brainpower and promising research just waiting for the right opportunity to explode

  • Shop Talk
    Shop Talk

    A 354-year-old agent of change

    Tom Kinisky spent 12 years working in Worcester for Saint-Gobain Abrasives, watching the community and the region’s manufacturing industry begin its transformation into what it is today.

  • Panel: Central Mass. is becoming its own biotech cluster

    ZACHARY COMEAU

    Thanks to several decades of hard work and planning and the growth of life science business parks in Worcester, the biotech cluster in Central Massachusetts is becoming known on the world stage, according to biotech advocates and executives.

  • 101: Workplace violence

    SUSAN SHALHOUB

    According to the Bureau of Labor Statistics Census of Fatal Occupational Injuries, of the 5,147 fatal U.S. workplace injuries in 2017, 458 were cases of intentional injury by another person.

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    Advice

    Don't follow Silicon Valley startup advice

    ANTHONY PRICE

    Silicon Valley investors and their ilk seek the next big thing to grab market share, and produce fame and Jeff Bezos-sized wealth. They call it disruption.

  • Opinion
    Opinion

    A healthy Worcester needs affordable housing

    Eric W. Dickson, M.D.

    In our effort to attract the best and brightest doctors, nurses and other caregivers to Worcester, our future colleagues have a healthy stock of homes to choose from. An inadequate stock puts employers in the region at a competitive disadvantage.

  • Movers & Shakers
    Movers & Shakers

    Movers & Shakers for June 24

     

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    Opinion

    A Thousand Words: WRA baseball signs

    Don Landgren

  • Advice
    Advice

    Don’t touch my hair!

    Bonnie J. Walker

    I vividly remember at 8 years old, sitting on a swing next to my white friend, Kate, in the elementary school playground of Hanover, N.H.

  • Advice
    Advice

    40 Things I Know About ... Running an arts nonprofit

    Juliet Feibel

    Nonprofit doesn’t mean no profit.

  • Editorial
    Editorial

    Planting the seeds of innovation

    Massachusetts Biomedical Initiatives in June held an event reflecting on nearly four decades of growth in the Central Massachusetts life and health sciences cluster, particularly around MBI’s home in Worcester.

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Today's Poll

How would you grade Gov. Maura Healey’s support of Central Massachusetts businesses in her tenure thus far?
Poll Description

More than one year has passed since Gov. Maura Healey was sworn in as the 73rd governor of Massachusetts. Since then, Healey has spoken extensively about her commitment to attracting, retaining, and growing business in the state. To accomplish that goal, Healey and her administration have proposed and enacted several initiatives, including granting Central Massachusetts manufacturing businesses $600,000, allocating $458,000 to businesses training the disabled workforce, and most notably, filing the $3.5-billion Mass Leads Act aimed at bolstering the state’s life sciences, climatetech, and applied artificial intelligence industries. 

At the same time, the Central Massachusetts Business Confidence Index dropped to 45.9 in April, the second lowest score in the index's history, reflecting declined views regarding the region's economic outlook.

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