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Entrepreneurs

  • Wonder Plunger creator receives $50K financing from North Central Mass. Development Corp.

    Timothy Doyle August 30, 2022

    Wonder Products of Sterling, has been approved by the North Central Massachusetts Development Corp. of Fitchburg for a $50,000 loan.

    Timothy Doyle August 30, 2022
  • Two Valvoline locations in Worcester acquired for $3.2M by Marlborough-based franchisee

    Timothy Doyle August 26, 2022

    Metrolube Realty, LLC, registered to Bob Ladas, president CEO of Marlborough’s Metrolube Enterprises Inc., purchased two Valvoline Instant Oil Change locations in Worcester for $3.2 million.

    Timothy Doyle August 26, 2022
  • 40 Under Forty 2022: Amanda White

    Timothy Doyle Updated: August 22, 2022

    With two graduate business degrees, two startup companies, and several nursing certifications, White has the experience and qualifications for leadership.

    Timothy Doyle Updated: August 22, 2022
  • Worcester 300 trivia contest, part 13: Famous beverage manufacturer

    Updated: August 22, 2022

    Trivia question: What is the name of the Worcester beverage manufacturer owned by the Crowley family?

    Updated: August 22, 2022
  • 40 Under Forty 2022: Matt Majikas

    Laura Finaldi Updated: August 22, 2022

    In 2019, Majikas grew his DJing side hustle to the point where he was making more than twice what he made at his day job selling ads for the Worcester Business Journal.

    Laura Finaldi Updated: August 22, 2022
  • 40 Under Forty 2022: Matthew Vaccaro

    Laura Finaldi Updated: August 22, 2022

    A founding member of Masis Staffing Solutions, Vaccaro grew the company from 40 internal employees in 2015 to 325 today, with operations in 20 states.

    Laura Finaldi Updated: August 22, 2022
  • 40 Under Forty 2022: Katia Norford

    Katherine Hamilton Updated: August 22, 2022

    Besides being a successful business owner, Norford has become a key leader in the Main South business community, playing an important role in the Worcester neighborhood’s significant development over the past five years.

    Katherine Hamilton Updated: August 22, 2022
  • 40 Under Forty 2022: Nicholas Lazzaro

    Timothy Doyle Updated: August 22, 2022

    As other seniors in Holy Cross’ class of 2023 ponder what they will do after graduation, Lazzaro will be busy growing his already successful business, working for the good of Millbury public school students, and writing for a local print publication.

    Timothy Doyle Updated: August 22, 2022
  • 40 Under Forty 2022: Nathan Lanier

    Katherine Hamilton Updated: August 22, 2022

    As the legend goes, Lanier and his three friends, Damien Goudreau, Dean Rohan, and Jonathan Weisbach, started Tree House Brewing Co. in a small barn in Brimfield.

    Katherine Hamilton Updated: August 22, 2022
  • 40 Under Forty 2022: Liz Estabrooks

    Laura Finaldi Updated: August 22, 2022

    Estabrooks’ versatility, tenacity, and diligence are what led her to launch her own business, Jax Seafood, which offers everything from lobster to ahi tuna to mussels to swordfish to whole belly clams.

    Laura Finaldi Updated: August 22, 2022
  • 40 Under Forty 2022: Natalie Rodriguez

    Katherine Hamilton Updated: August 22, 2022

    Rodriguez started out in the hospitality industry at 16, worked her way up to a hotel manager, and, in 2019, opened her own Puerto Rican restaurant, where she is the head chef.

    Katherine Hamilton Updated: August 22, 2022
  • Fitchburg furniture store receives $15K NCMDC loan

    Timothy Doyle August 9, 2022

    Lucy’s Furniture and Upholstery of Fitchburg received a $15,000 loan from the North Central Massachusetts Development Corp. of Fitchburg, to purchase fabric for furniture repair.

    Timothy Doyle August 9, 2022
  • Two dentists purchase Shrewsbury medical building for $6M

    Timothy Doyle August 1, 2022

    A corporation registered to two orthodontists purchased a medical professional building at 604 Main St. in Shrewsbury for $6 million on Friday.

    Timothy Doyle August 1, 2022
  • O’Connor’s Restaurant property sells for $2.2 million

    Timothy Doyle August 1, 2022

    Claire and Brendan O’Connor sold the location of their beloved Worcester restaurant to its new owners, the Maxwell family, for $2.2 million.

    Timothy Doyle August 1, 2022
  • Mass. legislature agrees on cannabis reform bill

    Colin A. Young from State House News Service August 1, 2022

    A compromise bill aimed at helping to grow the legal cannabis industry and making it more equitable emerged just before midnight Sunday after nearly a month of negotiations and quickly passed through both the House and Senate.

    Colin A. Young from State House News Service August 1, 2022
  • Worcester startup raises $5.2M for R&D, new hires

    Timothy Doyle July 21, 2022

    Blustream, a Worcester technology company specializing in after-sale product experience, has raised $5.2 million in Series A funding.

    Timothy Doyle July 21, 2022

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While shifting cultural norms in the business community have found hiring managers outwardly working toward hiring a more diverse staff, studies in the last few years by organizations like McKinsey & Co. and Regent University found women and people of color are promoted less frequently than their white male counterparts. This produces a dynamic where company leadership at many organizations remains dominated by white males even as the company's employees become more diversified.