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Entrepreneurs

  • Worcester entrepreneurship mentoring program gets $80K state grant

    September 20, 2018

    Worcester Roots, an organization that helps with economic and other opportunities, has received an $80,000 state grant as part of an entrepreneurship mentoring program.

    September 20, 2018
  • Funding a startup begins with the basics

    Anthony Price September 17, 2018

    Long before a startup gets its first customer, the founders are thinking about solving a problem and dominating their market by releasing their disruptive product into the world.

    Anthony Price September 17, 2018
  • Marijuana growers threaten lawsuit against CCC

    State House News Service September 12, 2018

    An organization representing Massachusetts marijuana growers is considering a lawsuit to compel the Cannabis Control Commission to review the statutorily-required agreements between marijuana businesses and their host towns.

    State House News Service September 12, 2018
  • Frustrated lawmakers urge CCC to review municipal agreements with marijuana companies

    State House News Service August 29, 2018

    As the Cannabis Control Commission weighs asking legislators to revisit the marijuana law to clarify requirements related to the agreements marijuana businesses are required to enter into with their host municipalities, the two lawmakers who wrote

    State House News Service August 29, 2018
  • CCC hung up over authority on host community agreements

    State House News Service August 23, 2018

    The Cannabis Control Commission is weighing whether it will return to the Legislature to ask lawmakers who rewrote the 2016 law legalizing marijuana to clarify requirements related to the agreements marijuana businesses are required to enter into

    State House News Service August 23, 2018
  • Sudbury skincare company founder goes nationwide through force of will

    Grant Welker August 20, 2018

    Michelle Moran is not a likely master of the skincare and beauty industry, but the Maynard resident got a hang of it about as quickly as anyone could have.

    Grant Welker August 20, 2018
  • Entrepreneurship isn't wonderful all the time

    Renee King August 20, 2018

    In almost seven years total of business, I have seen my afternoon hobby blossom into a flourishing company.

    Renee King August 20, 2018
  • Former Fitchburg school sold for residential project

    Grant Welker July 25, 2018

    A plan to renovate a former Fitchburg school into affordable housing has taken a step forward.

    Grant Welker July 25, 2018
  • Movers & Shakers

    July 23, 2018

    Movers and shakers in Central Massachusetts from July 9 to July 23.

    July 23, 2018
  • Becker College creates graduate studies school

    Grant Welker July 17, 2018

    Becker College has created its fifth school, the School of Graduate and Professional Studies, to centralize the Worcester college's graduate programs.

    Grant Welker July 17, 2018
  • The Power 50: Michael Dundas

    July 9, 2018

    Dundas is quickly becoming the face and the brain behind Massachusetts recreational marijuana.

    July 9, 2018
  • The Power 50: Dinesh Wadhwani

    July 9, 2018

    What started as a late-night college dorm room conversation nine years ago at Babson has blossomed into one of the industry giants in efficient-lighting technology.

    July 9, 2018
  • MassDevelopment to provide $2.15M in collaborative workspace funding

    July 3, 2018

    The Gov. Charlie Baker Administration will provide more than $2.15 million in funding for its MassDevelopment Collaborative Workspace Program grants to help spur job creation and business formation.

    July 3, 2018
  • Boys & Girls Club partners with Microsoft to get Worcester children excited about STEM

    Livia Gershon June 25, 2018

    Washington tech giant Microsoft brought its pilot program to the club this spring to introduce dozens of members ages 10 to 17 to computer tools for learning about STEAM fields.

    Livia Gershon June 25, 2018
  • Milford marijuana incubator seeks to cut costs for young companies

    Zachary Comeau June 25, 2018

    Milford marijuana cultivator Sira Naturals is launching the Sira Accelerator, a program aimed at breaking down those financial and time barriers to entering the legal marijuana market.

    Zachary Comeau June 25, 2018
  • Colleges seek out cheaper students as fewer traditional students apply

    Grant Welker June 25, 2018

    At a time when colleges are battling high costs and a shrinking pool of high school graduates, they are increasingly turning for growth to an area where they don't need to recruit students, house them in dorms or feed them in dining halls.

    Grant Welker June 25, 2018

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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.