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Entrepreneurs

  • Worcester small business microloan center to open

    Sam Bonacci February 9, 2016

    The South Middlesex Opportunity Council (SMOC) is set to open a new center in Worcester on Wednesday that will provide low-interest microloans to small businesses and underserved entrepreneurs throughout Worcester County.

    Sam Bonacci February 9, 2016
  • Embracing foreign-born Central Mass. residents

    February 1, 2016

    In an election year where fear-mongering and playing off people's biases have seemed to rule the day – we've recently observed a sensible, intelligent approach to one of the nation's hot button issues that is worth noting. David A.

    February 1, 2016
  • Foreign-born business owners boost Worcester

    Laura Finaldi February 1, 2016

    Worcester's foreign born population is making its mark in the city's business community.

    Laura Finaldi February 1, 2016
  • Marlborough launches small business loans

    Sam Bonacci January 28, 2016

    The Marlborough Economic Development Corporation (MEDC) has launched the Marlborough Area Community Loan Fund aimed at supporting local economic development through lending to small businesses.

    Sam Bonacci January 28, 2016
  • Women’s business center moves to Westborough

    January 28, 2016

    The nonprofit Center for Women & Enterprise is relocating its Central Massachusetts branch from Worcester to Westborough.

    January 28, 2016
  • $100K challenge to boost biotech and medical device start-ups

    Sam Bonacci January 20, 2016

    The University of Massachusetts Medical Device Development Center (M2D2) has kicked off its fifth annual $100,000 challenge to showcase the innovative ideas of early-stage medical device, diagnostic and biotech companies.

    Sam Bonacci January 20, 2016
  • North County chamber to finance small biz growth

    January 18, 2016

    Roy Nascimento took over as leader of the North Central Massachusetts Chamber of Commerce one year ago, succeeding David L. McKeehan, the North Central chamber's only chief executive since its founding 32 years ago.

    January 18, 2016
  • Apps not always the best mobile solution

    Laura Finaldi January 18, 2016

    As mobile phones and tablets start to become the Internet device of choice, Central Massachusetts businesses are finding new ways to reach their customers and realizing there are more options than apps.

    Laura Finaldi January 18, 2016
  • AbbVie hepatitis drug granted priority review

    January 8, 2016

    Worcester pharmaceutical firm AbbVie has received priority review status from the U.S. Food & Drug Administration for its drug meant to treat those suffering from chronic hepatitis C virus.

    January 8, 2016
  • Area colleges focus on big data

    Laura Finaldi January 4, 2016

    Before he was a management professor at Nichols College, Leonard Samborowski worked for the head of army intelligence at the Pentagon, where he used data analytics to predict the outcome of possible military moves.

    Laura Finaldi January 4, 2016
  • Youth sports becoming big business for Central Mass

    Sam Bonacci January 4, 2016

    Sports complexes across Central Massachusetts are tapping into a youth sports market that has proven recession proof and continues to grow.

    Sam Bonacci January 4, 2016
  • Fed tax bill measures could benefit Mass. jobs

    State House News Service December 17, 2015

    Small business and medical device industry officials say a pair of provisions in the just-struck Congressional deals on tax credits and spending bode well for job production in Massachusetts.

    State House News Service December 17, 2015
  • Becker names David Jordan director of social business center

    Sam Bonacci December 16, 2015

    Becker College has named Seven Hills Foundation President and CEO David Jordan as the first director of a new center that will focus on how business can identify and solve social problems, the Worcester school announced Wednesday.

    Sam Bonacci December 16, 2015
  • Mazzarella pushes can-do attitude in Leominster

    Brad Kane December 7, 2015

    In November, Dean J. Mazzarella was elected to his 12th two-year term as Leominster mayor, extending his lead as longest serving mayor in the city's 375-year history. This January, when Medford Mayor Michael J. McGlynn retires, Mazzarella officially

    Brad Kane December 7, 2015
  • Startups, unicorns and realistic expectations

    Ken Cook November 23, 2015

    I am a fan of startups and entrepreneurism, having worked with them my entire professional career. I've written books for them, built businesses around them and through Inc. Magazine consulted with the best of them – the Inc. 500.

    Ken Cook November 23, 2015
  • Worcester startup groups join forces for WPI forum

    November 20, 2015

    Worcester nonprofit The Venture Forum and networking community VentureMeets have teamed up to put on a Dec. 8 event at Worcester Polytechnic Institute.

    November 20, 2015

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Has your company created pathways for women, people of color and other minorities to advance to more senior positions?
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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.