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Entrepreneurs

  • New program to offer free space to college startups

    Sam Bonacci September 8, 2014

    A new program will provide a year of free space in Worcester to entrepreneurial college graduates seeking to open their own businesses in the city.

    Sam Bonacci September 8, 2014
  • Despite traveling a sometimes risky path, immigrants seize business opportunities

    Emily Micucci June 2, 2014

    Although many face obstacles entering the United States, immigrants are launching their own businesses at a higher rate than those started by native American citizens.

    Emily Micucci June 2, 2014
  • TechSandBox wins grant to boost startups

    May 9, 2014

    TechSandBox, the MetroWest innovation center for science- and technology-based startups, said it has received a $25,000 planning grant to develop a new accelerator program from the Westborough-based Massachusetts Technology Collaborative. As part

    May 9, 2014
  • FSU celebrates Innovation Center opening

    April 22, 2014

    Officials at Framingham State University will celebrate the opening of the school's new Entrepreneur Innovation Center with a ceremony on site this afternoon. The incubator provides office space for area entrepreneurs, as well as internship

    April 22, 2014
  • Mass. life sciences firms look beyond VCs for funding

    April 14, 2014

    When Geert Cauwenbergh needed money for a life sciences startup in 2002, he knew where to turn: venture capitalists.

    April 14, 2014
  • As health care shifts to preventing illness, more entrepreneurs seize opportunities

    Emily Micucci March 3, 2014

    A little over five years ago, Peter Rucinski couldn't have told you the first thing about yoga.

    Emily Micucci March 3, 2014
  • Canned drink losing its taste? They’ve got it covered

    Rick Saia January 20, 2014

    Who says innovation has to be complicated? Many inventions are seen as solutions to problems. One day, Gary Richard saw how people who enjoy canned, carbonated beverages couldn't put down their drinks for long stretches without those drinks losing

    Rick Saia January 20, 2014
  • Q&A With Mark Durrenberger Of New England Clean Energy

    November 25, 2013

    As an engineer, Mark Durrenberger has plied his craft in the nuclear energy and information technology fields. When he formed New England Breeze Solar — later renaming it New England Clean Energy — he engineered the formation of a new business in a

    November 25, 2013
  • Northborough Lender Marks First Expansion Beyond New England

    Emily Micucci November 5, 2013

    A Northborough company that provides lending services for people who buy mobile homes, will expand outside New England, establishing operations in Maryland, Delaware and New York. Chris Schofield, who founded Priority Funding in 2003, made the

    Emily Micucci November 5, 2013
  • Eyes On The Sky With Feet In The Sand

    Emily Micucci October 20, 2013

    Inside the Route 128 belt, technology entrepreneurs who need cheap space to work have plenty of options.

    Emily Micucci October 20, 2013
  • The 3 Keys To Helping Entrepreneurs Stay Here And Start Businesses

    Jeff Schiebe Special To The Worcester Business Journal September 30, 2013

    I'm constantly meeting entrepreneurs, would-be-entrepreneurs, educators, students and government officials and am amazed at how many of them talk about innovation and startups in the Greater Worcester area. Their level of interest is quite high.

    Jeff Schiebe Special To The Worcester Business Journal September 30, 2013
  • Web Company Expands Into Worcester

    August 29, 2013

    Citing rapid growth, Salespod Inc., the maker of a field sales and retail merchandising tool by the same name, has moved into an office in Worcester.

    August 29, 2013
  • Hudson Firm Finds Growth Through Reinvention

    June 16, 2013

    Marianne Lancaster is having a great year. And it's about time.

    June 16, 2013
  • The New College Try: More Central Mass. Schools Embrace Entrepreneurship

    May 27, 2013

    Derek Canton has an energy that's contagious, is heavily active at his church and has a self-described entrepreneurial mindset.

    May 27, 2013
  • Businesses Gain New Space To Elevate In Central Mass.

    May 27, 2013

    Whether offering an affordable space to work, an area for collaboration or seminars for small businesses, there are more options available to Central Massachusetts startups and entrepreneurs to get their ventures out of the gate.

    May 27, 2013
  • From The Print Edition: The Entrepreneur's Corner

    Jeff Schiebe Special To The Worcester Business Journal May 7, 2013

    Jeff Schiebe follows up on a previous WBJ print edition column in which he addressed three ways to help entrepreneurs in Worcester. Here, he talks about a fourth key ingredient: entrepreneurial spirit.

    Jeff Schiebe Special To The Worcester Business Journal May 7, 2013

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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.