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Small Business

  • Report: U.S. entrepreneurs in good spirits

    Emily Micucci June 18, 2014

    The entrepreneurial spirit in the U.S. is thriving, and women enjoy ample opportunity among developed countries, according to a joint report by Babson College in Wellesley and New York City's Baruch College.

    Emily Micucci June 18, 2014
  • AIM: Employer confidence hit 21-month high in May

    Emily Micucci June 4, 2014

    The Associated Industries of Massachusetts (AIM) Business Confidence Index rose 1.8 points to 54.8 in May, the highest reading since August 2012.

    Emily Micucci June 4, 2014
  • If you have the right product, there is VC money available

    Livia Gershon May 26, 2014

    In the first quarter of this year, venture capital investment reached its highest point in more than a decade, with $9.5 billion going to companies nationwide in 951 deals, according to PricewaterhouseCoopers' Money Tree report.

    Livia Gershon May 26, 2014
  • Central Mass. incubators allow entrepreneurs to launch and grow their businesses

    May 26, 2014

    David Crouch had been looking to join a business incubator ever since he launched a digital services company. But for the longest time, he had nowhere to turn locally.

    May 26, 2014
  • Life Sciences Center awards $980K to Acton startup

    Emily Micucci May 21, 2014

    The Massachusetts Life Sciences Center (MLSC) has awarded $980,000 to Acton biotechnology startup Excellims Corp., which will provide the company with working capital to fund commercialization efforts, the MLSC said.

    Emily Micucci May 21, 2014
  • Small businesses hopeful for 2014

    Rick Saia May 12, 2014

    More than 80 percent of small-business owners are optimistic about what lies ahead for them, just months after many of them came off a strong 2013, according to a survey from marketing firm Constant Contact of Waltham.

    Rick Saia May 12, 2014
  • Craft-brewing business grows in Central Mass.

    May 11, 2014

    Despite owning the first brewery in New England's second largest city, Ben Roesch started small. Wormtown Brewery Co. occupied just 2,000 square feet in a former ice cream parlor on Worcester's Park Avenue when it opened in March 2010. And the

    May 11, 2014
  • AIM: Index reflects warmer economic view

    Emily Micucci May 7, 2014

    The monthly Associated Industries of Massachusetts (AIM) Business Confidence Index came in at 53 out of a 100-point scale, the highest score since August 2012, just before the impending federal fiscal cliff “crippled confidence in fiscal policy

    Emily Micucci May 7, 2014
  • Briefing: Life Sciences Research

    April 14, 2014

    A Massachusetts Biotechnology Council (MassBio) report released April 3 found that an intense focus on reducing health-care spending could stymie life science

    April 14, 2014
  • Karyopharm finds clinical partner, possible new uses for cancer drug

    Emily Micucci April 14, 2014

    Karyopharm Therapeutics of Natick has produced promising results as it develops its cancer drug, KPT-330. Now, the startup is exploring other potential applications for its technology. Karyopharm CEO Dr. Michael Kauffman said the startup has tested

    Emily Micucci April 14, 2014
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  • Worcester accounting firms merge

    Sunny Zheng Special To The Worcester Business Journal March 14, 2014

    Worcester-based accounting firm Bollus Lynch said it has merged with the Kashuk, Bourgault, Kittredge & Frustaci (KBKF) accounting firm of Worcester.

    Sunny Zheng Special To The Worcester Business Journal March 14, 2014
  • Ballot activists see shortcomings in House minimum wage bill

    Matt Murphy State House News Service March 14, 2014

    Though not as generous as the Senate's package, House Speaker Robert DeLeo's proposal to raise the minimum wage to $10.50 an hour would still give Massachusetts the highest wage floor in the country. However, it remains to be seen whether it will be

    Matt Murphy State House News Service March 14, 2014
  • Mass. needs a more flexible, less-bottled-up recycling law

    Christopher Flynn Special To The Worcester Business Journal March 3, 2014

    Massachusetts is used to being on the cutting edge. In politics and social change or in technology and innovation, our commonwealth is usually leading the way, embracing good ideas before other states have even heard of them.

    Christopher Flynn Special To The Worcester Business Journal March 3, 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
  • Coakley joins other AGs to in bid to curb 'patent trolls'

    February 25, 2014

    Attorney General Martha Coakley has joined 41 other attorneys general in supporting federal legislation against “patent trolls” to “address frivolous and abusive patent lawsuits that threaten small, start-up businesses.”

    February 25, 2014

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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.