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This week, the Worcester Regional Chamber of Commerce and entrepreneurial hub Auxilium will launch StartUp Week Worcester, a multi-day event with tours, workshops, and a collegiate pitch competition. The event is part of the city’s greater effort to bring more attention to its burgeoning startup scene. Worcester incubator Massachusetts Biomedical Initiatives has been a leader in bringing more young startups to the region and just saw the opening of the offices of investment firm Conifer Life Sciences at MBI.

Do you think of Worcester as a startup hub?
Yes, the city is already a startup leader within New England. (8%, 13 VOTES)
Yes, although recognition from outside the region for Worcester as a startup hub needs to catch up with reality. (26%, 41 VOTES)
Not yet, but it has potential to be. (31%, 48 VOTES)
No, not more than any other midsized city. (34%, 53 VOTES)
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This week, the Worcester Regional Chamber of Commerce and entrepreneurial hub Auxilium will launch StartUp Week Worcester, a multi-day event with tours, workshops, and a collegiate pitch competition. The event is part of the city’s greater effort to bring more attention to its burgeoning startup scene. Worcester incubator Massachusetts Biomedical Initiatives has been a leader in bringing more young startups to the region and just saw the opening of the offices of investment firm Conifer Life Sciences at MBI.

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  • James Cote
    April 7, 2025

    We did start our business in Worcester, though once we branched out to other cities it became obvious Worcester was like an dragging an anchor. Every department tries hard, however, they don't have the intiative and flexibility to assist new businesses. We listened in to a recent License Commission hearing and there were two cases that exemplified this: One was vendors trying to streamline farmers market permit fees in the favor of gaining participants, and the other was some group trying to get a credit on a license that the city made a mistake on. In both cases the Commissioners favored the city collecting funds over helping small businesses in one of the most non-friendly business states in the country. A common sense pro-business city would have agreed with both of these requests. Worcester has too much cover their rear, than thinking of helping people move forward.