Brad Kane is the Editor for Worcester Business Journal. Kane came to Worcester from its sister publication Hartford Business Journal, where he most recently served as managing editor. Kane talked his way onto HBJ’s staff in May 2010, previously working as a Boston Globe correspondent and a staff writer for the Patriot Ledger in Quincy. In another journalism life, he covered local politics in northern Ohio and southwest Florida. Kane has been honored for his work by the Alliance of Area Business Publications, the Florida Press Club, Ohio Associated Press and the National Society of Professional Journalists. He graduated from The Ohio State University, with an honor’s degree in journalism. He lives a calm, sleep-filled life in Wilbraham, Mass. with his wife, five young children and Texas heeler. In his 42 minutes of weekly free time, Kane runs the sidewalks, streets and trails of Western Massachusetts.
Since she replaced Emily Holdstein as Worcester JCC executive director on Jan. 1, Emily Rosenbaum has sought to use the organization's prestige to help other nonprofits and enhance the JCC's role in the community.
Hype can be a good thing, as long as you understand the difference with tangible results. You may sell the sizzle, but the customer still will want the steak.
As piercing and tattoos have become more mainstream, Marc Williams' relocated his Piercing Emporium & Tattoo to a unique copper-colored building on Shrewsbury Street in Worcester.
In 2016, the manufacturing industry in Greater Worcester contributed more to the region's economy than health care, education, hospitality, finance, real estate, insurance and government.
Wallace Andrews has established and operated call centers all over the world first for Minnesota camera maker Polaroid and then Massachusetts computer company Digital Equipment Corp. before striking out on his own.
In the business world, when we talk about keeping it professional, it usually centers around little things: dress appropriately, show up on time, don't harass your employees. Yet, in office professions like mine, we rarely deal with raw emotions.