March 31, 2014 - Worcester Business Journal

Economy

Readers: Leave Mass. minimum wage alone

There's growing sentiment among state lawmakers to raise the minimum hourly wage from its current $8. The...

Technology

Business Leaders of the Year 2014: Valentin Gapontsev, IPG Photonics

IPG Photonics of Oxford controls 80 percent of the world's fiber laser market and is able to...

Real Estate

Business Leaders of the Year 2014 Corporate Citizen Award: Consigli Construction

For a week in mid-December, in temperatures dipping into the low teens, 13 volunteers from Consigli Construction...

Advice

Outsource your HR headaches

As an HR consultant with many years of experience, I have seen the HR function outsourced for...

Arts & Entertainment

Business Leaders of the Year 2014: Matthias Waschek, Worcester Art Museum

Not long after he took over as executive director of the Worcester Art Museum in 2011, Matthias...

Education

Incoming WPI leader: Keep teens interested in STEM

As Worcester Polytechnic Institute's first female president, Laurie Leshin's pending arrival in June has been hailed as a boon for generating enthusiasm about careers in science and technology for women.

News

Real Deals: March 31, 2014

Read more Real Deals: March 3, 2014Real Deals: March 17, 2014Real Deals: April 14,...

Opinion

‘Frontier’ markets bring all-new opportunities and challenges

Emerging markets have been on a tear over the past decade. BRICS countries — Brazil, Russia, India,...

News

Incorporations: March 31, 2014

These Central Massachusetts businesses filed incorporation papers with the Massachusetts Secretary of State's Office from Jan. 1-15,...

News

The keys to local business growth

What's the most important thing local government can do to help catalyze more business? We laid out...

Small Business

Business Leaders of the Year 2014: Doron Reuveni, uTest

In just five years, Doron Reuveni has transformed Framingham-based uTest from a small startup operating out of...

Economy

Briefing: Worcester chamber study

A study commissioned by the Worcester Regional Chamber of Commerce says the city is in a strong...

News

Announcing our Business Leaders of the Year

The term “sweat equity” is widely used to describe the effort in building a business. It can also be used to describe some of those we honor this year in our 20th Business Leader of the Year awards. Read about them here.

Advice

101: Employee productivity

There may be significant impacts to productivity in your organization that you haven't weighed concerning workplace culture...

Agriculture

An influx of young farmers help seed agriculture’s future in Central Mass.

Ryan MacKay always knew he wanted to be a farmer. The grandson of dairy farmers and son of entrepreneurs, MacKay grew up raising goats, sheep and a camel. By the time MacKay turned 14, he was selling Christmas trees.

Advice

10 Things I Know About … Workplace wisdom

10. Take care of yourself first Another way of saying this is “I care” or “Taking care...

News

Accolades & Honors: March 31, 2014

Worcester-based Pagano Media won a Telly Award for a fundraising video it produced, “Business as an Agent...

News

The annual rant: Tech gripes that hurt me more than they hurt you

Since I started this column in 2009, I've created an informal annual tradition of writing one column...

Retail

Is the web winning the battle for retail dollars?

Will there be a day when e-commerce stores will trump the brick-and-mortar shopping experience? News that Framingham-based Staples Inc. will close 225 North American stores by 2015, as it beefs up online selling, seems to play into that idea.

Banking & Finance

Depositor-owned banks in Mass. angling to go public

Virtually all banks with more than $4 billion in assets depend on income from selling stock to fuel their growth. Middlesex Savings Bank is the exception.

News

Photo Finish: March 31, 2014

CRISIS COMFORTSThe Young Professionals Organization of the United Regional Chamber of Commerce donated $75 and several boxes...

News

Fresh Beginnings: March 31, 2014

— Groccia's Home Improvement & Painting of Holland, owned by John Groccia, has joined forces with two...

Real Estate

There’s more to business growth than tax breaks

When business growth clashes with municipal policy, the issues of property taxes and tax breaks tend to...

News

Looking back to 1998: Digital Equipment is sold to Compaq

This year, the Worcester Business Journal marks its 25th anniversary. In each print edition, we will highlight...

News

Q&A with Maureen Raillo, Worcester Airport Limousine

Ken Hogan launched a business that was unique to Central Massachusetts in the late 1970s: providing ground...

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