Nov. 11, 2024 - Worcester Business Journal

Education

🔒Q&A: Holy Cross student launches app with billion-dollar ambitions

When 21-year-old College of the Holy Cross student Thomas “TJ” Haigh first developed his idea for Trivflic, his goal was to connect others and build a community through the fun of trivia games.

News

🔒Editorial: Worcester’s state agency needs to change

When the Massachusetts Cannabis Control Commission decided to establish its headquarters in Worcester’s Union Station, it was quite the win for the city and Central Massachusetts.

Opinion

🔒Viewpoint: My friend Frank Carroll

In late October, we saw the passing of Francis R. "Frank" Carroll, a favorite son of Worcester and one of its truly outstanding citizens.

Banking & Finance

Movers & Shakers for Nov. 11, 2024

Employees at companies including Cornerstone Bank, ERA Key Realty Services, and Flexcon Holdings Trust are advancing in their careers.

Advice

🔒The failure of small business to understand copyright laws

With the vast world of information just a Google search away, we’re navigating a double-edged sword: free access to endless content.

Advice

🔒101: Adapting to organizational changes in the workplace

Whether in life or in the workplace, transformations are bound to happen. How managers lead and communicate change will define the success of the new operations and how employees respond.

Advice

🔒10 Things I know about … Colleges surviving the academic year

Amy Fabiano, an experienced higher education attorney at Bowditch and Dewey, offers some advice for higher educational institutes facing down issues like political unrest and declining enrollments.

Banking & Finance

🔒Opening doors: To provide more educational and career opportunities to underserved populations, Central Mass. colleges are enhancing financial aid

The College of the Holy Cross in Worcester increased its full-tuition grants to students whose families make $100,000 a year or less.

Banking & Finance

🔒Continued flexibility: To attract top talent, Central Mass. employers still are in a workers’ market

Four and a half years after the COVID-19 pandemic altered the configuration of the U.S. workforce, Central Massachusetts employers are still navigating the reverberations of a landscape that changed overnight.

Government & Politics

Francis Carroll, longtime Worcester business leader and philanthropist, dies

Francis Carroll, a longtime leader in the Worcester business and nonprofit communities and Korean War veteran, has passed away.

News

From the Editor: A note about anonymous sources

At WBJ, we only will use anonymous sources when there is a realistic chance the people providing us with information will face repercussions to their safety and livelihoods if they are identified.

Economy

UMass Memorial names new president of Worcester’s largest hospital, appoints two to C-suite

Justin Precourt, interim president of Worcester’s UMass Memorial Medical Center, has officially shed his provisional title, assuming his role as president of the largest hospital in Central Massachusetts.

Economy

Failed oversight: Beset by infighting, a toxic culture, and an investigation into its leadership, the Cannabis Control Commission isn’t effectively performing its functions

A months-long WBJ investigation shows how a dysfunctional agency hollowed out by turnover, bogged down by infighting, and plagued by a fuzzy leadership structure is impeding businesses in a struggling industry.

Nov. 11, 2024Edition

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