Startups

With the coronavirus remaining a part of life in the United States and the national economy now in a recession, startups are facing a time when survival could be more difficult than it has in years.

During an interview for the WBJ Podcast, entreprenuer Amy Lynn Chase detailed how she is thinking about slowly reopening her businesses in Worcester and Hudson once the coronavirus shutdown of non-essential business in Massachusetts is lifted.

As Massachusetts state and business officials gather to establish the plan to re-open the economy perhaps by May 18, Worcester entrepreneur Amy Lynn Chase joins The Weekly Business Report podcast to detail her businesses' struggles since the coronavirus pandemic became a reality in Central Massachusetts.

Derek Canton has made a shift during the coronavirus pandemic from developing a restaurant app for dining rooms to one offering a safer and more secure method for takeout and delivery, he said during an interview on the WBJ Podcast.

The 11th Annual Worcester Women's Leadership Conference will be postponed until Nov. 16, the Worcester Regional Chamber of Commerce announced in a press release on Monday, attributing the rescheduling to the ongoing coronavirus pandemic.

New hires and promotions at companies like AAFCPAs in Westborough, Bryley Sytems in Clinton, Concierge Physical Therapy in Sutton, Reliant Medical Group and Framingham State University.

With a $2 trillion stimulus package one House vote away from President Donald Trump's desk, U.S. Sen. Elizabeth Warren on Thursday told small business owners that the coronavirus relief bill would make millions available to them, mostly through loans, as they try to weather the shutdown of economic life nationwide.

The $10-million fund set up Monday by the Gov. Charlie Baker Administration to provide relief to small businesses impacted by the coronavirus was open for three days.

Renee Diaz, the business's owner and founder, said she reduced her 25-employee staff down to herself and four employees.

The two seemingly unrelated and exciting developments this year in the Worcester food scene can both be traced to four people at a Boston comedy show 18 months ago.