Startups

The elevator pitch – that pressured packed 30 seconds to 1 minute where your future success lies in someone else's hands: What to say and how to say it so the other party is at least interested in continuing the conversation.

With venture capitalists largely ignoring Central Massachusetts, the startup industry hopes new services keep companies local.

Worcester's industrial building are 40-percent empty, as landlords can't reconcile costly upgrades with the impact on their tax bill, especially for small manufacturers.

Needing a way to get financing for Greater Worcester's startups and non-traditional borrowers, Timothy Murray at the Worcester Regional Chamber of Commerce dialed up one of his old contacts from when he was lieutenant governor, who just happened to be a little north of him in the county.

An 80,064-square foot-office building in Littleton with high-tech and medical device tenants was sold for $4,375,000, according to the company that represented the seller.

The Entrepreneurial Spirit – That (not so) little itch that compels you in your career to do more, do it differently or do it by yourself.

The North Central Massachusetts Development Corp. on Wednesday announced the launch of a small business loan program where businesses who haven't been able to get money from a lending institution can go to get loans worth up to $150,000.

Predicting the short-term future isn't terribly difficult. Preparing for it is.

Three incubators in MetroWest received a collective $105,375 in incubator grants from MassDevelopment as part of a funding round focused on community-based innovation and entrepreneurship from the financing agency.

Gov. Charlie Baker on Tuesday signed an agreement with Israeli officials calling for Massachusetts and Israel to pursue joint research and development efforts aimed at bringing new products to the global marketplace.