Startups

Running Start's coworking space will hold a grand opening for a new location in Oxford this month as it expands the organization's reach to southern Worcester county.

Reiterating his support for the bill as it passed the House, Speaker Robert DeLeo on Tuesday said it was unfortunate that legislation to limit the use of non-compete agreements in Massachusetts did not reach Gov. Charlie Baker's desk.

With job prospects low, three Clark University friends decided to start their own business. What followed was four years of turmoil, self-discovery, penny-pinching and success.

Yael Schwartz took over as the entrepreneur-in-residence at WPI with her sights set on helping students make the leap to launching their own ventures.

Over the past year, Holliston-based Biostage has revamped its upper management, changed its name and used its technology to partially recreate the esophaguses of several Yucatan pigs.

Two Massachusetts senators are gearing up to fight trolls, but not the kinds of trolls that live under fairy-tale bridges or in online comment sections.

Worcester Polytechnic Institute has named Yael Schwartz, entrepreneur and life science executive, as the university's Coleman Entrepreneur-in-Residence, a position where she will guide early-stage startups coming out of the school.

A national survey of small business owners has found that Worcester County is perceived to be among the least friendly areas in the nation for entrepreneurs and small business owners.

Rainmaker Ken Cook walks through how entrepreneurs can approach their investments like the judges on "Shark Tank."

Worcester's Crompton Place has developed a model to turn old industrial buildings into visitor destinations with personality.