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It was once common business wisdom that you had to be in a major U.S. city to successfully attract venture capital for a startup. Not anymore, according to key figures in Worcester's entrepreneurial scene.

In Central Massachusetts, the confidence banking executives have in the brick-and-mortar model is unwavering.

Dell still has a presence in Hopkinton, owning three properties which feature about 1.28 million square feet of office space. However, since the 2015 merger announcement, the company has off-loaded more than 1.2 million square feet.

These private donations may soon become significantly more important as the federal government is weighing funding cuts to health research.

Banking tends not to be the most exciting industry in the world, but its influence is everywhere. From small startups to trillion-dollar public companies, access to capital and the banking system can literally make or break hopes and dreams.

Even though it’s always been centered around the idea of economic and community excellence, Worcester Business Journal’s Business Leader of the Year award has evolved over the years.

After a lifetime of cooking flavorful, traditional Salvadoran food for their family and friends, Ana and Sal Garcia are pursuing their dream of a full-fledged restaurant, Mami’s Kitchen.

In early February, Racquel Knight, director of Worcester-based Center for Women & Enterprise Central MA, was laid off along with the four other directors of New England's CWEs. Gaby King Morse, CEO and president of CWE, cited the President Donald Trump Administration’s attempt to freeze federal aid to nonprofits with government contracts as the reason for the layoffs.

When President Donald Trump won the plurality of the popular votes cast in the November election, he took that as a mandate from the nation to pursue his promises of overhauling the federal government and cutting overhead, a process sure to upend traditional norms.