Central Massachusetts' Source for Business News Volume 34 • Number 4 $3.50 February 20, 2023
Worcester Business Journal
WBJ
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Paying for an idea
Even as Mass. leads in venture capital,
entrepreneurs must rely on their own
money to grow their startups. | 10
Funding child care
PHOTO | COURTESY OF EDWARD STREET
The nonprofit Edward Street is pushing
for structural change, as the child care
industry nears a breaking point. | 14
GUEST COLUMN
PHOTO | COURTESY
Hustle culture
vs. The Great
Resignation | 18
22
S H O P TA L K
PHOTO | EDD COTE
After surviving 2020,
Worcester retailers are
closing their business
or reducing operations
in the face of mounting
problems in 2023.
Read the story by Isabel
Tehan on page 8.
Retailers
in trouble
Jessica Walsh,
Worcester Wares
Q&A: A local
coffee shop, with
a corporate feel
