Worcester Business Journal
WBJ
L ISTS: LIFE SCIENCES
AND BIOTECH COMPANIES;
TOP NIH GRANT WINNERS
VIEWPOINT
Remembering
Larry Lucchino
| 25
Central Massachusetts' Source for Business News Volume 35 • Number 8 $3.50 April 15, 2024
PHOTO | EDD COTE
Worcester's
intercollegiate
Shark Tank
8
Another record for Central
Mass. startups
After 2023 set another new high for
new business starts in the region,
2024 began with the most new
businesses founded in a single month
since tracking began. | 10
Life sciences boost
Gov. Healey is looking to reauthorize
the Life Sciences Initiative, which
Central Mass. leaders see as vital to
building upon the growth of the last
16 years. | 16
PHOTO | MATT WRIGHT
PHOTO | EDD COTE
Alex Mader, from
Westerman Props
HollyWoo
production, halted
FEATURE
The cottage industry built up around
Central Mass. moviemaking is still
recovering from 2023's hard pause.
See story by Eric Casey on page 12.
