Portland’s tight-knit network fosters the growth of tech startups

Tech startups are not synonymous with Maine, but some tech-based companies are calling Greater Portland home. While geographic location has long been the key driver for success, way of...

Program rewards employees and worthy causes

Kemp Goldberg Partners recently launched an employee recognition program that achieves the dual goal of rewarding employee milestones while simultaneously supporting worthy charities. We...

Residential market values continue to challenge appraisers

As the real estate market continues a slow recovery, I see several trends affecting the values of properties on the market. Among them:

Learning curve

Some years back, I became involved in an effort to open a community preschool in my town. It was way too late to benefit my kids directly — they were in middle and high school at...

Consequences of Postal Service consolidation

To the editor:

Five criteria for selecting backup and recovery services for small businesses

If your technology assets are as valuable as you think they are, you owe it to yourself and your customers to have a comprehensive data backup and restoration system in place. Apply the...

Executive compensation

When deciding how to compensate its executives, a business must examine not only the array of incentive and compensation strategies, but how they are regulated. Several major strategies...

Looking ahead

I think Mainers are a pretty self-reliant lot. When adversity rears its head, most Mainers hunker down and figure out a way to meet the challenge. That was certainly borne out during the...