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  • Choose the right structure for your business

    Christopher Wright

    Whether you have already built your own profitable business or you are just starting to put into motion a great idea for a new one, the proper business structure can help you avoid unnecessary pitfalls and assist you down the path of success.

  • Maximize the value of your company

    Doug Packard

    When it comes time to contemplate retirement and sell a company, many business owners wait until a year or two from the transition to evaluate the value.

  • Other
    Other

    'Traded jobs' key to growing Maine's economy

    I had the opportunity recently to sit down with the organizers of FocusMaine, an effort to attract at least 10,000 jobs to Maine.

  • Finance a business venture

    Will Hatt

    NerdWallet recently named Maine No. 11 among most entrepreneurial states in the country, based on information from the U.S. Census Bureau’s County Business Patterns and data from Small Business Administration loans.

  • Opinion
    Opinion

    On January 11's "Five on the Future" letter

    Recently, Mainebiz published “Five on the Future,” asking five prominent Maine economists about challenges and opportunities facing Maine in the upcoming year.

  • New Mainers: Tolerance or indifference?

    Lori Valigra

    When I first moved to Tokyo, a business acquaintance told me there are three types of people whose different behavior Japanese “tolerate”: foreigners, drunks and crying babies. And not necessarily in that order.

  • In Short
    In Short

    IN SHORT

    New hiresPeople’s United Bank in Portland hired Lucie Hannigan as senior vice president, senior treasury management officer. Hannigan was previously with TD Bank.

Today's Poll

Is your business making preparations or changing plans because of the April 8 solar eclipse?
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Poll Description

With the Great Eclipse of 2024 just days away, people and businesses are preparing for the solar spectacle.

A hospitality industry report estimates that 1 in 5 Americans who travel are likely to hit the road in order to glimpse the eclipse on April 8. It will place parts of 15 states in darkness.

Maine will receive anywhere from 7,000 to 27,000 visitors, according to one forecast. Hotels, inns, campgrounds and other lodgings are already booked full, as Mainebiz reported Feb. 29.

Other businesses — both inside and outside the path of totality — are also making plans.