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May 30, 2016 Edition
Focus on Employment/HR/Benefits

Help wanted: Tyler, Wayfair and SaviLinx searching for 1,700 workers

James McCarthy

The prospect of hiring up to 550 new workers over the next decade, including dozens of highly coveted software developers and IT specialists, isn't keeping Tyler Technologies' Christopher Hepburn and Robert Sansone up at nights.

  • A lightbulb moment leads to the founding of True Course Yachting

    Jennifer Van Allen

    Time and again, Ben Davis met boat owners who loved sailing, but not the time-consuming upkeep involved in cleaning their boats, preparing them for launch and decommission and transporting their boats between different ports. Davis knew that he was uniquely suited to meet those needs.

  • Focus on Employment/HR/Benefits
    Focus on Employment/HR/Benefits

    The Via Agency joins Maine's growing ESOP roster

    Jennifer Van Allen

    Like a lot of small business owners, The VIA Agency founder and Chairman John Coleman didn't relish the prospect of a giant out-of-state operator swallowing advertising agency he spent 23 years building. An Employee Stock Ownership Plan offered a promising alternative.

  • Fed science, engineering funding up for first time in five years

    Lori Valigra

    Maine fared last in federal funding among the six New England states, with $38.5 million in fiscal 2014, down significantly from the $52 million in fiscal 2013 for all science and engineering activities.

  • In Short
    In Short

    IN SHORT

    New hiresThe Ecology School in Saco hired Bryan Matluk as development director.

Today's Poll

Has the growth of remote work in recent years hurt the ability of your business to innovate?
Poll Description

Since the start of the pandemic, employees have come to expect hybrid schedules that allow them to work remotely.

Many employers, however, have pushed for a return to traditional, pre-COVID offices and workspaces.

Tension about where workers do their work heated up on Friday when the CEO of Nike, John Donahoe, blamed remote work for the company's recent lack of product innovation.

"It’s really hard to do bold, disruptive innovation, to develop a boldly disruptive shoe, on Zoom,” he said in an interview with CNBC.

The sportswear and sneaker giant has come under fire in the past couple of years for falling behind on innovation and losing market share.

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