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  • How To's
    How To's

    Leverage your options

    Justin Lamontagne

    Good or bad, there is no denying that in today's fast-paced, short attention span society, we have a lot of options. Options for television shows. Options for news sources. Options for dinner. Every day we make dozens of decisions.

  • Focus on Small Business
    Focus on Small Business

    Sew American: New Mainers help power American Roots, a Portland textile start-up

    Thread, bobbin, sewing machine. Besides learning English in their new homeland, they've had to master the lexicon and skills for their work at Portland textile start-up.

  • Focus on Small Business
    Focus on Small Business

    Gathering place in 'boatbuilding capital of the world' gets new life

    Laurie Schreiber

    The brand-new Brooklin General Store, where fishermen gather at 5 a.m. to get their coffee and pastries before heading out to sea, represents an investment in an essential community gathering place and resource.

  • Focus on Small Business
    Focus on Small Business

    Meet the 31-year-old publisher of WoodenBoat, who's reaching out to millennials

    Laurie Schreiber

    An aficionado of wooden boats since he was a child and an economist by training, Andrew Breece came on as the publisher of WoodenBoat Publications on March 8, stepping into the shoes of the wooden boat world's most prominent standard-bearer, Jon Wilson.

  • Bella Luna Toys engages the imagination with natural, wooden toys

    Lori Valigra

    Sarah Baldwin, owner of Rockland online natural toy store Bella Luna Toys, saw firsthand how video-game stares turned into inquisitiveness when, as a former kindergarten teacher at the Ashwood Waldorf School in Rockport, she intro

  • Focus on Small Business
    Focus on Small Business

    The benefits of B Corp status

    Lori Valigra

    Only five Maine companies have B Corp certification — Maine Works, Wicked Joe, ReVision Energy, Atayne and Coffee By Design — but each finds paying greater attention to social values is important to its corporate mission.

  • Other
    Other

    Small businesses light the way in Maine

    You might feel like an outlier if you work in Maine and yet have miraculously avoided working at a small business.

  • How To's
    How To's

    How do I write a proposal?

    Answered By Dave Griffiths, Dave Griffiths Communications

    Q: I'm in charge of human resources at a growing company that wants to formalize recruiting procedures. The CEO and the board told me to write a proposal, but I'm no writer. Where do I start?

  • In Short
    In Short

    IN SHORT

    New hiresMaineGeneral's Workplace Health in Augusta hired Kenji Saito as medical director.

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.