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April 1, 2019 Edition
Focus on Banking & Finance

Elevators to success: How pitch programs prepare start-ups for traditional funding

Laurie Schreiber

Last year North Spore Mushroom Co., a Westbrook startup, won top prizes in back-to-back competitions — $100,000 in Greenlight Maine’s entrepreneurial pitch contest and $50,000 in Gorham Savings Ban

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    How to: Find talent in a tight labor market

    Ray Quattrucci

    Over the past year, small business owners have expressed record confidence in their local economies and as a result, many are attempting to expand their business or increase hiring.

  • Politics & Co.
    Politics & Co.

    Bills on minimum wage stir debate in Augusta

    Mainebiz Staff

    Labor and small business representatives were in Augusta to urge lawmakers to debate several bills that would lower the minimum wage, particularly ones that would create a lower wage for teen workers.

  • Article told only 'one side of the story'

    Michael Bourque, executive director of MEMIC

    A story in the March 5th Mainebiz Daily Report regarding workers' compensation legislation, "Maine AFL-CIO backs bills that would revise workers' compensation law," tells just one side of the story — the perspective of organized labor.

  • Getting to the green light

    Small business growth depends on an entrepreneur’s business plan, willingness to work long hours and ability to make a convincing “elevator speech,” or pitch.

  • In Short
    In Short

    Newsworthy people and performances for April 1, 2019

    New hires Bar Harbor Savings and Loan hired Jo Gollapinni as mortgage assistant. Gollapinni was previously employed at Bar Harbor Bank and Trust.

Today's Poll

Has your business taken significant, voluntary steps to reduce its impact on the environment?
Poll Description

Monday is Earth Day — the annual celebration, dating to 1970, of our planet and its environment. 

Created by a United Nations proclamation, Earth Day has grown to include a wide range of events in more than 190 countries. The official theme for 2024 is "Planet vs. Plastics." The day, April 22, also has led to the designation of April as Earth Month.

Mainers and Maine businesses have long strived to protect the natural environment of the state and of the world.

One recent example: Allagash Brewing Co., based in Portland, has teamed up with Patagonia Provisions, the outdoor clothing maker's food and beverage business, to make a limited-edition beer from organic ingredients including Kernza. That's the trademarked name for a perennial grain, harvested from a form of wheatgrass, with long roots that protect soil from erosion, minimize the need for tilling, and help sequester carbon.

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