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September 8, 2025Edition

🔒Newsworthy people and performances for Sept. 8, 2025

A roundup of new hires, promotions and achievements at businesses, nonprofits, health care institutions and professional services firms in Maine.

🔒On the Record: Portland IT startup Defendify aims to ‘democratize cybersecurity’

Rob Simopoulos, co-founder and CEO of Defendify, sat down with Mainebiz at the company's new downtown office, where staffers monitor — and thwart — cyber threats around the clock.

🔒How to get ChatGPT and AI to notice your brand

Your customers aren’t just Googling you anymore, they’re turning to artificial intelligence, writes guest columnist Rich Brooks of flyte new media.

🔒More startup incubators start up: Public and private organizations join forces to stoke entrepreneurs

Partnerships, collaborations and facilities are popping up to support startups and entrepreneurs in fields ranging from life sciences to food production to marine biotechnology.
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🔒Maine snack attack: Startups aim to take bite out of $173 billion US market

In a state known for its agriculture and culinary offerings, innovative startups including Harvest Maine, Singing Pastures, Maine Canned Fish and Maine Crisp are making their mark in the fast-growing healthy nibbles niche.

🔒Ask ACE: How do I balance numbers and emotions in my family business?

In family businesses, where personal history and professional responsibility overlap, emotions can have a big impact — sometimes quietly, sometimes dramatically.

🔒Made in Maine: A yacht built in Rockport

While the yacht Ouzel was designed in Newport, R.I., it is the expertise brought by a Rockport boatyard that is getting the vessel ready for the high seas. 

🔒Editor’s note: Don’t count out Maine’s small businesses

Maine's small businesses, with 290,518 employees, make up 54.5% of Maine’s total workforce.
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