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For one grantee, the support has enabled the business to increase inventory, propel expansion, and “cultivate a welcoming community environment.”
The accelerator program is expanding to Washington County for the first time ever in 2024 and will be in Aroostook County for the first time since 2012.
"For me, it's important that all feel welcome," said Tom Ruff, founder of Orange Bike Brewing Co. This story also includes a Mainebiz Audio Snapshot — listen to a behind-the-scene interview at the brewery.
In advance of opening day, Mainebiz went behind the scenes at Portland's newest craft brewer.
Crooked Face Creamery has won a Bronze Award at the 2023 World Cheese Awards in Norway.
Dirigo Labs, housed at the Hathaway Creative Center in downtown Waterville, is tweaking its curriculum to emphasize revenue projections, capital strategy, customer acquisition and tactics to scale.
Opera, IT, a publishing imprint and Québécois food are the focuses of Skowhegan’s latest business lab.
The AI platform Omnic Data watches gameplay and pulls out statistics and insights to help gamers improve their play. Since February 2022, Omnic has generated over 165,000 coaching insights.
For the lowdown on how leadership works in family-owned businesses, Mainebiz checked in with four family-owned enterprises and two smaller ones across the state.
The winner, a returning finalist from 2022, is a Camden tech business that helps users start, manage or join a book club. Amply Energy, of Cumberland, was crowned the Emerging Business Award winner.
Twenty-nine CEOs and senior managers across various industries have participated in the Maine Center for Entrepreneur's Visionary Leadership Program since 2020.
InTandem, developed by the Portland-based digital therapeutics startup, uses shoe-worn sensors, a headset and a touchscreen device to improve walking and movement in chronic stroke patients.
Bixby Chocolate founder Kate McAleer is taking the Rockland-based company in new directions, via “bean-to-bar” chocolate production and the launch of a coffee brand called Bixenta.
Cyndi Prince runs her business from her home in Camden. Later this fall, she’ll be adding to the brand with new products including LooHoo Dryer Gems, Laundry Bags and Wash Bags, to be sold online and at art shows.
Hilary Crowell runs the Cultivated Thread from her home in Wiscasset, making handwoven towels and other products sold online and at events.
A brewer, marketer and outdoor industry entrepreneurs formed Brickyard Brands to connect small brands and small stores. The way the margins work, “everyone in the system is able to make money — the brands do, we do, the retailers do.”
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Next year will bring a host of new challenges for businesses looking to add employees to the payroll.
Maine's Paid Family and Medical Leave law will go into effect, which will allow an employee to take paid leave for up to 12 weeks to care for an ill family member or new child, for instance.
The state's minimum wage will increase by 45 cents an hour, to $15.10 (a separate minimum wage provision was approved in Portland that will raise the hourly compensation to $19 within three years).
And rising health care premiums will continue to be a struggle for employers.
For companies that plan to grow, all of these factors will have to be managed.
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