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For the 13th year, Mainebiz recognizes a group of remarkable women leaders, from every field of business and the nonprofit world, who are changing the state for the better.
The company is now one of the preferred "launch providers" — along with the businesses of Richard Branson and Elon Musk — for the commercial space division of a Los Angeles engineering firm.
The self-financed operation was sparked by ideas a mother had around sensory play. One night, a business plan clicked into gear. “Messy is really, really messy,” said the founder. “We fling paint on the wall and then wipe our hands on our lab coats.”
Designed to attract viable businesses to Lewiston’s downtown, an $80,000 prize package includes rent-free space at 120 Lisbon St. plus marketing, branding, legal, financial, architectural and digital services for one year.
In this one-on-one from the 2021 Fact Book, Mainebiz talked with Tom Rainey, executive director of the Maine Center for Entrepreneurs, to get a look at the previous year and a look ahead at what's in store for the state's startups.
A co-founder of high-flying HighByte talks with Mainebiz about the company's goals for recruiting, the skills that are needed, and why Portland is a good fit for this entrepreneur from Ohio.
In this interview, from the recently published 2021 Mainebiz Fact Book, Hannah Pingree discusses where Maine's economy is poised to grow and how. Pingree is director of Gov. Janet Mills’ Office of Policy Innovation and the Future.
Leaders from two Maine businesses were the only winners outside metro Boston in the New England competition for the EY Entrepreneur of the Year.
Since launching six years ago, the digital health therapeutics company has now raised $34 million in private financing, is actively hiring and is expanding its product pipeline.
The CEO of Acadia Capital Management L3C and director of Husson University's Richard E. Dyke Center for Family Business brings deep expertise in community and economic development, along with entrepreneurial and innovation initiatives.
Companies that have been operating remotely are now exploring hybrid models, with physical space for people to meet while allowing them to keep working from home if they can and want to. No size, it appears, fits all.
Maine is the 13th-best state in which to start a business, according to a WalletHub ranking released Tuesday, and outshines all but one other New England state.
The town and the local Masonic lodge last week signed an agreement to develop a 2,300-square-foot entrepreneurship hub, co-working space and business incubator in the fraternal organization's headquarters.
Vertical Harvest will use $45 million in conduit bond financing to help finance its planned indoor farm in Westbrook, while MedRhythms has been approved for New Market tax credits that will be used for product commercialization.
Clique in Style is a Lisbon Falls-based startup launched by L.L.Bean senior software designer Hannah Marr to help brides preview color and style combinations of bridesmaids' attire before the big day.
The survey offered by the Central Maine Growth Council for entrepreneurs and startups will help evaluate activity, needs and goals of the sector across Maine the council develops an innovation hub that will support both emerging and maturing