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Maine craft-beer collaboration raises a glass to women's suffrage
Updated: October 16, 2019Maine's first female governor and two female craft brewers, who also are state lawmakers, gathered Tuesday in Portland to concoct a special ale. But it was really 100 years in the making.
Updated: October 16, 2019Portland metro area ranks in top 10 nationally for business startups
October 4, 2019The Portland-South Portland region ranked No. 7 among large metro areas, and No. 36 overall, in a per-capita analysis of new businesses formed in 353 U.S. cities.
October 4, 2019CEI to establish incubator for child-care entrepreneurs
Updated: October 1, 2019Brunswick-based Coastal Enterprises Inc. will support the startup and operation of new child-care enterprises in rural Maine with the help of $400,000 in federal funds.
Updated: October 1, 2019
Startups are the focus of a grant to Maine Center for Entrepreneurs
Updated: September 27, 2019The U.S. Small Business Administration awarded the Maine Center for Entrepreneurs $50,000 to support startups and entrepreneurs researching and developing STEM-related innovations.
Updated: September 27, 2019
Serial entrepreneur: Starting up and up and up
Updated: September 30, 2019Lisa Liberatore is a chronic entrepreneur, cofounding Scratchpad, an accelerator that works with scalable female-led Bangor area entrepreneurs, and launching several other ventures.
Updated: September 30, 2019
Collaboration in Waterville: Startups growing out of coworking space
Updated: September 30, 2019Nick Rimsa and RJ Anzelc are two young people who have made a difference in Waterville, using the coworking space Anzelc founded as a base of operations to foster entrepreneurs like Rimsa and his tech startup, Eariously.
Updated: September 30, 2019
Product trial on tap for Falmouth coaster entrepreneur, working with Sappi
Updated: September 25, 2019Kai Smith, the eco-entrepreneur behind Falmouth-based Maine Coasters & Bio-Boards, is gearing up for a pre-commercial trial of his beer coasters, which are made from softwood pulp and spent grains left over from beer brewing.
Updated: September 25, 2019
Waterville tech startup Eariously wins development pitch competition
September 11, 2019Prize winnings, shared with a New York startup, will help the Maine company further develop its software, which converts text into audio.
September 11, 2019
After a long wait, coworking development grants available from state
September 9, 2019Grants of up to $20,000 will be available for development or creation of coworking space, after the long-dormant Maine Coworking Development fund was refunded this year.
September 9, 2019
How to get a ‘fresh start’ through Chapter 11
Updated: September 2, 2019Small businesses are critical to Maine’s economy, and many thrive in the state. For those that don't, a Chapter 11 bankruptcy may be an overlooked, but strategic, option. Our expert explains.
Updated: September 2, 2019
Cooking up a storm: Fork Food Lab’s next chapter
Updated: September 2, 2019Fork Food Lab, once nearly defunct, is a hub of culinary creativity and entrepreneurship in Portland. The shared commercial kitchen and incubator is now home to 45 food-related businesses and set to hit 50 by Oct. 1.
Updated: September 2, 2019
Starting up young talent in Waterville: New program helps students get businesses off the ground
Updated: September 2, 2019Summer Startup is a pilot program developed in Waterville by Nick Rimsa and R.J. Anzelc that aims to help students cultivate their tech business ideas, and to do so in the city.
Updated: September 2, 2019
Making waves in the ‘blue economy’: Marine-focused consultancy opens doors for members
Updated: September 2, 2019Part management consultancy, part business incubator and accelerator, the New England Ocean Cluster is a private-sector, member-based entity that aims to connect people within the blue economy.
Updated: September 2, 2019
Growing up with UpStart: Orono incubator on a shoestring produces wide range of firms
Updated: September 2, 2019The UpStart Center, opened in 2002, is a 20,000-square-foot incubator in Orono that houses and helps develop a wide range of "scalable, innovation-oriented businesses" looking to grow.
Updated: September 2, 2019No shortage of startup ideas — or help for entrepreneurs
Updated: September 2, 2019Maine seems to have no shortage of ideas for new businesses. As this issue focused on startups and entrepreneurs shows, there is also a wide range of resources for entrepreneurs.
Updated: September 2, 2019
Startup Maine sends 8 Maine companies to leading tech conference
August 27, 2019For the first time, Maine startups will exhibit at the TechCrunch Disrupt conference, one of the technology industry's largest and most influential events.
August 27, 2019
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