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Small Business
Mini-grant program stokes six small businesses in Maine
Updated: May 20, 2025The grants were awarded by New Ventures Maine, a program of the University of Maine at Augusta.
Updated: May 20, 2025
On the Record: New executive chef at Portland restaurant Twelve is more mentor than manager
Updated: May 19, 2025Hannah Ryder was recently promoted to executive chef at Twelve, a high-end restaurant on Portland’s East End owned by the Prentice Hospitality Group.
Updated: May 19, 2025
How to brand your small business without breaking the bank
Updated: May 19, 2025Start small, stay consistent and invest in outside help only when the timing and budget make business sense.
Updated: May 19, 2025
Sparked by an idea, small business owners go all-in to build their enterprise
Updated: May 19, 2025Niche small businesses are pretty much a brand for Maine, where owners build on a robust legacy of individual skill and enterprise. Common themes? A drive to navigate the journey from personal interest to enterprise, honoring heritage while rolling
Updated: May 19, 2025
Trouble in Toyland: Trade tensions, rising costs threaten to upend small toy businesses in Maine
Updated: May 19, 2025Small toy businesses in Maine are coping with ever-changing tariffs, supply chain hiccups and rising prices. They include a specialty store in Hiram that has had to raise prices on imported model horses.
Updated: May 19, 2025-
Editor's note: Small business tackles big issues
Updated: May 19, 2025The thing that stresses out business leaders more than anything is the unknown. And that’s what businesses are facing right now.
Updated: May 19, 2025
A helping hand: MaineWorks provides jobs to people in recovery and out of prison
May 12, 2025MaineWorks is a for-profit business with a social mission to compassionately support people in recovery or who were recently incarcerated.
May 12, 2025
Despite tariff uncertainty, US economy in 'pretty good spot,' regional expert says
Updated: May 13, 2025"We're in a pretty good spot, all things considered," Kenneth J. Entenmann, chief investment officer and chief economist at NBT Wealth Management, told Mainebiz in a phone interview.
Updated: May 13, 2025
CEI pilots extension of Maine's retirement savings program to ‘solopreneurs’
May 9, 2025Coastal Enterprises Inc. is leveraging a state-sponsored retirement savings program with a financial incentive program designed to encourage solo entrepreneurs to start a retirement saving plan.
May 9, 2025
How to turn local talent into the next wave of Maine entrepreneurs
Updated: May 8, 2025Maine has built a surprisingly robust startup support system — but too few people know where to begin.
Updated: May 8, 2025
On the Record: Keeping services ‘affordable, competitive and relevant’ for Maine entrepreneurs
Updated: May 5, 2025As executive director of the Maine Center for Entrepreneurs for close to a decade, Tom Rainey has a front-row seat to the state’s startup scene.
Updated: May 5, 2025
Preparing for the future: Two family businesses managing succession
Updated: May 5, 2025Each of the businesses Mainebiz talked with — S.W. Collins and McDougal Orchards — are over 100 years old and have successfully transitioned through multiple generations.
Updated: May 5, 2025
Business transitions: New owners seek to honor legacies while eyeing the future
Updated: May 5, 2025Business transitions range from generational succession to local investors to buyers looking to change careers. A theme? How to maintain legacy brands while revamping with new ideas and growth potential.
Updated: May 5, 2025Editor's note: Business transitions take time and planning
Updated: May 5, 2025Any number of issues can come up and any number of noses can be put out of joint, particularly when family members are involved.
Updated: May 5, 2025
Portland business owners, residents urge city to combat downtown crime wave
Updated: April 29, 2025The issue made for a fiery start to Monday's City Council meeting, where one resident asked city officials to come up with solutions "because the downtown is dying."
Updated: April 29, 2025
With new hire, Central Maine Growth Council looks to boost innovation and business development
April 28, 2025The Waterville-based regional council has hired a new innovation and development coordinator to help drive business growth in central Maine.
April 28, 2025
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