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Maine Venture Fund pledges up to $750K for Roux Institute startups
Renee Cordes March 30, 2022The state-sponsored VC firm has pledged up to $250,000 annually over the next three years to support startups planning to grow in Maine. MVF also will use the Roux Institute as a Portland co-working office.
Renee Cordes March 30, 2022
Bridgton man faces federal fraud charges in Conn. over $1M embezzlement scheme
Staff March 23, 2022A federal jury in New Haven, Conn., handed up a 27-count indictment against Edward Ziegler, who was arrested in Maine where he has a second home.
Staff March 23, 2022
Maine group seeks nominations for Family Business Awards
Renee Cordes March 21, 2022All family-owned businesses in Maine are eligible for consideration and need not be members of the Institute for Family-Owned Business, which organizes the annual awards.
Renee Cordes March 21, 2022
Business Leaders: Amber Lambke is breaking bread to grow Maine Grains, and to build a community
Peter Van Allen Updated: March 21, 20222022 Mainebiz Business Leaders of the Year: The Small Business and Entrepreneur Leader of the Year, Lambke has built Maine Grains from a local grist mill into a community around grain and related products, energizing downtown Skowhegan and the
Peter Van Allen Updated: March 21, 2022
Waterville accelerator picks lineup of 12 startups
Renee Cordes Updated: March 17, 2022The Good Crust, bluShift Aerospace and the GenoTyping Center are among the startups named to the inaugural cohort of the Dirigo Labs accelerator program, which is set to launch in Waterville.
Renee Cordes Updated: March 17, 2022
CEI opens third Women's Business Center with diversity in mind
Renee Cordes Updated: March 16, 2022Based in Portland, the new CEI Women's Business Center South will serve residents of York and Cumberland counties.
Renee Cordes Updated: March 16, 2022With international tension building, threat of cyberattacks grows
Rob Simopoulos, Defendify March 7, 2022Guest columnist Rob Simopoulos, a cybersecurity expert, writes that the international conflict today includes not only physical weapons, but also digital weapons.
Rob Simopoulos, Defendify March 7, 2022
'Know your voice and own it': Maine leaders offer Women’s Day wisdom
Renee Cordes Updated: March 8, 2022More than a dozen female trailblazers from across the state share their advice for young women about career building and leadership.
Renee Cordes Updated: March 8, 2022
Maine awards $5M in pandemic relief to hundreds of small businesses
Renee Cordes Updated: March 4, 2022Funding for more than 380 small businesses will come from the Maine Jobs & Recovery Small Business Grant Program.
Renee Cordes Updated: March 4, 2022
On the Record: Fitness entrepreneur Anthony Oglesby goes ‘all out’ in Augusta
Renee Cordes Updated: March 7, 2022The owner of a new fitness club in Augusta talks with Mainebiz about his unusual business model and growth plans.
Renee Cordes Updated: March 7, 2022
'Water cooler talk' takes a new turn: How hybrid work is changing Maine's workplace communication
Renee Cordes Updated: March 7, 2022Hybrid work has not only reshaped the workplace, but also how people communicate with colleagues, clients and customers.
Renee Cordes Updated: March 7, 2022
LaunchPad business-pitch contest to go hybrid this year
Renee Cordes Updated: March 2, 2022This year's contest will culminate in Portland on June 7 with a final face-off, which will take place before a live audience and also be livestreamed.
Renee Cordes Updated: March 2, 2022
Three local entrepreneurs win big in 'Startup Auburn' contest
Staff February 23, 2022A food truck, a bakery and a physical therapy practice are new businesses that will receive a boost from the city and its community partners.
Staff February 23, 2022
On the Record: Falmouth doctor combines natural healing, business ownership
Renee Cordes Updated: February 21, 2022Dr. Sasha Rose of Wildwood Health Center in Falmouth talks about what prompted a recent move out of Portland and what's next for the small practice she owns and runs with her husband, Dr. Daniel Katz.
Renee Cordes Updated: February 21, 2022
Retirement resets: How some Mainers are scripting their own ‘Great Retirement’ paths
Renee Cordes Updated: February 21, 2022Retirement isn't what it used to be, especially during the pandemic. Here's a mix of work-and-play options Mainers from various walks of life are trying out in their post-career lives.
Renee Cordes Updated: February 21, 2022
Ask ACE: Scaling yourself from founder to CEO
Cassie Crosby, Iterata Solutions Updated: August 19, 2022A guest columnist from the Association for Consulting Expertise takes on a reader's question about why successful businesses founders do and don't become successful chief executives.
Cassie Crosby, Iterata Solutions Updated: August 19, 2022
Today's Poll
Sponsored by Kennebunk Savings Bank
Maine's cruise ship season is in full swing, running from late September through early November. Thousands of passengers are expected to visit Portland, Bar Harbor, Eastport or Rockland.
This week alone, Portland is set to welcome around 16,000 cruise ship passengers.
But as the season ramps up, it's bringing mixed reviews. Some locals brace for the crowds and many business owners say cruise ship visitors don't spend much while in the port. Other business owners argue that, even if cruise ships don't benefit their own coffers, they still benefit the overall economy.
When we asked this question in 2023, Mainebiz respondents, 21% said the visits bring customers and revenue, while only 18% said the visits don't help their business.
More than half of the respondents, 53%, said cruise ships benefit the overall economy,
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