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'Greenlight Maine' pitch show dangles $100,000 prize for entrepreneurs
June 5, 2015Maine entrepreneurs can vie for a chance to become one of 26 prospective companies participating in a weekly TV show called “Greenlight Maine” and aim to win a minimum prize of $100,000 and possibly more through crowdfunding.
June 5, 2015
Microsoft surprises 3 Top Gun finalists with $60K each in services; Rapport takes $10K prize
June 4, 2015Sustainability software company Rapport took the $10,000 prize at the Top Gun Showcase Wednesday night at the University of Southern Maine. What stole the show, however, was the extra $60,000 Microsoft Corp. ponied up for each of the top three
June 4, 2015
With 11 events, MCED dubs June 'Maine Entrepreneurship Month'
June 4, 2015A lineup of events targeted at innovation and entrepreneurship prompted the executive director of the Maine Center for Entrepreneurial Development to name June "Maine Entrepreneurship Month."
June 4, 2015
Top Gun finalists shoot for $10K prize tonight
June 3, 2015With their sights on a $10,000 prize, 10 finalists will pitch the merits of their companies to a panel of judges in the Top Gun Showcase Wednesday night at the University of Southern Maine's Abromson Center in Portland.
June 3, 2015
Leveraging loans: SBA's 504 program helps small businesses grow, while preserving cash flow
June 1, 2015Field Rider, president of Pine Tree State CDC, a Portland-based nonprofit certified by the U.S.
June 1, 2015How to make priorities your top priority
June 1, 2015Too busy? Too much to do? Not good. When your workload is greater than your capacity, you have no control over what bounces off the back of the truck. It could be the most important thing you should be doing today.
June 1, 2015
From napkin sketch to $20 million in sales: Owners of Sea Salt Lobster talk growth
June 1, 2015In just six years, Shawn McEwen and Morey Highbarger have gone from a simple napkin sketch to being co-owners of a Saco-based wholesale and retail seafood company, Sea Salt Lobster, with $20 million in annual sale
June 1, 2015Maine entrepreneurs take setbacks in stride
June 1, 2015Fickle customers, fire, financing issues — Maine small businesspeople are well acquainted with these challenges.This issue of Mainebiz focuses on small businesses and it's chockablock with stories of comebacks and gritty successes.
June 1, 2015
Crafted in Maine, paddled everywhere: Tidal Roots finds niche in wooden paddleboards
June 1, 2015Standup paddleboarding is the fastest growing segment of water sports equipment, and an upstart business in Eliot has found a niche in the business.
June 1, 2015
Reclaimed materials for an iconic look: Furniture from Artas Designs brings the outdoors inside
June 1, 2015Artas Designs may not be a household name.
June 1, 2015Bar Harbor Chamber names new leader
May 22, 2015The Bar Harbor Chamber of Commerce has named a former Eastern Maine Development Corp. employee as its new executive director.
May 22, 2015
How Sawyer Fredericks of NBC's 'The Voice' ended up with a Maine-made guitar
May 21, 2015When 16-year-old Sawyer Fredericks won the eighth season of NBC talent competition “The Voice” Tuesday night, most viewers probably didn’t know he was playing a guitar that was handcrafted by a small company in Maine.
May 21, 2015New firm expands CEI’s small business lending
May 14, 2015Coastal Enterprises Inc. (CEI) has launched a new national firm that aims to lend up to $5 million to small businesses that can’t obtain loans from conventional sources.
May 14, 2015Gardiner to end unique business loan program
May 7, 2015The Gardiner City Council has voted to end the city’s revolving loan program for small businesses, with plans to use the funds for other economic development purposes.
May 7, 2015- May 1, 2015
Gardiner may end unique business loan program
April 29, 2015Gardiner city officials are being asked to determine the fate of the city's revolving loan program for small businesses.
April 29, 2015
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