Greenlight Maine semifinalists vie for $100K
Courtesy / David Thompson, Shamrock
Brian Corcoran, CEO and founder of Shamrock Sports Entertainment, is also a partner in Portland Media Group, which is behind the Greenlight Maine entrepreneur competition and TV show.
Thirteen startup companies moved on to the semifinals, and will compete in the final stage of the Greenlight Maine competition in June, organizers said.
The TV competition, which runs after “Bill Green’s Maine” on WSCH6 on Saturday evenings, awards a $100,000 cash purse plus mentoring to the company a panel of judges deems to have the strongest business plan going forward. The Season 1 winner was Garbage to Garden, a Portland-based curbside compost service.
“In our first two seasons, over 140 prospective companies have been vying for the coveted prize purse as well as received priceless mentoring from some of the most admired corporate and community leaders in our state,” Brian Corcoran, a partner in Portland Media Group, which created the show. Portland Media comprises Corcoran’s company Shamrock Sports & Entertainment; Nat Thompson, former producer/owner of WCSH-6; and Con Fullam, an executive TV producer and music composer.
The Season 2 semifinalists are:
- American Unagi, Sara Rademaker, Thomaston
- McDermott Shapes, Ryan McDermott, Scarborough
- Tip Whip, Spencer Wood, Bangor
- Bluet Maine, Michael Terrien, Jefferson
- Mobility Technologies, Ryan Beaumont, Brunswick
- Izzy's Cheesecake, Jim Chamoff, Portland
- Herbal Revolution Farm, Katheryn Langelier, Union
- Switchdown, Jon Hanson, Durham
- Foodwise, Leland Stillman, Portland
- Surge Hydro, David B. Markley, Belfast
- Springpoint Solutions, Troy Locke, Portland
- Wag Rags, Chris Voynik, Readfield
- Truck Task, David E. Grant, Brewer.
Corcoran noted that more than the winner benefits. He noted that millions have been invested in companies that have appeared on the show. In the first two seasons more than 140 prospective companies signed up to compete for the prize and mentoring.
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