Delayed because of the pandemic, the 2020-21 season is scheduled to start on Nov. 17 with the first of four virtual events in which entrepreneurs compete for a $500 cash prize. Those winners vie in the Big Gig Grand Finale for a $5,000 prize.
The global health and economic crisis is the very definition of uncertainty, leading some Maine business owners to press pause when it comes to their exit strategies. But succession planning always involves an element of uncertainty.
The law firm of Eaton Peabody is moving into larger space at 100 Middle St. in Portland during the first quarter of 2017, a move prompted by the growth of its Portland office.
With 64 craft breweries already in the state and the Maine Brewers' Guild predicting upwards of 80 by the end of 2016, an ecosystem of support services and products is growing up around the industry, which is capital-intensive and subject to legal restrictions and liabilities.