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February 24, 2020 EditionEdition

🔒Business model vs. business plan — what’s the difference?

A contributor from the Association for Consulting Expertise distinguishes between the two strategic road maps, and explains to a reader the value of each.

🔒Tech traps for companies: What employers need to know

New technologies, such as biometrics, cloud computing and artificial intelligence, pose new challenges for employers trying to comply with legal requirements and avoid cybersecurity problems. Mainebiz talked some experts about what to keep in mind.

🔒Expansion continues to propel WEX sales, but profits are up as well

As the Portland-based payment services provider makes plans for additional operations space in Scarborough, the company is looking to expand its market share in 2020, too.

🔒Newsworthy people and performances for Feb. 24, 2020

The Mainebiz roundup of businesses and businesspeople that have been making changes in recent weeks. Check out our compilation of new hires, promotions, accomplishments and more.
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🔒From precision manufacturing to podcasting, technology is changing the workplace

Nearly any job done today relies on technology that’s ever changing, requiring ongoing training and resources. Our focus...

🔒Letters to the Editor: Overtime rule reaction; ‘we need jobs’

Readers respond to a Feb. 12 Mainebiz Daily Report story on a bill, now in the Legislature, which would increase the earnings cap that determines whether salaried workers are eligible for overtime pay.

🔒Jeff Levine, former Portland planning director, looks at the past, and the future

Jeff Levine oversaw Portland's largest development efforts in over a century. Now he's teaching a new generation of urban planners. Mainebiz chatted with him about what's ahead, and what he's left behind.

🔒Furman Block in Portland takes shape

Hebert and Szanton team up in Portland and in Auburn, while other construction projects in Maine range from a medical office building in Norway to Gardiner's replacement of the Bridge Street Bridge.
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🔒Business podcast primer: Before going on air, tune in to these tips

Whether it's with a budget large or small, with outside professionals or in-house amateurs, Maine businesses are turning to podcasts to deliver marketing messages and more. But companies that have done this successfully say there are some best practices that can help.

🔒The last micron: Precision technology squeezes tolerances to a millionth of an inch

At UMaine, the world's largest 3D printer can turn out 5,000-pound objects in three days. In Biddeford, a tool and mold company produces parts with tolerances 20 times finer than a human hair. With a new generation of technology, Maine is making things never before possible.
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