The days of entrepreneurs sketching out a business plan on a napkin and getting enough Route 128 or Silicon Valley investor money to start a company are long gone. Angela Lee, founder of 37 Angels, says today's venture capitalists look at a company's pitch deck in three minutes.
In Portland, citizens are seeking signatures to put a measure on the ballot that would would essentially give neighborhoods veto rights over proposed zoning changes.
Colby College students spend time on Allen Island, soaking up its lessons in ecology, history and art, as part of the college's unique collaboration with Up East Inc., a Wyeth family foundation established in the 1990s by Betsy James Wyeth.
Smart growth principles are gaining cachet in Portland and elsewhere in Maine, as developers and planners alike look to create human-scale communities that incorporate forward-looking social, economic and environmental considerations.
