June 2, 2014 Edition

News

🔒Maine entrepreneur helps companies with high-growth potential succeed

Long before Des FitzGerald had achieved the successes that have earned him the title of “entrepreneur in residence” for the Maine Venture Fund, he was simply a small business owner […]

News

🔒Absent Boston’s critical mass, Maine is innovating by being inventive with limited resources

To some, the bang of the auctioneer's gavel at Great Northern Paper Co. in mid-June will sound...

Small Business

🔒Validate your business idea

Do you have a business idea that you have been kicking around for a while, but don't...

News

🔒How an economic development corp. helped an iconic doughnut shop grow into a Maine brand

Shelby and Nels Omdal had lofty ambitions when they bought Frosty's Donuts on a “hope and a...

Economic development

🔒Partnership with Bank of Maine puts focus on Gardiner’s downtown

Take a walk with Nate Rudy through Gardiner's downtown district and you'll begin to see how an...

In Short

🔒Newsworthy people and performances

New hiresThe Maine Department of Corrections recently hired Scott Reiff as director of industries.Gowen Power Systems, a...

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🔒Maine Red Claws’ Dajuan Eubanks on the importance of hard work and academics

Dajuan Eubanks, executive vice president of the Maine Red Claws and a former Harlem Globetrotter, can add...

News

🔒Politics & Co.

Two new studies didn't bode well for Portland's solar energy adoption or Maine's welfare system reform efforts....

News

🔒‘Encore entrepreneurs’ can be a growing resource in an aging state

There have been conversations lately about Maine's uncertain future, due in a large part to its graying...

News

🔒Peter Van Allen: Don’t get me wrong. Utah is a nice place.

Several years ago my wife and I camped out in Zion National Park. We visited Arches National...

Health care

🔒A Lewiston health insurer uses its startup status to its advantage

Maine Community Health Options is not your ordinary health insurer. The Lewiston-based, member-owned cooperative was started with...

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