May 13, 2013 EditionEdition

🔒Potato farmers innovate to find new markets

Talking about his new potato planter, Jay LaJoie uses a matter-of-fact tone to describe technology that would have seemed like science fiction to previous generations of farmers. A GPS system […]

🔒Winslow co. benefits from expanded SBA programs

When Bob Jacobs, owner of Jacobs Glass Inc. in Winslow, set out to expand the window and...

🔒Millinocket co. unearths logging history for niche market

Nobody expected the waterlogged wood lining the bottom of Quakish Lake would become anything but pulp.But Tom...

🔒Small Business Administration resources list

The Maine SBA resource guide:Staff contactsSBA servicesSCORESmall Business Development CentersWomen's Business CentersResources for underserved communitiesSBA business loansExport...
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🔒The business face of Maine

Do you know 21,000 of Maine's 40,000 businesses have fewer than five employees? Or that there are...

🔒Politics & Co.

The Legislature faces a crush of work, having dealt with just 50% of committee bills by April...

🔒Housing market still on the ropes

The chief economist for Freddie Mac expects home sales in Maine will continue to climb, as the...

🔒Newsworthy people and performances

New hiresU.S. Cellular recently hired Lois Flaherty as business development manager for southern Maine and the state...
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🔒SBA resource directory

The Maine chapter of the U.S. Small Business Administration oversees dozens of resources to assist small business...

🔒Maximize the value of social media

There are unlimited ways to use social media to promote your business. Unfortunately, you don't have unlimited...

🔒A guide to the ACA for Maine businesses

Ellen McPherson, project and compliance manager for Employee Benefits Solutions, says the Affordable Care Act is no...

🔒Separate fact from fiction when hiring veterans

Some employers believe hiring veterans is bad for business because of the mistaken assumption that most veterans...
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🔒Matthew Qualey talks about his top SBA honor

In April, Matthew Qualey was named Maine's Small Business Person of the Year by the U.S. Small...
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