Processing Your Payment
Please do not leave this page until complete. This can take a few moments.
Entrepreneurs
Bangor startup accelerator inaugurates 2025 cohort with 'heavy focus' on funding, high-growth sectors
Updated: January 15, 2025The group includes Watermelon Pie, a cooking community and recipe platform founded by Kachina Miller.
Updated: January 15, 2025
This year's Top Gun contestants cover IT, electric boats and kimchi
Updated: January 13, 2025The 15-year-old Top Gun program provides an opportunity for entrepreneurs to refine and test their business ideas and gain critical skills, mentorship and resources.
Updated: January 13, 2025
Squirrels, spud spats & other offbeat stories in 2024
Updated: December 26, 2024From clam chowder beer for April 1 to an AI mouse, here are some unusual stories that we relished writing this year.
Updated: December 26, 2024
Inside the notebook: From guitars to goats, these stories struck a chord with Mainebiz editorial staffers in 2024
Updated: December 19, 2024The editorial staff at Mainebiz reflects on favorite stories from 2024.
Updated: December 19, 2024
Rising labor costs, rents blamed for Portland's 'restaurant apocalypse'
December 18, 2024The MEREDA conference sought to shed light on the challenges of running a restaurant with higher costs for food and labor and shifting dining patterns.
December 18, 2024-
Waterville business accelerator accepting applications for 2025 cohort
December 12, 2024There will be a revamped curriculum, extended program length and a virtual financial modeling program providing financial skills for building and scaling businesses.
December 12, 2024
‘Thinking positively and working hard’: Notable quotables from 10 On the Record interviews in 2024
Updated: December 13, 2024Here is a curated collection of snippets from interviews with business and nonprofit movers and shakers published in 2024.
Updated: December 13, 2024
Kittery startup awarded producer grant to develop skin care products using kelp
December 11, 2024A value-added producer grant will assist with development of business and marketing plans and ways to efficiently increase production.
December 11, 2024
EV tech entrepreneur pulls plug on Chargely app
December 4, 2024David Tse, co-founder and CEO of the mobile app for electrical vehicle drivers, is leaving the door open for another entrepreneurial venture.
December 4, 2024
Entrepreneurs in central Maine are eligible for federal grants and other support
Updated: December 2, 2024Entrepreneurs in central Maine’s underserved communities — such as women, socially and economically disadvantaged individuals and rural small businesses — can access new funding and support programs.
Updated: December 2, 2024
On the Record: Mobile sauna startup peddles wellness on wheels
Updated: December 2, 2024With Too Haute Saunas, Mary Dunham and business partner Denise Weaver aim "to bring awareness of health through saunas by creating fun community events in the beauty of Maine,"
Updated: December 2, 2024
Ally of internet users, Brunswick startup launches ‘new kind of search engine’ via AI
Updated: November 27, 2024The company says its goal is to provide 'next-generation AI to simplify the internet and give individuals agency online.' The underlying message: Treat my digital person with respect.
Updated: November 27, 2024
Friends, family, quiet time: What Maine movers and shakers are grateful for this Thanksgiving
Updated: November 27, 2024Ahead of the Thanksgiving holiday, Mainebiz asked some of this year’s 40 Under 40 honorees what they’re thankful for. There were some common themes, but also a shared pearl.
Updated: November 27, 2024
After growing its skincare business via social media, Portland startup is growing its product line
November 21, 2024With the help of TikTok, Marin Skincare has been building awareness of its lobster-derived lotions and lip treatments. Now the company is expanding its product line, with a holiday theme.
November 21, 2024
From trails to bike lights, Maine Outdoor Brands honors economic trailblazers
Updated: November 21, 2024A collaboration to connect asylum-seekers with outdoor spaces and a startup making AI-powered bike lights are among the recipients of Maine Outdoor Brands’ Trailblazer Awards this year.
Updated: November 21, 2024
UMaine teams with MIT, Harvard, other schools to launch hub for science innovation
November 18, 2024The partnership of New England universities could receive up to $15 million from the federal government to advance entrepreneurship, workforce development and economic growth.
November 18, 2024
Most Recent
