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The good, the tough and the needed: 10 insights from Startup Maine Week
Updated: May 20, 2024The Portland conference, held for the first time since 2019, offered sessions on a range of topics and networking events for budding and wannabe entrepreneurs.
Updated: May 20, 2024
Small Business Pulse: Portland lighting franchise owner laments high interest rates
Updated: May 22, 2024Army veteran Alex Quataert owns a Portland lighting franchise, Blingle, which employs three permanent staff members and brings on temporary workers for seasonal projects.
Updated: May 22, 2024
Microloan program aims to help small businesses in northern Maine
May 14, 2024Small, rural businesses have unique financing needs. USDA’s federal capital helps to stimulate business creation and growth.
May 14, 2024
Small Business Pulse: Health care 'disruptor' sees challenge in keeping up with demand
Updated: May 15, 2024SoulBeing, led by founder Colleen Kavanagh, connects employers with alternative health and wellness care providers as a benefit for employees.
Updated: May 15, 2024
Breaking barriers: Women entrepreneurs from diverse backgrounds get a boost in Maine
Updated: May 13, 2024Some 20 women of diverse backgrounds have graduated from a program at the CEI Women's Business Center South in Portland. Alumni are forging new paths in sectors from fashion design to travel.
Updated: May 13, 2024
Oyster grower takes top spot in Lewiston-Auburn entrepreneur pitch competition
Updated: May 9, 2024Founders of an oyster farm, a producer of goods using lavender buds, and a landscaping firm were recognized for their “spirit of innovation and perseverance.”
Updated: May 9, 2024
Betting on bitcoin: Portland startup launches app for 'crypto-curious crowd’
Updated: April 30, 2024Luxolo Financial, founded in 2018, has launched a mobile app that could change how people manage and invest in cryptocurrencies.
Updated: April 30, 2024
Roux Institute names 10 health care startups to training residency program
April 29, 2024The year-long Future of Healthcare Founder Residency aims to boost innovation and entrepreneurship in Maine's health technology sector.
April 29, 2024
Startup starter kit: Central Maine business-pitch contest calendar fills up
April 26, 2024Five organizations in the region are banding together to support local entrepreneurs and encourage innovation through a series of business-pitch contests this spring.
April 26, 2024
Waterville business accelerator Dirigo Labs boosts its cleantech cachet
Updated: April 24, 2024Bob Martin, former president of Maine Technology Institute, and Jeff Marks, executive director of Climate Work Maine, have been named executives-in-residence at Dirigo Labs.
Updated: April 24, 2024
3 Maine communities top the Northeast's small cities for starting a business
April 23, 2024In a ranking of cities with fewer than 100,000 residents, Portland and Bangor topped all other urban areas across the northeastern U.S. South Portland was close behind.
April 23, 2024
Portland industrial software startup HighByte raises $12M
Updated: April 23, 2024The Series A funding round brings the company's total to $16.5 million in equity raised since it was founded in 2018.
Updated: April 23, 2024
On the Record: SBA’s Sturgeon urges small businesses to borrow wisely, make a plan
Updated: April 15, 2024Mainebiz caught up with the Maine district director for the U.S. Small Business Administration to find out more about her career path, and how her team helps small businesses across the state.
Updated: April 15, 2024
Data expert joins Waterville startup accelerator
Updated: April 2, 2024Mufaddal Ali, a 2021 graduate of Colby College, aims to help cohort members achieve data-driven outcomes.
Updated: April 2, 2024
With a new board and new ambitions, Startup Maine gears up for May conference
Updated: April 5, 2024Since its last conference five years ago, the nonprofit "champion of Maine’s entrepreneurial ecosystem" has been working to bring businesspeople together and to plan the organization's future.
Updated: April 5, 2024
Ask ACE: What do funders want?
Updated: August 21, 2024Funders look for a capable and experienced management team, for starters. But this edition of Ask ACE looks at other things investors want to see.
Updated: August 21, 2024
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