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Friday Food Insider: It's Cinco de Mayo, and Maine restaurants are ready
May 5, 2023If you are reading this at work and can't wait to get your margarita and taco fix, you have come to the right place. Welcome to the Friday Food Insider.
May 5, 2023
How employers can attract and retain older employees
May 5, 2023May is Older Americans Month and Megan Walton, CEO of Southern Maine Agency on Aging, offers some ways employers can turn to older workers as a resource. As she writes, "older employees are often praised for their ability to show up for work on time
May 5, 2023
How Maine small businesses can navigate state privacy laws
Updated: May 1, 2023For businesses doing ecommerce or routinely working in other states, being familiar with state laws regarding privacy is an increasingly important issue, according to the guest columnists, who are attorneys at Brann & Isaacson.
Updated: May 1, 2023
Ask ACE: How do I fix unproductive behaviors?
Updated: March 29, 2024It is likely that every one of your staff members wants to do a good job and enjoy their work. Yet they sometimes exhibit unhelpful, unprofessional behavior. Here are some ideas about how to deal with that.
Updated: March 29, 2024Incoming Maine Brewers' Guild boss aims to craft a more diverse industry
Updated: April 27, 2023"I'd like to bring other women and people of color into the industry," Shea Cusick told Mainebiz days before starting her job as executive director of the Maine Brewers' Guild.
Updated: April 27, 2023
FocusMaine awards $90,000 to grow Maine aquaculture businesses
April 21, 2023The program was designed to help Maine aquaculture businesses increase production and the capability to grow volume and sales in current and new markets through innovative projects.
April 21, 2023
Oyster firm Lady Shuckers looks for creative ways 'to get products to the people'
Updated: April 18, 2023The company sources from farms owned by women and groups that are underrepresented on the working waterfront. “Representation matters,” says owner Libby Davis.
Updated: April 18, 2023
On the Record: From Portland to Houston, Hussein Adan has big plans for Cleaners Joy
Updated: April 17, 2023His cleaning agency works with 15 independent contractors serving residential and commercial clients in Greater Portland.
Updated: April 17, 2023
Ask ACE: I need to jumpstart my business without losing work-life balance
Updated: December 20, 2023Guest columnist Donna Brassard, former publisher of Mainebiz and now owner of Strategies+, recommends an old favorite to help motivate managers and their teams.
Updated: December 20, 2023
Mainers warned to steer clear of paving scams
Updated: April 17, 2023The Office of the Attorney General has received many reports about too-good-to-be-true paving scams that end up costing consumers hundreds, or even thousands, of dollars.
Updated: April 17, 2023
Maine businesses with lingering pandemic challenges aided by recovery funds
April 10, 2023Financed by $2.5 million in state money, UMaine's Solutions for Maine R&D and Innovation Hub will help companies access free technical assistance, counseling and student interns.
April 10, 2023
Biddeford infant health startup gets $3.5M NIH grant
April 7, 2023The grant, expected to provide $3.5 million over three years, was awarded to support the development and evaluation of Prapela's technology-enabled bassinet pad to treat apnea in preterm newborns.
April 7, 2023
How to find quality in a ‘quality of earnings’ report
April 3, 2023Guest columnist Scott McKenzie, a CPA at Baker Newman Noyes, introduces the concept of the "quality of earnings" report, a due diligence step provided by an independent third party.
April 3, 2023
How to use your expertise to become a thought leader
March 30, 2023Guest columnist Marnie Grumbach, who owns a marketing-communications agency, offers four ideas for how to build credibility as a thought leader.
March 30, 2023
Dirigo Labs' second business pitch competition will feature 11 startups
Updated: March 31, 2023This year's pitch-off, scheduled for May 4 at the Maine Film Center in downtown Waterville, features 11 startups in the program's second cohort.
Updated: March 31, 2023
Ask ACE: Stay interviews, the why and how
Updated: April 3, 2023Angela Hansen, an ACE member and co-founder of Range Culture Co., says companies routinely do exit interviews. But what about adding a "stay" interview to help employees with their professional growth.
Updated: April 3, 2023
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