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From the Editor: Small businesses are Maine’s economic backbone
Updated: September 7, 2020This issue focuses on startups and entrepreneurship, but what we’re really talking about is small businesses and the people that lead them.
Small Business Administration numbers on Maine’s small businesses speak for themselves.
Updated: September 7, 2020 - From the Editor
From the Editor: Pandemic has had a mixed effect on northern Maine
Updated: August 24, 2020Houlton has long had an economic relationship with its Canadian counterparts, including Woodstock, New Brunswick.
Updated: August 24, 2020 - From the Editor
From the Editor: Mainebiz introduces you to five remarkable leaders
Updated: August 10, 2020One of the most energetic Mainebiz events of the year is usually the Women to Watch reception in September.
Updated: August 10, 2020 
CommentarySix lessons from the lemonade stand
Updated: July 27, 2020A husband-and-wife team of marketing and PR experts, based in Westbrook, share lessons they've learned from their 9-year-old daughter's business ventures. The lessons are useful for grown-ups, too.
Updated: July 27, 2020
From the EditorFrom the Editor: 2020 will definitely be a year for hindsight
Updated: July 27, 2020This year has been marked by the COVID-19 pandemic, the business shutdown, spiking unemployment, social unrest and a host of health and economic challenges.
Updated: July 27, 2020- From the Editor
Real estate market’s breakneck pace now shifts — but remains fast-paced
Updated: July 27, 2020Maine’s fast-paced real estate market may have taken its breath earlier this spring, but the market is clearly shifting at an equally breakneck pace.
Updated: July 27, 2020 - Letter to the editor
Letter: It's time to reconsider tourist contempt
Updated: July 13, 2020A fishing industry advocate writes that in the age of COVID-19, Maine cannot afford to disregard development projects that cultivate tourism.
Updated: July 13, 2020 - From the Editor
Letter from the Editor: Amid economic changes, central Maine adapts
Updated: July 13, 2020Augusta and Waterville and the surrounding areas were already undergoing major changes in the past few years, but the pandemic has added another dimension to the changes.
Updated: July 13, 2020 - From the Editor
From the Editor: With 2020 tourism season slipping away, industry shows its resilience
Updated: June 29, 2020Maine’s $6.9 billion tourism industry is seeing its key season slip away. Restaurant and hotel restrictions and quarantines on visitors are forcing some businesses to close and others to hang on with CARES Act funds or even GoFundMe appeals.
Updated: June 29, 2020 - From the Editor
From the Editor: Pandemic’s impact on energy use a good time to ask questions
Updated: June 15, 2020Maine’s energy costs are a frequent topic of discussion.
Maine ranks No. 11 among states in per capita energy expenditures, but just No. 27 in energy consumption per capita, according to the U.S. Energy Information Administration.
Updated: June 15, 2020 - From the Editor
Response to pandemic has been inspiring
Updated: June 1, 2020By now, we’ve heard numerous stories about manufacturers converting operations to make face masks, hand sanitizer, swabs or even vaccines.
Updated: June 1, 2020 - From the Editor
From the Editor: As pandemic gets entrenched, businesses find ways to adapt
Updated: May 18, 2020The timing of this small business issue comes at a time when small businesses are in disarray, struggling to find their way during the COVID-19 crisis.
Updated: May 18, 2020 - Letter to the editor
Letter to the Editor: Seeing both sides of pandemic’s impact on restaurants
Updated: May 18, 2020A reader says he views the crisis from the perspectives of both the hospitality and the real estate industries. He urges flexibility as Maine enters "uncharted territory."
Updated: May 18, 2020 - From the Editor
Letter from the Editor: With economy in turmoil, investment pros look to calm investors
Updated: May 4, 2020We have all watched with degrees of shock as pieces of the economy have crumbled in the past several weeks, with the pandemic shutting down many businesses and keeping people confined to their homes.
Updated: May 4, 2020 - From the Editor
Letter from the Editor: A strange and turbulent spring
Updated: April 20, 2020Unemployment claims have skyrocketed. Various industries are hanging on by a thread, while manufacturers and a select few retailers try to stay in control as “essential” businesses. There’s been a scramble for federal relief funds.
Updated: April 20, 2020 - From the Editor
From the Editor: Crazy times, but businesses move quickly to adapt
Updated: April 6, 2020In recent weeks, we’ve witnessed one of the more stressful periods for the economy and for our own personal safety.
Updated: April 6, 2020
