The difference between successful entrepreneurs and everyone else isn’t that the former have all the good ideas. The difference is they act on those ideas. If you have an idea for a business, don’t give up an opportunity to pitch it. Friday, Feb. 14, is the deadline to apply for LaunchPad, a business plan competition […]
In case you missed it, Gov. Paul LePage gave his State of the State address Tuesday evening in front of a joint session of the Maine Legislature. For a full recap of the governor’s speech, I suggest reading this well-done roundup written by my colleague Mario Moretto. He hit on a number of topics, but […]
Have you heard of Kurt Badenhausen? No? He’s the guy we all love to hate. Kurt is a senior editor at Forbes magazine and the producer of the infamous list of the Best States for Business, on which Maine has placed dead last four years in a row. Marty Grohman, entrepreneur, sustainability guru and podcaster, spoke […]
I’m preparing to raise a young family myself, so when I saw the following headline it caught my attention: “The Best Towns in Maine for Young Families.” Deciding where to raise a family is a rite of passage for young couples (kind of like deciding on whether to get a joint checking account or not). […]
Time Warner Cable made a good business decision (and an all-around good decision) on Tuesday that is sure to create goodwill within the Filipino-American community. On Nov. 12, Time Warner Cable announced that it would make calls to landline and mobile numbers in the Philippines free for all of its residential and business customers through Nov. […]
A few high-profile members of the national media descended on Eastport, Maine, this week. James Fallows, national correspondent for The Atlantic, and Kai Ryssdal, host of the well-known public radio program Marketplace, visited Eastport as part of their American Futures project, which is looking at “reinvention and resilience across the nation.” Basically, Fallows and his wife […]
How do we create an entrepreneurial ecosystem in Maine? The question is not meant to imply Mainers aren’t entrepreneurial. We certainly have a workforce known for its hard work and resourcefulness. But we can’t rest on our reputation for “Yankee ingenuity.” What I’m talking about when I say we need to foster an entrepreneurial ecosystem […]
TD Bank, which traces its roots back to the founding of Portland Savings Bank in 1852, has officially dropped its historic hometown as its corporate headquarters. The bank is now officially based in Cherry Hill, N.J. The company had held Portland and Cherry Hill as dual headquarters since 2008, when Portland-based TD Banknorth merged with Cherry […]
Paper mills churn more than just paper. Apparently, they’re also rumor mills. Last week, an anonymous message was left on the phone of Anthony Ronzio, the Bangor Daily News’ director of news. The caller, who sounded nervous, claimed Verso Paper was threatening to file for bankruptcy if the unions that represent workers at its Bucksport […]
The most read business story on the BDN website yesterday was about furloughed employees at Portsmouth Naval Shipyard in Kittery facing pressure not to speak to the media about the sequestration-forced furloughs, which are forcing workers to take off one unpaid day a week through September. The story — which was from our friends at the Foster’s […]
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