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Coping strategies vary from scheduling time off to meditation.

A roundup from the Mainebiz Startup Hub issue shows that while marshaling talent can be tough for new companies, there are various paths to success.

People & Places: Dirigo Labs hires new projects and innovation network coordinator.

WATERVILLE — Thomas College’s Harold Alfond Institute for Business Innovation is set to host The Roux Institute’s Maine Start Summit in person on its

Maine business leaders from across their state share their lofty goals for the new year.

Investors, entrepreneurs and outdoor industry professionals have taken notice of the growing interest in the outdoor activities and the new technology-driven ways people are connecting with it.

WATERVILLE — The fifth annual Central Maine Converge and Create Weekend is scheduled to be hosted virtually by the Harold Alfond Institute for Business

Unlikely techie hopes to make her mark with simple online tool With help from a young software developer, Kym Dakin of Yarmouth battles Zoom fatigue with a bookmarking application called Nugget. Share Kym Dakin developed an app called Nugget that simplifies note-taking for users on Zoom calls or other virtual platforms so meeting participants can focus on their conversations. Ben McCanna/Staff Photographer After a pitch competition for Maine entrepreneurs last month, Nick Rimsa was listening...

Read Article Jake Warn, a Thomas College junior from Winslow, has turned his passion for snowmobiling into a high-tech business that he created with help of the college’s Harold Alfond Institute for Business Innovation. In December, Warn, 21, launched SledTRX.com, a website catering to snowmobile riders. Contributed photo Jake Warn has turned his passion for snowmobiling into a high-tech business. Warn is a native of Winslow and a junior at Thomas College where he is also on the school’s...

Heather Kerners pizza dough company, the Good Crust, doesnt produce a tech product, but she enrolled in Propeller earlier this year anyway. The six-week course is designed to guide women as they build their tech or tech-enabled business, and she figured gaining those skills was an important part of getting her Maine-sourced pizza dough out to the market. Now, two months into running her Skowhegan-based business, shes secured several wholesale accounts and is poised to consider a distribution ...