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Every two weeks, Mainebiz publishes an interview with a business newsmaker we call "On the Record." Here are some highlights from 2022's "On the Record" interviews.
Jocelyn Olsen and Colin Greig are the entrepreneurs behind Hüga Heat, a Southport-based maker of battery-powered heated seat cushions for outdoor use. Mainebiz caught up with the duo to find out more about the startup. Mainebiz: Where does the name Hüga come from? Jocelyn Olsen: Our heated cushions are named after the Danish concept of hygge, which is pronounced hüga (hyoo-ga) and stands for ‘a quality of coziness and comfortable conviviality that engenders a feeling of contentment or well-being.’ With Hüga heated cushions, we bring joy, warmth and coziness outdoors as the seasons cha...
Restaurant-loving couple creates heated cushion to keep eating outside The Southport couple started Hüga to make al fresco dining less frigid over the winter. Share During the pandemic, Jocelyn Olsen and Colin Greig launched Hüga, a company that makes heated cushions for outdoor seating. Gregory Rec/Staff Photographer What started as a Southport couple’s chilly dinner out in Portland in September has become a steadily growing business venture with customers in 15 states, plans to create a line of heated outdoor furniture and new (sort of) professional titles for Colin Greig and Jocelyn...
Will A Maine-Made Heated Cushion Save Outdoor Dining This Winter? To this day, I've never owned a car with heated seats. Definitely always wanted them, based on my experiences in other cars, but never landed that fish when searching for a new car. But who doesn't love that feeling when it's bitter cold, and the seat beneath you starts to warm your entire body... It's quite decadent. But some folks from Portland are hoping that a warm backside may make all the difference when it comes to some outdoor dining/drinking situations. Jocelyn Olsen and Colin Greig have invented a heated cushion to...
Mainers love eating out, and since indoor seating is limited we are eating outside and it's cold!