Travel + Leisure ranked Portland, Maine, #3 on its list of the “America’s Best Beer Cities.” The real Portland was beat out only by Denver and that other city on the other coast that borrowed our name. Travel + Leisure … Continue reading
The new issue of Popular Science magazine features a contraption on its cover many Mainers will recognize. The tidal energy project developed by Portland-based Ocean Renewable Power Co is featured on the cover of Popular Science’s June issue. ORPC installed … Continue reading
The Maine State Chamber of Commerce holds Maine Business Day each year in the Statehouse’s Hall of Flags. Today was the fifth installment. The event is part meet-and-greet, part lobbying effort and part trade show. Different businesses show up with their … Continue reading
I’ll be in Augusta on Wednesday, first attending the Maine State Chamber of Commerce’s fifth annual Business Day at the Statehouse and later joining Slow Money Maine’s bi-monthly meeting. Slow Money Maine, if you’re not aware, is a loose network of individuals … Continue reading
John Lee Dumas is the founder and host of Entrepreneur On Fire, one of the top-ranked business podcasts on iTunes. He’s also a Maine native and current resident of Portland. Before launching Entrepreneur On Fire in September 2012, John was … Continue reading
Apparently, U.S. Sen. Susan Collins, R-Maine, is a fan of craft beer. She has written a bill that would reduce the excise tax small breweries must pay on each barrel they produce. U.S. Sen. Angus King, eager to demonstrate his craft … Continue reading
A subsidiary of Warren Buffett’s Berkshire Hathaway Inc. on Thursday said it has acquired a Maine-based shoe manufacturer. That story may sound familiar to folks who have been around a while. For those who haven’t, I think a little historical … Continue reading
The Maine Angels, a group of individual (or “angel”) investors who pool their capital and expertise to fund early-stage companies, recently joined similar groups from such vaunted startup communities as Silicon Valley, Boston, and New York City, on a list of … Continue reading
Correction: In my original post, I mistakenly referred to a $274,291 “grant” Pika received in June 2011 from the Maine Technology Institute. That was, in fact, a loan. I regret the error. Pika Energy continues to be the darling of … Continue reading
In the ongoing debate over the underlying value of newspapers, the focus has most often been on the struggles of the large daily papers. (The Boston Globe, The Times-Picayune, and The Chicago Tribune are all examples of papers that have … Continue reading
