Flowfold, the Gorham-based manufacturer of durable outdoor and travel gear, announced Tuesday that it was suspending production of its typical product lines to manufacture…
Whit Richardson
Hi, there. I'm a journalist and writer based in Portland, Maine, who's been covering the Maine business landscape for more than a decade. I did my fair share of covering paper mills and lobsters, but naturally gravitated to stories about innovative companies that, while based in Maine, sought to serve national and global markets by leveraging technology.
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0Hacking COVID-19: Maine startup plans hack-a-thon to “flatten the curve”
MyHealthMath, a Portland startup working to innovate within the health insurance industry, is attempting to mobilize Maine’s tech community to come up with innovative ways to…
CourseStorm creates relief fund for customers affected by COVID-19
CourseStorm, an Orono-based software company that’s developed a cloud-based course-registration platform used by organizations with educational offerings, has announced the creation of its COVID-19…
Maine’s Space Race: Lawmakers consider development of Maine Spaceport, NASA plans to launch first Maine-made satellite
Recent developments highlight the opportunities Maine has to benefit from the burgeoning space industry. Here’s a recap. On Thursday, a legislative committee in Augusta…
Microsoft partners with Portland startup KinoTek in $100K deal
KinoTek, a Portland-based software startup, announced this week that it will have Microsoft in its corner as it prepares the beta launch of its first…
Bob Neveu’s next act: Investor, startup advisor
Bob Neveu, an entrepreneur who’s built two successful technology companies in Portland over the last 20 years, has settled into his new role as…
Gorham Savings Bank opens application process for LaunchPad 2020
Gorham Savings Bank has begun accepting applications for its eighth annual LaunchPad small business competition. The competition, which the bank has held since 2013,…
Friday.app looks outside Maine to raise $450K
Friday.app, a Portland-based startup that is developing software tools to help distributed teams better communicate, has raised $450,000 in a pre-seed round from investors,…
Founder Forum: Alex Jones of Farmhand Automation
[Editor’s Note: Founder Forum, a series featuring Q&As with local startup founders, is sponsored by the Maine Technology Institute. Read more about MSI’s sponsored-content strategy here.]…
MIT brings 3-week startup training program to Maine
The Massachusetts Institute of Technology, home to the New England Innovation Corps Node, is partnering with some local organizations to offer a free three-week training program…