In its second time on the finals stage, Good To-Go has won the fifth annual Launchpad startup pitch competition and its $50,000 prize. The…
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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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0Academic Merit raises $600K to ramp up product development
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Academic Merit, a Portland-based software company tackling the education technology space, has raised $600,000 from investors to help it ramp up product development and…
Founder Forum: Brian Rahill of CourseStorm
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[Editor’s Note: Founder Forum, a weekly interview with a startup founder in Maine, is sponsored by the Maine Technology Institute. Read more about MSI’s sponsored-content…
Founder Forum: Justin Jaffe of Rapport
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[Editor’s Note: Founder Forum, a weekly interview with a startup founder in Maine, is sponsored by the Maine Technology Institute. Read more about MSI’s sponsored-content…
Top Gun startups narrowed to eight finalists
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And then there were eight. After a series of regional pitch events held this week, eight companies that participated in the Top Gun startup…
Founder Forum: Carrie LeDuc of GenoTyping Center of America
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[Editor’s Note: Founder Forum, a weekly interview with a startup founder in Maine, is sponsored by the Maine Technology Institute. Read more about MSI’s sponsored-content…
Five finalists named to vie for Launchpad’s $50K
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Launchpad, the business pitch competition created by Gorham Savings Bank, has named the five startups that will compete next month for a chance to…
Kauffman: Maine drops two spots in startup activity index
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Maine has dropped two spots in the 2017 Kauffman Index of Startup Activity, an annual index that measures new business creation and startup density…
Co-working bill passes Senate with bipartisan support
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Despite expectations that partisan politics would defeat a bill to support co-working spaces in Maine, several Republicans crossed the aisle on Tuesday to cast…
Co-working bill passes House, may die in Senate
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A bill designed to support businesses that provide co-working space to entrepreneurs in Maine has passed the Maine House, but is currently lacking the…