In early January, a Salt Lake City-based software company called ARCOM acquired InterSpec, a small, under-the-radar software firm in South Portland. InterSpec develops software and…
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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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0Founder Forum: Clayton Kyle of Clynk
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Top Gun accepts 38 startups into 2017 accelerator
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Top Gun, a program of the Maine Center for Entrepreneurial Development designed to help entrepreneurs ramp up their businesses, announced today that 38 startups it’s…
Founder Forum: Joel Alex of Blue Ox Malthouse
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MTI provides grants to seven Maine companies in December
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The Maine Technology Institute awarded $95,213 in grants to seven Maine companies in December 2016. MTI awarded three TechStart grants totaling $10,670, two Business…
Founder Forum: James Demer of DemerBox
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CEI Ventures closes fourth VC fund at $10M
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CEI Ventures has raised an additional $2 million to fully capitalize its fourth venture capital fund, Coastal Ventures IV. The $2 million, in addition…
Founder Forum: Rick Sales of Abierto Networks
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CourseStorm accepted into Boston EdTech accelerator
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CourseStorm, the Orono-based startup that’s developed course-registration software to education organizations, has been accepted into the LearnLaunch accelerator in Boston. The company was one…
LePage’s budget would cut funding for business incubators, co-working spaces
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When Gov. Paul LePage released his proposed two-year budget last week, it contained a surprise for Tom Rainey, the new executive director of the…