Don Gooding will step down this summer as executive director of the Maine Center for Entrepreneurial Development. In a resignation letter sent Tuesday morning to…
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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0On failure: Kerem Durdag, CEO of Biovation, on why his company failed and what he learned from it
Companies fail. It happens, a lot. But entrepreneurs, founders, CEOs — they don’t often like to talk about it. While the big-company failures that leave hundreds…
Maine Angels one of country’s most-active angel investment groups in 2015
The Maine Angels was one of the country’s most active angel investment groups in 2015, according to a national survey of angel investment activity.
Fork Food Lab buys West Bayside building, set to launch in July
Fork Food Lab, an incubator for food-focused startups in Portland, is one step closer to reality. Co-founders Neil Spillane and Eric Holstein last week officially…
Putney to be acquired for $200M by U.K.-based company
Putney Inc., a venture-backed pet pharmaceutical company in Portland, announced early Tuesday morning that it was being acquired by a U.K.-based manufacturer of veterinary products. Dechra Holdings US…
Portland attorney sues Uber CEO Travis Kalanick, calls him ‘mastermind’ of illegal price-fixing scheme
— A Portland attorney has filed a federal lawsuit challenging the legality of Uber’s business model. Andrew Schmidt, who has his law practice on India…
Mainers’ IoT app to help Alzheimer’s patients unveiled this week at CES
Three Maine brothers have built a mobile app that utilizes “smart garments” to assist caregivers of patients with Alzheimer’s and dementia. The new product, called upBed, is being…
Welcome to Maine Startups Insider
I’ve been a business journalist in Maine for a decade now. For the first half of my career that meant I mostly wrote about the traditional,…