You’ve probably heard that Maine has been ranked the worst state in the union for business, but you may not know much about what’s behind those rankings. This week we dig deeper into the topic, with Kurt Badenhausen, senior editor of Forbes magazine,

Don Gooding is one of Maine’s most remarkable entrepreneurs.  From his days founding the single largest supplier of a capella music resources in the US, to his current dual role as Executive Director of Maine Center for Entrepreneurial Development and

John Lee Dumas is one of Maine’s most remarkable entrepreneurs.  Just over 365 days ago, John launched Entrepreneur on Fire, a daily podcast for entrepreneurs.  That show now has more than 400,000 listeners per month.  If you are a podcaster like me,

Phil Coupe is one of Maine’s most remarkable entrepreneurs. Since co-founding Revision Energy in 2003, he has led the company in its installation of more than 4,000 commercial and residential renewable energy systems. The company now has more than 50 e

Fletcher Kittredge is one of Maine's most remarkable entrepreneurs. He's led the company he founded in 1994, Great Works Internet or GWI, from a time when you needed to explain what 'Internet' in your company name meant, to today's cloud services. A five

The remarkable thing about Clayton Kyle:  he has developed large-scale, successful businesses in two completely unrelated fields: commercial roofing insulation and beverage container recycling.  In between, he started a venture fund, and is skilled at r

Les Otten is one of Maine's most remarkable entrepreneurs. When he bought Sunday River in 1980, there were only 30,000 skier visits per year.  By 1995, he had grown this number to more than 560,000.  Les went on to form American Skiing Company, which o

John Karp is one of Maine's most remarkable entrepreneurs.   The CEO of Pantheon Guitars, he may be our State's best source of new ideas; in fact, he's even got the license plate INVENT (...I know you're disappointed someone already has it). In addit

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