The Grow Maine Show
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Linc Merrill of Patriot Insurance
Linc Merrill is the president & CEO of Patriot Insurance of Yarmouth. But he started out doing triptiks for AAA, and raising steers and hogs in 4-H. Hear the unique career story and perspective of the leader of one of Maine's largest and most successfu...
Dawn Reshen-Doty of Benay Enterprises
For almost 30 years, Dawn Reshen-Doty has been running Benay Enterprises, a business support company that provides back office accounting and management support. Under her leadership, the company is expanding its Maine presence.
Lynn White of Vet-to-Vet Maine
Lynn White is a Vietnam Veteran who is the board chair of Vet-to-Vet Maine, an all volunteer veteran led organization that helps address loneliness and service needs of Maine's veterans. He's also a Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute grad (like me!).
Jason Harkins of Scratchpad Accelerator
Dr. Jason Harkins is the co-head, together with Lisa Liberatore, of Scratchpad Accelerator, which is based in the Bangor region. Jason has some serious startup chops and cred and what I think is a good (and surprising) take on the whole "jump off the c...
MEREDA Event – Everyone Needs an Affordable Home: Building on Housing Solutions That Work
Ever since I was a state rep and worked repeatedly on senior housing bonds, I've been interested in the issue of the lack of affordable housing in Maine. Following up on that interest, I attended and recorded a conference put on by the Maine Real Estat...
Dan Dinsmore of PineTreeWatch.org
Dan Dinsmore is executive director of the Maine Center for Public Interest Reporting, an independent news outlet that publishes at pinetreewatch.org. The episode is a bit of a departure for me, in that it's the first nonprofit startup that I've profile...
Tom Rainey of Maine Center for Entrepreneurs, on WGAN’s Inside Maine
WGAN's "Inside Maine" airs on Saturday morning. I had the honor of hosting the program on March 2. I booked several guests with the theme of "Service", starting with Tom Rainey of the Maine Center for Entrepreneurs.
Michelle Neujahr, Business Growth Consultant, Faculty at Southern Maine Community College
Michelle Neujahr is a business growth consultant and member of the faculty at Southern Maine Community College. As a consultant she specializes in helping businesses that have plateaued around a million dollars in sales scale to the next level.
Katie Shorey of Startup Maine
Katie Shorey is the Business & Community Liaison for People’s United Bank, and President of Startup Maine, an organization with the mission to inspire & elevate entrepreneurs. She's a connector; enabler of entrepreneurs & startups,
Michael Sauschuck on Thrive 2027
Michael Sauschuck is the former Portland Police Chief, current Assistant City Manager (and nominee for Maine's Commissioner of Public Safety). Speaking at the Portland Regional Chamber Kegs n Issues event in a talk I grabbed live on my phone,