On Tuesday, November 12th, Camden National Bank recognized six nonprofit board directors with 2019 Leaders & Luminaries Awards and $22,000 in grants for their respective organizations. The awards breakfast took place during Maine Association of Nonprofits’ executive forum, “Focus on Strategic Board Recruitment: Connecting People with Purpose.” 2019 Emerging Leader Award: Katie Shorey, Board Chair, […]
Story written by Maine Startups Insider – Whit Richardson. TechCrunch’s Disrupt conference in San Francisco is one of the most famous startup conferences in the world, an international stage from which companies such as Dropbox and Mint first publicly unveiled their products. To date, though, no Maine startup has ever had a visible presence at […]
Startup Maine’s president, Katie Shorey, will moderate the upcoming Mainebiz forum. Join us on August 22 to gain best ideas and advice for branding, marketing, and selling your small business or startup from a panel of experts and successful Maine business owners. Read about details here
Government/Policy Keynote: Jennifer Pahlka (Code for America) & Hannah Pingree (Maine’s Office of Innovation & the Future) Keynote: Evan Burfield To B Corp or Not to Be Public Pioneers: Forging Civic Innovation at the Ground Level Government Innovation: Public + Private Partnerships Investing/Finance Affiliate Event: 2019 Women Angels in Training: An Experiential Investment Workshop Keynote: […]
Recently Engine.co did a piece on Startup Maine and how this conference is connecting policy makers and startups in Maine’s ecosystem. Engine supports the growth of technology entrepreneurship through economic research, policy analysis, and advocacy on local and national issues. #StartupsEverywhere Profile: Katie Shorey, President, Startup Maine This profile is part of #StartupsEverywhere, an […]
SUM is excited to announce Berta Danielsdottir as one of our Keynote speakers for the conference this year. She is the CEO of the Iceland Ocean Cluster (and our first international Keynote!), and is joining us in collaboration with the New England Ocean Cluster which is opening this year. The Ocean Cluster is an incubator […]
What role government plays in driving and supporting innovation? How do you craft innovation into policy? How can startups and local and state governments work together? How can digital services be used to improve government services? Jennifer Pahlka, Founder and Executive Director of Code for America and Hannah Pingree, Director, Maine’s Office of Innovation […]
Startup Maine Announces 2019 Conference, June 19-21 “Startups, Innovators, and Policy Makers” PORTLAND, ME February 20 – Startup Maine, Northern New England’s pre-eminent conference for the startup community, has announced their sixth annual conference will be held June 19-21, 2019 at the Maine College of Arts (MECA) in downtown Portland, Maine. Since 2014, […]
Come share your expertise and teach a 1-2hr workshop at the Startup Maine 2019 conference. A couple topics that we’d like to see: Becoming investment ready, and due diligence. How to split up the equity pie. Prototyping (physical products and digital products) Design fundamentals Regulatory hacking Civic innovation …we’ve got like 40 more ideas, and […]
Startup 2019 with Startup Maine In February’s newsletter 1. Workshop Applications – Due Friday, March 1 2. You’re invited to our March 11 “Startup Maine Presents” Happy Hour featuring Grove 3. We’re asking questions we hope you’ll answer, and we’re giving away a pass to SUM2019! 4. Learn more about 2 of our programming co-chairs […]