Becoming a Boss, CEI’s Women’s Business Center Event

  When: April, 3, 2024, 9-10:30amWhere: US Custom House, 312 Fore St., Portland, ME 04101 Register here Join this event to learn from inspirational female entrepreneurs as they share their journey leading diverse teams and owning their own power and potential. Hear from four amazing women about how they owned their role as a boss,… Read more »

Piali De, Co-founder and CEO of Senscio Systems

Piali De is a co-founder and CEO of Senscio Systems, a company that empowers older adults to age comfortably and independently at home.  In addition to being co-founder of Senscio, Piali is the co-inventor of Senscio’s patented Scio™ framework, the artificially intelligent inference engine that contextualizes data in any domain into actionable intelligence. This system… Read more »

Linda Riddell, Founder of Gettin’ By

Epidemiologist Linda Riddell created Gettin’ By to train teachers, doctors, case managers, and other professionals to work more effectively with clients who are experiencing poverty. Many poverty simulation trainings focus on the hassle of coping with poverty, and they generally overlook how poverty affects thinking and decision-making. Closing the gap between what science knows and… Read more »

Maine Resources for Underserved Entrepreneurs

Recently, our friends at Mainebiz did a great piece that outlined many of the resources here in Maine for innovators. We of course are proudly involved in many of these programs and entities.  In honor of Women’s History Month, we wanted to call out two resources – one mentioned in the Mainebiz piece, CEI’s Women’s… Read more »