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Ben Polito: Clean-technology entrepreneur and co-founder of Pike Energy
(Reprint from Mainebiz 8/21/2017) – Ben Polito grew up on a farm in the midcoast village of Five Islands with no electricity, and was raised using oil lamps, pumping water by hand and using generators for power tools. He is now a clean-technology entrepreneur based in Westbrook. Read more here.
Read more »Maine company seeks to produce innovative wood-fiber insulating boards
(Reprint from Portland Press Herald 8/17/17) – Maine’s glut of softwood fiber created by closed paper mills makes the state an ideal location for a factory that can produce insulation board from wood, a Belfast architectural and construction firm says, and it’s trying to find a European manufacturer that shares that vision. Read more here.
Read more »Find out which Maine companies made Inc. 5000 ‘fastest-growing’ list
(Reprint from Mainebiz 8/16/2017) – Tilson Technology Management and Landry/French Construction Co. are joined by 10 other Maine companies in Inc. magazine’s annual list of the 5,000 fastest-growing companies across the country. Portland-based Tilson made the list for the seventh consecutive year while Landry/French made it for the second year in a row. Maine companies…
Read more »Founder Forum: Kevin Strange of Novo Biosciences
(Reprint from Maine Startups Insider 8/11/2017) – Kevin Strange is co-founder and CEO of Novo Biosciences, a four-year-old biotech startup in Bar Harbor that is working on nothing less than developing a drug that could provide humans with regenerative properties. Read more here.
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