The Maine Technology Institute (MTI) has been investing in innovative Maine companies and collaborating with influential and effective stakeholder organizations for 17 years now. Many of them have achieved significant success and earned well-deserved accolades along the way and this month I want to recognize several who have been in the news recently or who… Read more »
Category: President’s blog
“We Dig Joe Mig”
“DVM’s success will add well-paying business and technology jobs in the State of Maine and enhance Maine’s stature as a provider of solutions in the veterinary industry.” That quote was the last sentence of a non-confidential summary submitted by an applicant seeking Development Loan funding from the Maine Technology Institute in late 2009. The applicant… Read more »
It’s Time for Maine to Startup & Create Again
It’s June in Maine and apart from our usual lobster-eating, hiking, boating and beach adventures, we are preparing to spend another week celebrating Maine’s amazing entrepreneurs, inventors and companies during the immensely successful and eagerly anticipated Maine Startup & Create Week. This year’s Maine Startup & Create Week (MSCW) runs from June 19 – 23 in… Read more »
Maine’s Top Gun Program . . . Highway to the Growth Zone
The past two days, entrepreneurs from four different regions of Maine assembled to participate in pitch competitions for the right to advance and contend for a $10,000 cash prize. The pitches by the entrepreneurs served as the culmination of an intensive four-month program delivered by the Maine Center for Entrepreneurial Development (MCED). The program, operated since… Read more »