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Portland (Maine)


Recent Articles about Portland (Maine)

More Women Going Bankrupt

A survey finds women are declaring bankruptcy at higher rates than men.  Read more

Coming to America

A special program called StartSmart is turning immigrants into entrepreneurs. Meet five who are succeeding.  Read more

On the Waterfront

How Portland, Maine, lays out the red carpet to its legions of entrepreneurs.  Read more

Portland Plays Perception Poker

Can a thriving little city in Maine bluff its way into the ranks of big-time Internet players?  Read more

Battle Grounds

Here's how Rand Smith, the founder of coffee-bar chain Maine Roasters Coffee, competes with Starbucks by leveraging the Maine tradition of supporting locally...  Read more

Fished Out

A look at how technology may be wiping the fishing industry. Could it happen to your industry?  Read more

Shipping Woes Boost Freight Co-ops

Soaring freight prices bring biz groups together.  Read more

Making the Most of Your (Limited) Marketing Dollars

Like most small businesspeople, I have a limited amount of funds to devote to marketing and advertising. Even in a relatively small market like Portland, ...  Read more

Of Stings And States

IBM Corp., as we all know, is a company that does a lot of things very well. One of the things that IBM does particularly well is keeping outsiders guessi...  Read more

Hacking the Grocery Store

Caitlin Shetterly, 36, knows how to eat on the cheap: In 2009, her husband, Dan, lost his job and the couple and their newborn baby moved from Los Angeles...  Read more

America's Fastest-Growing Call Center

Portland, Maine–based Listen Up Español, a call center for Spanish-speaking customers, is cashing in on the Latin population boom.  Read more

Look In from the Outside

Stumped for ideas on how to improve your service? Get a critique of your business from a third party. Here are low-cost ways to get advic...  Read more

Family Fun Wins Fans

Want to delight customers? Entertain their kids. If you can supply a service that children enjoy and that solves a parental problem, you'...  Read more

How to Respond When You Hear: "We Can't Afford Your Price."

Four sales pros share their secrets on pricing.  Read more

Reader Product Reviews

Inc. readers review products we've featured in The Goods  Read more

Why did I get this Jet Blue voucher?

This weekend I flew on JetBlue from New York City to Portland, Maine. Today, I opened my email and learned that I received a $15 voucher because the DIREC...  Read more

A Web Tale: Site Development, Spam and Search Engines

If you don't speak the language, it's tricky to find a web site expert who doesn't leave you feeling stunned and a tad obtuse. Professionals dedicated to ...  Read more

Top 25 Cities for Doing Business in America

If you're looking for cities large, medium, and small where job growth is robust and economies are strong, head to the ones on this year's Top Cities list. F...  Read more

Red Flags in Choosing a Business Broker

When selecting a broker to sell your business, be suspicious if: The broker wants a significant or total fee paid upfront. Many b...  Read more

Warm Winter Means Cooling Sales for Some Small Businesses

Unseasonably balmy temperatures shut down ski resorts, but provide a boost for other businesses.  Read more

Making Good

Ways in which small companies are creatively leveraging their resources to attack various social problems.  Read more

Take Shelter

Ark-Les Switch Co. needed to salvage components from rejected electrical switches but couldn't afford to use its own employees because of the high labor c...  Read more

Ask Inc.

Q I'm considering filing for Chapter 11 bankruptcy. Can I pay back the loans from my friends and family in full?Read more

Boomtowns '06: Hottest Midsize Cities

Employment Base of 150,000-450,000.  Read more

Boston Companies Adjust to Life Without the Big Dig

The city's main highway system has remained partially closed since July 10.  Read more

Let Your Clients Do the Talking

The start of a client relationship is the riskiest phase, according to Dana Hutchins, president and creative director of Image Works, a multimedia product...  Read more

Shotgun Faxing and Other Services

Communications services can shotgun a fax to thousand of recipients simultaneously.  Read more

The Billionaire Bootstrapper: Extended Q&A

A $550 sink nearly prevented Fred DeLuca from amassing a billion-dollar fortune  Read more

Don't Just Compete, Cooperate

Don't just focus on your competitors. Starting thinking about your "cooperators," encourages Colin Bates, the co-founder of Read more

Ask Inc.

Offshored patent violations; making on-demand work for you.  Read more

How Sweet It Is

Customers thirst for an opportunity to buy local products that offer something special," asserts Bill Webster, owner of Haven's Candies, a candy manufactu...  Read more

It Doesn't Add Up

A CEO discusses the low salaries offered to child-care professionals, and how this trend can be reversed.  Read more

Venture Capitalists Reap Rewards of Doing Good

Oct. 25, 2005 --Recent sales of venture-backed companies show how Read more

Space Tourism: You're Now Free to Float About the Cabin

The owner of Hurley Travel Experts explains why outer space is the next exclusive destination – and why she's one of a select few who can send you there.  Read more

In This Issue

The financial and emotional concerns of running a business are often enmeshed, and that is certainly the case when the subject is how much money the boss ...  Read more

Managing People;

Major-league athletes may get the headlines, but they're not alone in their susceptibility to drug abuse. High-flying brokers, top executives, foremen, s...  Read more

Benefits;

While flexible benefits, or cafeteria plans, have been around since the early 1970s, they have been available almost exclusively at companies with thousan...  Read more

Alumni Network

Cabinetmaker refers his customers to other woodworkers, many of whom are former employees.  Read more

Home Is Where The Headquarters Is

'We all like Milwaukee, even though it's hardly a swinging place. At least you know people will be able to get out of bed and come to work in the morning.'  Read more

Keep Customers in the Know to Grow

We want our clients to understand the market and how to get ahead," says Victoria Manning, marketing analyst for John Hewitt and Associates (JHA), a risk ...  Read more