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These are businesses that have been tracked over time and have succeeded due in large part to SCORE counselor involvement. Let’s develop a counseling relationship for you and your business and create another Success Story.
Fyood Kitchen is a professional kitchen that offers Chopped-style cooking competitions for the everyday chef. Owner Maddie Purcell worked with SCORE on marketing and financing for her business.
Jodi Breau developed Dental Lace, a plastic-free floss that comes in fashionable and refillable dispensers in a variety of colors. She’s made use of SCORE classes, the resource list, and additional SCORE mentors to help her meet specific short-term challenges.
Garbage to Garden: Eco-success in Maine. Award-winning composting service, now in six cities. Founded with SCORE's guidance.
Flowfold: Crafting adventure gear with a commitment to American manufacturing. 2015 SCORE Outstanding American Manufacturer Small Business Award winner.
MaineWorks: From volunteer inspiration to a $1.5M revenue, creating jobs and transforming lives. 2015 SCORE Outstanding Job-Creator Award winner.
One day his roommate made a comment about how much easier it would be to just put the food scraps out on the side of the road and have it taken away like recycling. The seed for Garbage to Garden was planted.
The Open Bench Project is a shared learn/work facility in Portland, Maine. We cultivate a community of makers by providing access to studio/work space, tools and resources around skill and capacity building. We provide an opportunity for makers of all types – amateurs, professionals, hobbyists, entrepreneurs, youth, artists, scientists, engineers – to explore ideas, hone and learn new skills, and collaborate with thought partners across disciplines. We strive to help people explore, question, critique, and recreate the built world around them. OBP is a space for people to bring their ideas
Certified Occupational therapist Heather Shields of Pathways Rehabilitation Services helps assess drivers to see if their skills can be improved to keep them safely on the road. Her custom services are geared toward helping Maine residents with medical conditions, physical or cognitive disabilities stay safe and mobile. She came up with the name Pathways Rehabilitation Services because people can choose their own path through independent driving and community mobility. She saw a huge need for this service in our State. What sets Heather apart is her client focus: she does driving assessments
Maine Foodie Tours represents an amalgam of Pam Laskey's passions. Always up for a great meal, she loves finding new restaurants, learning about up-and-coming chefs, pairing food and wine, gathering fun-loving groups of people together, and of course, as a born educator, sharing her knowledge with others. It has been an eye-opening experience for her to delve into the local Maine food scene, learning about dishes indigenous to this region, and she is eager to share this information with guests on her tours. “I have so much respect for the resourcefulness of Mainers,” Pam says. “Whether it’s an
Think Tank Coworking is northern New England's largest coworking facility, with locations in downtown Portland, Yarmouth, Biddeford and more on the way... Founder and Director, Patrick Roche started Think Tank in November of 2010 in Portland, boot-strapping the project with personal loans and a lot sweat equity. Since then, the Think Tank brand, model and community has continued to grow and evolve, adapting to the ever-evolving economic landscape. Our vision is to build an interconnected network of coworking facilities throughout New England. We believe that coworking is the future of
coworkHERS is a shared workspace and social club designed to support female professionals. It is the first and only female-focused coworking space in Portland, Maine. Although we describe ourselves as "female-focused" that does not apply to gender specifics. We cater to women, and are dominated by women, but welcome all people who wish to be a part of a safe, inspiring, encouraging, non-threatening, healthy, non-judgemental environment.
Arthlin was born from a passion for accessories design and e-commerce in 2011. What began as a humble stay-at-home mom's small business had a sudden growth spurt when the designs caught the attention of Kendall Jenner, Ipsy and Martha Stewart. It allowed to begin hiring assistants locally and to expand the products offering. In 2017, Arthlin was awarded as a Maine State champion in the SCORE American Small Business Championship and later recognized as a Woman Owned Small Business of the Year in Maine based on the business' vision, innovation and achievement in the community. More recently, in
Garbage to Garden was created to address the challenge of efficiently and effectively utilizing residential composting within an urban setting. Tyler Frank, founder, and his roommate were discussing the challenges involved with composting in their 2nd floor city flat and six weeks later, Garbage to Garden (GtG) was born.
We shoot with an unobtrusive editorial/documentary style and blend in well-planned, gorgeous portraits, details, moments, and artistic bride and groom poses that look fluid and natural. We love meeting with our prospective clients as we get to know them by listening to their stories and visions for their wedding day memories that we’ll bring to life with our photographs.
