By Eloise Vitelli As printed in theBangor Daily News, May 02, 2013 As a gray-haired baby boomer, I take scant comfort in knowing I am far from alone here in the oldest state in New England, if not the nation. The U.S. Census projects that by 2015, 15 percent of [...]
By Gigi Guyton, Women, Work, and Community As printed in the Bangor Daily News I had the sad task of telling an entrepreneur whom I wanted to nominate for a small business award to hold off until next year. We simply were not going to make the deadline. [...]
By Jenn Dobransky, Women, Work, and Community As printed in the Bangor Daily News Do what you love and do what you know is the starting point for any small business. The exercise of creating a solid mission or vision statement for your business starts with this loving and knowing. [...]
By Erica Quineaster As printed in the Bangor Daily News Entrepreneurs – successful ones – learn to keep an eye on the proverbial bottom-line. Mission-driven entrepreneurs often have their sights on a dual — or triple — bottom line: they see a need and want to meet it. If you want to do good [...]
By Eloise Vitelli As printed in the Bangor Daily News Entrepreneurs are known for their optimism and can-do attitudes. They see the possibilities and focus their energies on how to get to the goal line. Sometimes though, even the most positive, creative person can be dealt a blow that shakes [...]
By David M. Fitzpatrick OF THE WEEKLY STAFF February is Entrepreneurship Month, so it’s a good time to consider that small business you’ve always wanted to start. There are many great resources for Maine people who aren’t sure where to start with their small-business dreams; one of those is Women, Work, & Community. Serving both [...]
Women, Work, and Community is pleased to be featured in the Maine Association of Nonprofits report ”2013 Partners in Prosperity: The Maine Nonprofit Sector Impact.” You will find us on page 10. To check out what wonderful information this report provides, click the following image to be directed to the online version of the report. [...]
Two hiring managers from Time Warner Cable offered interviewing tips recently to a group of WWC participants in Portland. Here’s some advice from Jennifer Macisso and Karen Bravo. In general, come with a positive attitude. Be respectful of the company and the interviewer. Show self confidence that you can and will do the job. Let [...]
Crystal and Scott Amundsen wanted a house to call their own. With the addition of their son, the Amundsen’s decided it was time to make a plan for home ownership and set down roots in the community that they loved. Crystal had learned about the Family Development Account matched savings program while taking the Financing [...]
By Jenn Dobransky Special to the Bangor Daily News Twenty Dollars in your pocket? Check. Twenty new friends by your side? Check. Name of a previously secret location? Check. Boost to a downtown business and loads of fun? Priceless. And so goes the Cash Mob, a phenomenon that began last August in New York and [...]
Twelve Rockland high school seniors gathered around a long conference table, their laptops open in f… Read More >>
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Trease Hodge recalls, “I felt trapped in my body, my marriage, my career and wanted to find my own… Read More >>
Linda Johnson came to Maine from Massachusetts after raising a family and going through a life-chang… Read More >>
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