STATE — On August 7, Mainebiz will host the Mainebiz Small Business Forum, an in-person event geared towards helping startups and small businesses grow and succeed.
This year’s topic is Unlocking Successes: Navigating the Top Concerns for Small Businesses. During this event, Maine business leaders will hear from a panel of small business owners as they explore the top 5 issues that keep entrepreneurs up at night. Topics include: Scaling Your Business, Tech Trends and AI, Automation & Customer Engagement, HR Innovations, and Workforce Challenges. Panelists will share personal experience and discuss ways to implement sustainable change within companies and best practices for other Maine businesses.
Panelists for the Small Business Forum include Dottie Chalmers, CEO of Chalmers Insurance; Ben Davis, Co-Founder of OpBox; Matt McGrath, CEO of Systems Engineering; Matthew O’Malia, Co-Founder & VP of TimberHP. The event will be moderated by Diane L Sturgeon, District Director, Maine District Office, U.S. Small Business Administration.
The Mainebiz Small Business Forum will be held on August 7 from 7:30-10:30 a.m. at the Hilton Garden Inn Freeport, 5 Park Street, Freeport. Visit mainebiz/smallbiz24 to learn more and register. This event is sponsored by Maine Savings, Northeast Delta Dental, Richard Brothers Financial Advisors. The event is supported by Headlight Audio Visual and Hilton Garden Inn Freeport.
Mainebiz is Maine’s premier business news source, covering business news from Kittery to Fort Kent now for over 25 years. Mainebiz delivers news, information, and analysis about Maine’s business community via its website at mainebiz.biz; through e-newsletters, events, and its award-winning flagship publication. Mainebiz brings vital news to Maine’s business community, helping them stay informed, engaged, and connected.
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