September 03, 2009
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
MCED Salutes Top Gun Sponsors
(Portland, Maine) Maine’s economic future just got brighter thanks to the Maine Technology Institute (MTI) and the Maine Center for Enterprise Development’s (MCED) Top Gun Program sponsors. Their generous support will help 12 of the state’s best and brightest entrepreneurs make the transition from start-up business to innovative venture.
“The goal is to develop the entrepreneur who will in-turn develop our state’s future innovative businesses- attracting talent and capital,” says Steve Bazinet, President of MCED. “I remember being told early on that the key will be getting meaningful private sector support. I think we’ve shown there is in fact meaningful private sector support for this type of program.”
The 3-month program, launched September 1, would not have been possible without the assistance of the following forward-thinking Maine based organizations:
Primary Level: The Maine Technology Institute, MacDonald Page and Co., Bernstein Shur, Pro Search, and Wright Express, T.doc Design
Principal Level: Barry Talbot Royer, T-Doc Creative, Hall Web Services
Partner Level: Furman Gregory Deptula, Woodard & Curran, Maine and Co, and the University of Maine
Contributor Level: Eaton Peabody, Bangor Savings Bank, and Blue Wave strategies
Learning Session Hosts: Verrill Dana, University of Maine, Bernstein Shur, Eaton Peabody, Furman Gregory Deptula, Pierce Atwood, Kepware Technologies, Pro Search, Preti Flaherty, MacDonald Page, Woodard & Curran, Small Enterprise Growth Fund,
ABOUT MCED
MCED is a private, not-for-profit 501-c-3 organization created to establish an environment where small companies, start-ups and first-time entrepreneurs can grow, prosper and successfully commercialize their technology in southern Maine. As Maine’s first business incubator, MCED was created out of the Portland Regional Chamber in 1997 to be a model of excellence for nurturing entrepreneurs, launching successful start-up companies and implementing innovation as an economic development tool for Maine.
Additional information about The Applied Entrepreneurship Program, including a complete list of guidelines and the online application will be available soon at http://www.mced.biz.
The Maine Center for Enterprise Development provides an experiential learning environment to start-ups and early-stage entrepreneurs for the creation and growth of innovative companies
CONTACT:
Steven Bazinet, President
228-8525
SBazinet@mced.biz
