Maine Business ProgramsMaine is an entrepreneurial state where small businesses thrive and new
business start-ups are widespread. The state's many small business initiatives
are designed to help these dynamic companies get the support and services they
need to succeed. Check out the MESDA Online Support if you are looking for examples of sample business, marketing or Web strategy plans.
The Maine SBDC's provide comprehensive
business assistance and information services to the small business community.
The focus of SBDC services is to strengthen Maine's economy by helping small
businesses grow and develop.
Maine's toll-free business information
hot line provides rapid responses to questions about doing business in Maine.
Business Answers supplies accurate and timely answers to questions about labor,
regulations, taxes and financing and maintains a network of contacts in other
state and quasi-public agencies. Also available through Business Answers are a
Business Start-Up Kit, customized packets offering information about
self-employment, hiring employees and labor standards, and a Guide to Doing
Business in Maine (1-800-872-3838 in-state and 1-800-541-5872 from outside
Maine). Through the Business Answers hotline, callers may request business
license and permit applications as well information on state regulations through
the One-Stop Business License Center. This central clearinghouse for state
regulatory information helps simplify the process of complying with state
business regulations. The Small Business Advocate service is available to help
small businesses resolve problems they may be experiencing with state regulatory
agencies.
A, free (PDF file), comprehensive guide to the extensive resources available to Maine businesses. This guide provides specific information about the most frequently used programs, charts that summarize key components of each program and lists of organizations that offer additional business services – how to do business in Maine.
This program provides marketing
assistance to producers of Maine-made consumer goods. Members of the program
promote their message of Maine quality with product tags and labels, literature
and package design, which carry the unified theme, "Maine Made - America's
Best." The program also publishes the "Maine Made" Buyer's Guide, which is sent
to more than 25,000 wholesale buyers.
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