

UpStart Maine Newsletter March 2021
And the winner of the last regular-season Big Gig Pitch-Off was ...... Joshua Kim of The Cubby! The Cubby is an online community art marketplace where college student creators can exclusively showcase and sell their work to the public. You can watch him and three other entrepreneurs compete for $5,000 in the Big Gig Finale on April 13th! Watch Bragging Rights + GO Lab, a Top Gun Bangor alum, received $85M in bond financing from the Finance Authority of Maine to manufacture th

Featured Founder: True North Beauty
So, you’re wondering how to break into the luxury skincare market? Most business advisors won’t recommend you base your operations in the far north woods of Maine. And they may raise a brow when you tell them your active ingredient is a rare mushroom. Fortunately for Heather Lux, business advisors at UpStart Maine love to help entrepreneurs like her launch innovative products from unlikely places. Heather manufactures her True North Beauty skincare line in Lakeview Plantation