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V O L . X X V N O. X I X S E P T E M B E R 2 , 2 0 1 9 4 PUBLISHER Donna Brassard EDITOR Peter Van Allen DIGITAL EDITOR William Hall SENIOR WRITER Renee Cordes SENIOR WRITER Maureen Milliken SENIOR WRITER Laurie Schreiber SENIOR ACCOUNT MANAGER Ken Hanson SENIOR ACCOUNT MANAGER Andrea Tetzlaff SENIOR ACCOUNT MANAGER Betsy VanderPloeg MARKETING/OPERATIONS DIRECTOR Alison Nason CONTRIBUTING WRITER Mark Jeanneret, Jim Milliken RESEARCH DIRECTOR Stephanie Meagher RESEARCH ASSISTANT Heide Martin ART DIRECTOR Matt Selva HOSPITALITY EMERITUS Zoey A division of New England Business Media LLC C E O Peter Stanton PRESIDENT Joe Zwiebel C F O / C O O Mary Rogers GROUP PUBLISHER Donna Brassard DIGITAL DIRECTOR Jan Holder C O N T E N T S Cooking up a storm Fork Food Lab's next chapter Starting up young talent in Waterville A new program helps students get businesses off the ground and aims to keep them in town after graduation 26 18 30 Growing up with UpStart The Orono incubator operates on a shoestring to produce high-tech firms 34 Maine's largest woman-owned businesses Ranked by number of Maine employees S TA R T U P S / E N T R E P R E N E U R S H I P F O C U S I N D U S T R Y T H U M B N A I L O N PA G E 1 7 » 2019 Annual Summit Maine Grown: Building a Future on Big Ideas • Maine's Strategy to Drive Innovation and Support Entrepreneurship • Rebuilding Rural America Through Innovation • Equity and Inclusive Entrepreneurship • Pitch Competition with Blitz Wednesday, November 13, 3-7:45 p.m. Cross Insurance Center, Bangor Watch for registration information at mainecf.org and on Twitter and Facebook. 245 Main Street, Ellsworth, ME 04605 50 Monument Square, Portland, ME 04101 1-877-700-6800 info@mainecf.org P H O T O / C O U R T E S Y O F W I N G S R E A L I T Y E D U P H O T O S / T I M G R E E N WAY Michael Lessard, founder of aviation training company WingsReality EDU, teaches a class at the UpStart Center. Bill Seretta, president of The Sustainability Lab, owner of Fork Food Lab OPENI NG DOOR S FOR S TAR TU PS 22 Making waves in the 'blue economy' Marine-focused consultancy opens doors for members OPENI NG DOOR S FOR S TAR TU PS Fork Food Lab members 18 30