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V O L . X X V I I I N O. V I I A P R I L 4 , 2 0 2 2 4 PUBLISHER Peter Stanton ASSOCIATE PUBLISHER Andrea Tetzlaff EDITOR Peter Van Allen DIGITAL EDITOR William Hall SENIOR WRITERS Renee Cordes, Laurie Schreiber STAFF WRITER Jessica Hall CONTRIBUTING WRITERS Mark Jeanneret, Carrie Yardley RESEARCH DIRECTOR Timothy Doyle RESEARCH ASSISTANT Heide Martin ART DIRECTOR Matt Selva HOSPITALITY EMERITUS Zoey A division of New England Business Media LLC C E O / GROUP PUBLISHER Peter Stanton P R E S I D E N T Tom Curtin C F O / C O O Mary Rogers DIGITAL DIRECTOR Jan Holder SENIOR ACCOUNT MANAGERS Ken Hanson, Betsy VanderPloeg ACCOUNT MANAGER Kerry Rasor MARKETING/OPERATIONS DIRECTOR Alison Nason OFFICE COORDINATOR Allison Spies DIRECTOR OF AUDIENCE DEVELOPMENT Valerie Clark P H O T O / J I M N E U G E R C O N T E N T S Small loans with a big impact Microloans are fueling a range of small businesses Teller talent wars Maine banks, credit unions get more strategic about filling entry-level jobs 18 14 22 Insurance scion's time in the sun In his sixth decade of work, Royce Cross has no plans to retire 25 How To Select the right financial partner for a medical practice B A N K I N G / F I N A N C E / I N S U R A N C E 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 3 » Changed Everything The Day that I N S P I R I N G S T O R I E S O F R E C OV E RY A N D I N N OVAT I O N MAINEBIZ.BIZ/PODCASTS LISTEN AND SUBSCRIBE TODAY! podcasts The way we do business can change in a moment. This podcast series features conversations with Maine business owners who found their life, their business, or their world suddenly upended in one day. R E C E N T E P I S O D E S S PONS OR ED BY E P I S O D E 4 4 Patrick Breeding CO-FOUNDER AND CEO OF MARIN SKINCARE E P I S O D E 4 3 Andy Shepard CEO/GM OF SADDLEBACK MOUNTAIN E P I S O D E 4 5 Tyler Ferguson VICE PRESIDENT OF NATIONAL FIRESTOPPING SOLUTIONS MAR. 30 – APR. 17 TICKETS: 207.774.0465 PORTLANDSTAGE.ORG 25A FOREST AVE, PORTLAND, ME An ode to youth, life, love, and the strange beauty of human connectedness I AND YOU Written by Lauren Gunderson Pictured: Sarah Lord * & Pascal Arquimedes* (*Member of AEA) Loan officer Josh Nadeau, left, and TGN Detailing owner Taylor Nadeau at TGN Detailing. P H O T O / F R E D F I E L D Vanessa Madore, president of Maine Savings Federal Credit Union, at the Hampden retail branch. 14 18