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V O L . X X V I I I N O. X I X S E P T E M B E R 5 , 2 0 2 2 4 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 PUBLISHER Peter Stanton ASSOCIATE PUBLISHER Andrea Tetzlaff EDITOR Peter Van Allen DIGITAL EDITOR William Hall SENIOR WRITERS Renee Cordes, Laurie Schreiber STAFF WRITER Alexis Wells CONTRIBUTING WRITERS Mark Jeanneret, Bridget Reed Morawski Carrie Yardley RESEARCH DIRECTOR Timothy Doyle RESEARCH ASSISTANT Heide Martin ART DIRECTOR Matt Selva HOSPITALITY EMERITUS Zoey SENIOR ACCOUNT MANAGERS Ken Hanson, Betsy VanderPloeg ACCOUNT MANAGER Kerry Rasor MARKETING/OPERATIONS DIRECTOR Alison Nason OPERATIONS COORDINATOR Allison Spies DIRECTOR OF AUDIENCE DEVELOPMENT Valerie Clark C O N T E N T S Startup stress Frank talk from Maine entrepreneurs navigating business ownership's mental strains 14 18 Cheesecake with a chit Whether it's Venmo, cash or an IOU, an Ellsworth bakery works with the customer 22 Business boot camp Entrepreneurs get a boost from Mount Desert Island program 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 3 ยป At Machias Savings Bank, the businesses we serve are more than customers. They're the driving force behind what's Moving Maine Forward. Like Luke's Lobster. Machias is honored to have played a part in helping Luke's fi nd the Yes! they needed. Founded in 2009, this thriving restaurant is the result of a great plan, a lot of hard work and remarkable partnerships. Stories like Luke's are why we work hard to help businesses fi nd their "YES!" Visit movingmaineforward.com for more of the MachiYES! story. machiassavings.bank + Music therapist Kate Beever of Maine Music & Health LLC finds that outsourcing some tasks reduces her stress load. Molly Friedland of Little Red Flower Truck attended the 2022 boot camp. F I L E P H O T O / J I M N E U G E R P H O T O / C O U R T E S Y O F L I T T L E R E D F L OW E R T R U C K 14 22