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V O L . X X X I N O. X X S E P T E M B E R 8 , 2 0 2 5 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 DIGITAL DIRECTOR Jan Holder SENIOR ACCOUNT MANAGERS Ken Hanson, Kerry Rasor, Betsy VanderPloeg ACCOUNT EXECUTIVE Michelle Phillips EVENTS & MARKETING DIRECTOR Samantha Elliott OPERATIONS AND ADMINISTRATIVE MANAGER Allison Spies AUDIENCE DEVELOPMENT SPECIALIST Leah Allen CONTRIBUTING WRITERS Mark Jeanneret Carrie Yardley RESEARCH DIRECTOR Stephanie Meagher RESEARCH ASSISTANT Heide Martin ART DIRECTOR Matt Selva HOSPITALITY Buster, Claire HOSPITALITY EMERITUS Malcolm, Zoey PUBLISHER Andrea Tetzlaff EDITOR Peter Van Allen DEPUTY EDITOR Renee Cordes DIGITAL EDITOR Alexis Wells SENIOR WRITER Laurie Schreiber STAFF WRITER Tina Fischer C O N T E N T S Maine snack attack Startups aim to take a bite out of $173 billion US market 10 16 More startup incubators start up Public and private organizations are sharing labs and resources to stoke entrepreneurs 21 How to Get ChatGPT and AI to notice your brand 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 9 » Learn it today. Apply it tomorrow. WHAT CAN PDP DO FOR YOU?????? SIGN UP NOW! Our Services Non-credit courses Upskilling Custom Designed Workshops for both individuals and organizations In-person, online and self-paced contact us to design a workshop to meet your organizations desired goals 207-780-5900 @usm.pdp Follow us on LinkedIn @ professional development programs at the university of southern maine Check out the PDP course catalogue P H O T O / T I M G R E E N WAY P H O T O S / T I M G R E E N WAY 16 Patrick Arnold, co-founder and CEO of the New England Ocean Cluster, and Jacqueline Edmondson, president of the University of Southern Maine. Longtime seafood importer Joshua Scherz of Maine Canned Fish in Topsham aims to bring back Maine's canning industry with 100% Maine- sourced seafood packaged in tins. 10

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