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W W W. M A I N E B I Z . B I Z 27 S E P T E M B E R 4 , 2 0 1 7 It also off ers a line of e-books, FlexText, and an online learning platform, Explorer. "Print is not dead, Greuel says, "it's just part of the package." All roads lead to Maine Despite being the son of two teachers, Greuel was never drawn to the profession. Born on Kwajalein Island in the South Pacifi c, he has fond childhood memories of "fantastic fi reworks displays," which in reality were Cold War-era ballistic-missile tests. He later lived with his family in northern Minnesota until college. He studied management information systems on a Reserve Offi cers Training Corps scholarship at the University of Notre Dame, before going on to earn an MBA from Colorado State University. He spent 10 years with the U.S. Navy, fi rst in Brunswick, where he met his wife, Amy, and then La Roda, Spain. " e Navy gave me a great foundation for leadership and management," says Greuel, who later applied those skills in the IT departments at Wright Express in South Portland (now WEX Inc.) and then L.L.Bean in Freeport for more than a decade. Around the time Greuel was looking to do something diff erent, his uncle — a history major at Harvard — was looking for someone to buy his publishing business that focused on his- tory, English and world languages. e company is named for Longfellow's Wayside Inn in Sudbury, Mass., the oldest operating inn in the U.S. Greuel thinks his uncle chose the name because of his background in humanities. Greuel and his wife decided to go for it, and moved everything in four U-Haul trucks from Massachusetts to a small offi ce in Yarmouth, where he "quickly learned the art of email market- ing and launched a new product, an AP Spanish literature text … You don't get much more spe- cialized than that." While keeping history and English, the new owners focused mainly on languages "because we've been able to fi nd and create products in that line that really resonate with our custom- ers," says Greuel. " at's where we've been the most successful." P H O T O / J I M N E U G E R " " " " Colors Pantone 2747 Pantone 1807 IT Solutions Designed for Your Business Finding the right IT partner is one of the most important decisions your company can make. At WGTECH, making information technology work for your business is our core competency. We develop individualized solutions that help you grow your business, improve operations, and boost efficiency. We're Northern New England's resource for advanced technology – we'd like to partner with you. www.WGTECH.com 207.856.5300 Control Costs & Increase Productivity C O N T I N U E D O N F O L L OW I N G PA G E » F O C U S Greg Greuel still runs Wayside Publishing like a startup, launching new products 'as fast as we can.'

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