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CREATED:20240723T111351
SUMMARY:Unlocking Success: Navigating the Top Concerns for Small Businesses
LOCATION: Hilton Garden Inn Freeport\, 5 Park Street\, Freeport\, Maine. 
DESCRIPTION:<p>Mainebiz will host the Mainebiz Small Business Forum, an in-person event
  geared towards helping startups and small businesses grow and succeed.&nbs
 p;</p><p>This year's topic is Unlocking Successes: Navigating the Top Conce
 rns for Small Businesses. During this event, Maine business leaders will he
 ar from a panel of small business owners as they explore the top 5 issues t
 hat keep entrepreneurs up at night. Topics include: Scaling Your Business, 
 Tech Trends and AI, Automation &amp; Customer Engagement, HR Innovations, a
 nd Workforce Challenges. Panelists will share personal experience and discu
 ss ways to implement sustainable change within companies and best practices
  for other Maine businesses.</p><p>Panelists for the Small Business Forum i
 nclude Dottie Chalmers, CEO of&nbsp;<a href="https://www.chalmersinsuranceg
 roup.com/" data-auth="NotApplicable" data-linkindex="1">Chalmers Insurance<
 /a>; Ben Davis, Co-Founder of&nbsp;<a href="https://www.theopbox.com/" data
 -auth="NotApplicable" data-linkindex="2">OpBox</a>; Matt McGrath, CEO of&nb
 sp;<a href="https://www.systemsengineering.com/" data-auth="NotApplicable" 
 data-linkindex="3">Systems Engineering</a>; Matthew O’Malia, Co-Founder &am
 p; VP of&nbsp;<a href="https://www.timberhp.com/" data-auth="NotApplicable"
  data-linkindex="4">TimberHP</a>. The event will be moderated by Diane L St
 urgeon, District Director, Maine District Office,&nbsp;<a href="https://www
 .sba.gov/district/maine" data-auth="NotApplicable" data-linkindex="5">U.S. 
 Small Business Administration</a>&nbsp;</p><p>The<a href="http://www.maineb
 iz.biz/EIF" data-auth="NotApplicable" data-linkindex="6"></a>Mainebiz Small
  Business Forum will be held on August 7 from 7:30 am - 10:30 am at the&nbs
 p;<a href="https://www.hilton.com/en/hotels/pwmfdgi-hilton-garden-inn-freep
 ort-downtown/?SEO_id=GMB-AMER-GI-PWMFDGI&amp;y_source=1_MjA4NDMxMy03MTUtbG9
 jYXRpb24ud2Vic2l0ZQ%3D%3D" data-auth="NotApplicable" data-linkindex="7">Hil
 ton Garden Inn Freeport</a>, 5 Park Street, Freeport, Maine. Visit&nbsp;<a 
 href="https://www.mainebiz.biz/mainebiz-events/the-mainebiz-small-business-
 forum-2024" data-auth="NotApplicable" data-linkindex="8">mainebiz/smallbiz2
 4</a>&nbsp;to learn more and register. This event is sponsored by&nbsp;<a h
 ref="https://www.mainesavings.com/" data-auth="NotApplicable" data-linkinde
 x="9">Maine Savings</a>,&nbsp;<a href="https://nedelta.com/Home" data-auth=
 "NotApplicable" data-linkindex="10">Northeast Delta Dental</a>,&nbsp;<a hre
 f="https://www.richardbrothersfinancial.com/" data-auth="NotApplicable" dat
 a-linkindex="11">Richard Brothers Financial Advisors</a>. The event is supp
 orted by&nbsp;<a href="https://www.headlightav.com/" data-auth="NotApplicab
 le" data-linkindex="12">Headlight Audio Visual&nbsp;</a>and&nbsp;<a href="h
 ttps://www.hilton.com/en/hotels/pwmfdgi-hilton-garden-inn-freeport-downtown
 /?SEO_id=GMB-AMER-GI-PWMFDGI&amp;y_source=1_MjA4NDMxMy03MTUtbG9jYXRpb24ud2V
 ic2l0ZQ%3D%3D" data-auth="NotApplicable" data-linkindex="13">Hilton Garden 
 Inn Freeport</a>.</p><p>Mainebiz is Maine’s premier business news source, c
 overing business news from Kittery to Fort Kent now for over 25 years. Main
 ebiz delivers news, information, and analysis about Maine’s business commun
 ity via its website at&nbsp;<a href="https://www.mainebiz.biz/" data-auth="
 NotApplicable" data-linkindex="14">mainebiz.biz</a>; through e-newsletters,
  events, and its award-winning flagship publication. Mainebiz brings vital 
 news to Maine’s business community helping them stay informed, engaged, and
  connected.&nbsp;</p>
CONTACT:https://www.mainebiz.biz/mainebiz-events/the-mainebiz-small-business-forum-2024
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