Rick Rioux is president of Central Maine Internet Broadcasting and started WQRY106.com out of his Lisbon home six years ago. The internet-only radio station is growing talent (from eight people at the start to now 20) and claims the spot of Maine’s biggest internet-only radio station. The station will be broadcasting live from the Moxie […]
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Six Questions for the CEO: Jason Agren, plugged into the appliance market
Jason Agren’s father founded Agren Appliance and four years ago, he bought the business from him. Headquartered in Auburn, the company has five retail locations, two warehouses, 86 employees and plans to keep on growing. 1. How many roles have you held within the company? My father made it very clear that the more jobs […]
Six Questions for the CEO: Dr. Dan Mingle, making good business out of good health
Family physician-turned-high-tech-entrepreneur Dan Mingle oversees 50 employees at Mingle Analytics, headquartered in South Paris. Staff telecommute from 11 states. He didn’t expect to be able to grow the business while staying in Oxford Hills, but it’s working. 1. What do medical practices hire Mingle Analytics to do? Medicare is trying to broker a change in […]
Six Questions For The CEO: Mike Nadeau, dispensing good health
Mike Nadeau is president and CEO of Bedard Pharmacy & Medical Supplies. A third-generation pharmacist, he’s grown the family-owned business which he purchased from his father, and it now has two pharmacy locations and up to 63 employees. 1. At what position did you first start in the company? My first job at Bedard many years […]
Six Questions for the CEO: Peter Rinck, marketing and growing
CEO Peter Rinck founded Rinck Advertising in Auburn in 2001. Laura Rinck, his wife, is company president and his 94-year-old father, Larry, a seasoned advertising executive, recently joined the fold. 1. Describe a day in the life for you at Rinck. Every single day is different in so many ways. I tend to take care […]
Six Questions For The CEO: Julie Swain, This business is for the dogs
Julie Swain co-founded Dog Not Gone in Kingfield with her husband, Bill, 10 years ago, specializing in high-visibility dog vests and leashes. 1. Last year you bought the manufacturer that had been making your vests. What went into that decision? The Skowhegan factory that had made our dog products for the past 10 years was […]
Six Questions for the CEO: Phil St. Pierre, Third generation behind the counter at Victor News
Phil St. Pierre and wife, Nancy, own Victor News, a downtown Lewiston staple in its 110th year. He’s the third generation in his family to head the convenience store/deli/home of almost everything. 1. What are some of the more “really, they have that?” among your 3,001 items and how do you decide if something doesn’t […]
Six Questions For The CEO: Rusty Vallee, running a thread empire from Lewiston
Rusty Vallee is president of Maine Thread Co. and the third generation to run the business that ships all over the world from its headquarters in Lewiston’s Pepperell Mill. 1. Describe a day in the life at Maine Thread. During the very early hours of the morning, automatic timers turn on power to our wax tanks […]
Six Questions for the CEO: Roy Forsberg, innkeeping 2.0
Roy Forsberg has been a software engineer, built Internet routers and worked at a company that provided speech recognition software for Apple’s Siri. The Massachusetts man ditched that high-tech life to be an innkeeper. He and wife, Sue, who still works in high tech, but telecommutes, bought the Wolf Cove Inn in Poland in December […]
Six Questions for the CEO: Don Grant, baking good business
Don Grant’s parents founded Grant’s Bakery in 1956 and he started there at the ripe age of 9. Now president and treasurer, he still works the pie line, decorates cakes, keeps the books and could tell you how many rolls were made on May 18, 2000, (360), how many angel cakes on May 18, 2005, […]