Corporate Governance with Maine Venture Fund's John Burns
Scratchpad welcomed John Burns, Managing Director of the Maine Venture Fund to its headquarters recently to talk with our entrepreneurs about governing their companies. John has over 30 years of institutional investing experience, and specializes in corporate governance. He has been directly involved in bringing risk capital to more than 40 Maine companies, and has led the Fund through a number of successful exits. During his talk, he shared key insight on how our rapidly gro
Writing a Press Release with Julie Harris
Last month Scratchpad welcomed to its headquarters Julie Harris, a community editor from the Bangor Daily News with over 39 years experience. At scratchpad she taught the entrepreneurs how to craft press releases and other community news so it will be published. Julie explained in depth the role of community news as “the heart and soul of what a newspaper is”. Understanding the difference between news and ads: The most important aspect of community news for businesses to unde
