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Partners and Sponsors

entreverge is grateful to our sponsors, advisors and partners for making this year’s inaugural entreverge Awards possible.

Advisory Network

The entreverge Advisory Network provided invaluable feedback to the entreverge team in the creation these inaugural Awards. Members of the Advisory Network will also make themselves available to the entreverge Award-winning entrepreneurs advice and counsel about their businesses.

Advisory Network
Angela Adams, Angela Adams Designs
Steve Bazinet, Maine Center for Enterprise Development
Sally DelGreco, DelGreco Strategic Partners
Steve Goodrich, PowerPay
Linda Hogan, Hour Exchange Portland
Matt Jacobson, Maine & Company
Angus King, Independence Wind
Geoff Lamdin, Association for Consulting Expertise
Jean Maginnis, Maine Center for Creativity
Gabrielle Melchionda, Mad Gab’s
James Olson, Smith Barney
John Rooks, The SOAP Group
David Shaw, Black Point Group
Jennifer Sporzynski, Coastal Enterprises Inc.
Paul Stevens, SMRT
David Swardlick, Swardlick Marketing Group
Ellen Tipper, Maine Businesses for Social Responsibility
Dory Waxman, Portland City Council
Godfrey Wood, Portland Regional Chamber

Partners

The Portland Regional Chamber of Commerce is PROPEL’s lead partner. The Chamber’s steadfast support of entreverge is pivotal to the success of this unconventional project. Additionally, the partnership of numerous local businesses and community organizations is important to entreverge’s impact in the greater Portland area.

Business Partners are local businesses that volunteer hours of consulting, services, and/or tangible products to each entreverge Award winner. entreverge is a great opportunity for Business Partners to give back to the business community and develop exciting new clients.

Business Partners
Association of Consulting Expertise
Designs By Skip
Drummond and Drummond, LLP
Flyte New Media
Francios Gagner Photography
Image Works
Leslie Evans Designs
Maine Businesses for Social Responsibility
Maine International Trade Center
Maine Volunteer Lawyers for the Arts
Nimlok Maine
Perkins Thompson
PolicyOne Research, Inc.
Preti Flaherty Beliveau & Pachios LLP
Richard G. Sandifer
shines & jecker laboratories
The SOAP Group
WinxNet

Outreach Partners help get the word out about entreverge. These organizations help drive entreverge nominations by emailing their members, mentioning entreverge in their newsletters, and putting the entreverge Awards Party on their calendars.

Outreach Partners
City of Portland Neighborhood Associations
Coastal Enterprise, Inc.
GrowSmart Maine
Hour Exchange Portland
League of Young Voters
Learning Works
Maine Built Boats
Maine Bar New Lawyers Section
Maine Businesses for Social Responsibility
Maine Center for Creativity
Maine Center for Enterprise Development
Maine College of Art
Maine and Company
Maine Development Foundation
Maine Entrepreneurs
Maine International Trade Center
Maine Technology Institute
Manufacturers Association of Maine
Portland Greendrinks
Realize Maine
SMCC Entrepreneurship Center
Social Network of Maine
Tri-Maine

Join Us

entreverge is open to all types of sponsorship, advice, and partnership in- and outside the context of that detailed here. To learn more about getting involved with entreverge and supporting emerging entrepreneurs in greater Portland, contact us. If you think outside the box, we’ll meet you there!