Story Categories: StartSmart

Ali Jabbar: PWM Transportation

Ali Jabbar is no stranger to entrepreneurship. After successfully owning and selling a limousine business in Houston, he moved to…

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Rwanda Bean Coffee

Rwanda Bean Company (RBC) was founded Portland, Maine, by Mike Mwenedata, with a mission to support coffee farmers in Rwanda,…

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GSD Home Improvement

In the midst of a global pandemic that has many small business owners focused on saving their existing businesses, there…

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Empanada Club & Mariama's Beauty Supply

Coastal Enterprises, Inc., exemplifies how support from Wells Fargo’s Diverse Community Capital program can bring economic opportunity to underserved populations.…

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EMPANADA CLUB

Four years ago, Adrian Espinoza Garcia moved from Bolivia to Maine with his wife, a New England native. He quickly…

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Taste the World Event

In November 2016, PROPEL, CEI, Fork Food Lab, Maine Access Immigrant Network, and the Maine Public Health Association collaborated to…

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Niyat Catering

In November 2016, PROPEL, CEI, Fork Food Lab, Maine Access Immigrant Network, and the Maine Public Health Association collaborated to…

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Mariama's Beauty Supply

[caption id="attachment_6866" align="alignright" width="200"] Mariama's Beauty Supply located on Forest Avenue in Portland[/caption] In January 2012, when Mariama Jallow arrived…

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Fork Food Lab

Inside Fork Food Lab, Portland’s first food incubator, the members representing 27 specialty food companies who rent out the shared…

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