LaunchPad Finalists Are... Atayne Green Bee soda Pika Energy

Do you have favorite business productivity apps? Love to hear about them. The 3 I use most are CardMunch, Dragon Dictation & PlanPlus Online

Maine SBDC is here at the New England Made tradeshow. Now through Monday at the Portland Sports Complex.

Voting is open...vote for who you think should win the $30,000 from Gorham Savings Bank's LaunchPad project. gorhamsavingsbank.com/launchpad

Likely never to be in FASB, but why do businesses view investments in equipment v. people differently? shar.es/daiWs via ShareThis

Sonya Durney, #MaineBiz, on library resources to help start/grow your business. Full disclosure-I'm on PPL's B+G Team.m.mainebiz.biz/apps/pbcs.dll/…

Own or want to start a restaurant. Potential good source of info (they want your email, but otherwise free) restaurant-hospitality.com/operations/how

Not to belabor LaunchPad, but here's a recap...it would be interesting to compare to similar contests in other area mainenewssimply.com/content/good-n…

Brain Drain from Maine Continues (click tabs top of the chart). We all need to work to sop this. bdn.to/kc64 Bangor Daily News

40th of 41 States ranked on "businesses friendliness" (by businesses themselves), is that better than 50 out of 50? mainenewssimply.com/content/maine-…

A couple QR Code related tweets coming...

QR Codes 1: What are they, how to get them for free, & an argument not to use them (I know, weird, huh?). bit.ly/Y9Q886

QR Codes 2: but should you want to use QR codes, here are some ways you might want to consider (I really like #1). bit.ly/11J78C7

Burger restaurant's promos attract attention by pushing boundaries. Remember to measure results. restaurant-hospitality.com/marketing/givi… via RH Magazine

It's not as much as GSB's LaunchPad but Intuit is granting small business wishes ($5k) this spring! #SupportSmallBiz bit.ly/ZH54av

Breaking News...Pika Energy wins Gorham Savings Bank's LaunchPad contest and $30,000. gorhamsavingsbank.com/launchpad Congratulations Pika!

Don't miss out on nominating your favorite entrepreneurial companies: #entreverge nominations close today! bit.ly/YJ0z0O

#SBA & #Visa video contest to find best Small Business export story. $10k to winner, 4 days left, 17 videos to date exportvideo.challenge.gov

Just remembered this while working on a client's marketing strategy. It's a good thought process for all businesses. processexcellencenetwork.com/six-sigma-qual…

"Face" value? This study (purports?) to reveal the $ value of Facebook fans restaurant-hospitality.com/social-media/s… via RH Magazine