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Learn more about Zootility, a design studio reimagining everyday products so they can be made locally and sustainability using futuristic manufacturing. Founder, Nate Barr, explains how became an entrepreneur and what lessons he's learned along the way.
Zootility earned our special $10,000 Business Agility Award in 2021 for outstanding perseverance and response to the COVID-19 pandemic.
*This episode was recorded in Summer 2022.

Don’t miss our interview with Vintage Maine Kitchen co-founder, Kelly Brodeur, as she shares her experience running a family-owned business and competing in LaunchPad not just once, but twice.
Vintage Maine old-fashioned small batch potato chips are made in Pownal from locally-sourced, real food ingredients. 
*This episode was recorded in Summer 2022.

Learn how our latest guest, NKENNE, is leveraging Maine's entrepreneurial ecosystem to launch the first dedicated African language learning app. Based in Portland, NKENNE is helping connect users to their roots and building a virtual community of African language speakers. Hear Michael Odokara-Okigbo of NKENNE, our 2022 LaunchPad Emerging Business Award winner, on Beyond LaunchPad.

Catch our interview with True Fin President & CEO, Jen Levin, as she describes their mission to innovate Maine's commercial fishing industry and how the sustainable seafood startup pivoted when restaurant sales evaporated early in the pandemic.True Fin earned our surprise $5,000 grant at LaunchPad 2022. Hear Jen talk about the competition and what she took away from the experience.

Tanbark, our most recent $50,000 LaunchPad Grant winner, is a manufacturing company in Saco that creates custom, sustainable and recyclable fiber packaging solutions made from Maine trees. 
Don't miss our interview with co-founder Melissa LaCasse as she shares her experience pitching at (and winning) LaunchPad 2022, plans to scale, and advice for Maine entrepreneurs.

e Flett Design Studio is a bold colorful lifestyle brand that draws, silk screens, and sews a line of accessories and homes goods AND a 2021 LaunchPad finalist. Erin has collaborated with Anthropologie and L.L. Bean and has been featured in a variety of well-known magazines. Learn more about the woman behind this innovative Maine brand and hear her advice for new entrepreneurs.