![]() Stephanie Harp, HarpWorks Writing Services “It’s really helpful just to have that time every week where you have people that you’re checking in with and you’re commiserating as well as giving people ideas, brainstorming,” she said. And after attending Weight Watchers, she came up with the idea to make meals, portioned into servings with Weight Watchers points, for fellow members.īrown still attends WWC classes, and she loves the networking and sharing she gets there - because, she says, it can be lonely out there as a small-business owner. ![]() She also cooks at Avalon Village retirement community in Hampden, which gives her the use of a commercial kitchen. Joining the Bangor Region Chamber of Commerce helped her network with the business community. Her first big job was catering the Bangor Symphony Orchestra dinner at the Collins Center for the Arts, which she’s now done twice. Her business, Maine Traveling Chef, is gaining steam. “Even with all that background, the class was still very helpful,” Brown said. Despite having degrees in business and education, it was new territory for her. Of key importance was doing a business plan she’d never done one, not even at another small-business course she’d taken. While selling her goods weekly at a farmer’s market, and landing her first jobs, she continued learning through WWC groups. She took her first WWC class in January 2011. “And I said, ‘If I’m going to try this business idea, now is the time.’” “I had all this change going on,” Brown said. Brown had grown up in a family that had owned a restaurant, and her parents and grandparents had been bakers, so she’d always had ideas about going into business as a chef. In one month, she was laid off from her job of five years, got divorced, and moved out of her house. JoAnn Brown underwent some life changes in 2010 that spurred her into action. Here are two of them who benefited from WWC’s programs and now serve as WWC Ambassadors. Statewide, WWC, which has a Bangor office, serves hundreds of clients every year. Serving both men and women, this organization has helped people learn about getting into business for themselves for 36 years. There are many great resources for Maine people who aren’t sure where to start with their small-business dreams one of those is Women, Work, & Community. Greg Nibler, host of Digital Trends Live and Podcasts ĭigital Trends faced a culture crisis earlier this year when current and former employees accused it of being a hostile workplace, racially insensitive and lacking diversity among employees.JoAnn Brown of Maine Traveling Chef (from left) Jane Searles of WWC and Stephanie Harp of HarpWorks are involved in Women, Work & Community.įebruary is Entrepreneurship Month, so it’s a good time to consider that small business you’ve always wanted to start.Juliana Jara, managing editor at Digital Trends en Espanol.news editor Paul Squire, who joined in March.audiovisual section editor Jaron Schneider.assistant managing editor Matthew Katz.And we look forward to welcoming new skills and talents to our team as we continue to grow.” We are extremely grateful to those parting ways with us for their incredible contributions, and we are providing them with generous support packages. These changes will enable Digital Trends to optimize our operations and focus on the highest-performing and fastest-growing areas of our business. “This includes the hiring of more than 30 full-time employees, as well as the elimination of 17 existing positions. “We have recently announced several staffing updates to our team, as part of our plan to support our rapidly growing business lines,” said a Digital Trends spokesperson in an email. Previously, she was working as a tech fellow and freelance writer at Business Insider. She was the gaming section editor.Īlso laid off was Meira Gebel, a reporter covering everything internet and tech culture related. ![]() Portland technology news site Digital Trends has laid off at least 13 editorial staffers.Īmong those laid off was Lisa Marie Segarra, who joined the publication earlier this year from Fortune magazine. ![]()
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