Startup Maine 2019
Event Information
Description
Join us for three days of expert insight, applied skill-building, and meaningful connections that will help big things happen. Please visit our website for a full schedule of events, information on how to get involved and more!
Enjoy gorgeous, rocky coastline; taste from Portland’s awarded food scene; and listen, learn, and connect with insightful people in the startup and entrepreneurial community. We’ve packed awesome and useful content into just three days: Wednesday, June 19th to Friday, June 21st. We understand what time and money mean to fast-moving businesses, and promise that the inspiration, insight, and connections you’ll gain from the conference will be well worth the investment.
A ticket to Startup Maine is $48. This all-access pass includes entry to all programming events, including core sessions, workshops, mixpos, and keynotes, as well as some evening and affiliated events. Scholarships and volunteer positions are available, email volunteer@startupmaine.org.
This year we are also featuring a wrap-up / closing party with our friends at Fork Food Labs. Tickets to the party can be bought with the $58 (SUM conference ticket & closing party at Fork) option. This saves you $10 on the party ticket. There will be a selection of food trucks (Fork Alumni!) at the party for food. All party tickets include drinks at the wrap-up party.
Note: Our kick-off event on Wednesday, June 19th is in collaboration with the Portland Regional Chamber of Commerce's Kegs & Issues event. This particular event takes place at AURA on Free Street from 4:30-6:30pm.
Startup Maine takes place in downtown Portland, Maine, less than 100 miles north of Boston. Daytime events will take place at Maine College of Art (MECA), 522 Congress St, Portland, ME 04101. Social events and affiliate events take place throughout the city, but within walking distance of the main event. Portland is compact and highly walkable. Uber, Lyft and local cab service is available.
Organizer Startup Maine
Organizer of Startup Maine 2019
Startup Maine is both an organization, and a flagship conference held once per year that has evolved out of a group of doers, founders, and community members coming together in 2014. Our mission is to inspire and elevate entrepreneurs. Maine has always been a place to have a great family life, and over the past decade, it has grown into a place to also do great work. World class organizations, talent, and leaders are emerging throughout the state as professionals and companies no longer need be tethered to large cities and central offices. Technology is democratizing access to resources, and a culture of entrepreneurship and innovation is taking hold.
Startup Maine is a reflection and gathering of this emergent energy, through a group of people focused on assembling events that foster an exchange of ideas, knowledge, and action. It is about growing enterprises and changing culture in the region, redefining the conventional wisdom of what an economic center looks like, and what can be achieved outside of major metropolitan areas. It’s about creating community among those making it happen, while curating truly great content and conversations that will raise the bar and inspire you into action, no matter where you live or what you’re working on.
We welcome both “startups” (innovative and high-growth teams, regardless of the size or age of the company) and “creators” (anybody in the business of making things, from physical to digital), and provide an intimate, cutting-edge content, opportunities for applied learning, and the potential for plenty of collaborative collisions.
In keeping with our beliefs of a rising tide lifts all ships, and our commitment to access and opportunity, Startup Maine is completely volunteer run. People work incredibly hard to make these events happen (15,000+ volunteer hours, 40+ volunteers), and we’re constantly trying new ideas, and finding new ways to serve the startup community.
So join us. Isn’t that the most exciting time of any place or venture the one where you can make a difference?
