Scratchpad Accelerator participants speak at Bangor Chamber breakfast, WVII reports
WVII (Channel 7) reported four entrepreneurs participating in Scratchpad Accelerator, a pilot program of the University of Maine in collaboration with the Maine Technology Institute, spoke at a recent Bangor Region Chamber of Commerce breakfast. The Scratchpad Accelerator provides the environment startups need to explore, pivot and grow their businesses in three months. The participants, who spoke about resources that are available to startups in the region, will give investment-style pitches during a Demo Day from 4–7 p.m. Dec. 11 at Seasons Restaurant in Bangor. “As a chamber we want to promote the businesses in our region that are really trying to grow, and not only to showcase them but to explain what are the resources available to entrepreneurs,” said Renee Kelly, chair of the Bangor Region Chamber of Commerce, director of economic development initiatives at UMaine, and co-director of the Foster Center for Student Innovation.