Innovate for Maine program cited in ‘Grow Maine Show’ interview with entrepreneur
Neil Spillane, co-founder and CEO of Portland-based Fork Food Lab, was a recent guest on “The Grow Maine Show.” Fork Food Lab is a food entrepreneur’s incubator space that will be open 24/7 and feature a tasting room. The goal is to host more than 40 companies to operate in the space, which features a full commercial kitchen, helping them grow and support each other, according to the show. Spillane, a University of Maine alumnus, said he currently is working with three students in the Innovate for Maine Fellows program, which is run by UMaine’s Foster Center for Student Innovation. The program connects the best and brightest Maine college students with the state’s most exciting, growing companies as a way to create and sustain jobs in Maine through innovation and entrepreneurship. Spillane said the program is providing “real-world learning” for the students who are getting experience in marketing and business.