PAST ISSUES: June 2007

Editor's Note:  By the numbers
There is no lack of entrepreneurs on the Seacoast of New Hampshire and southern Maine. In fact, both states are full of them.

Cover Story:  A healthy dilemma
Legislative efforts to expand health insurance coverage are getting kudos in the policy realm, but business advocates worry any additional mandates will erode the health of their bottom lines.

Cover Story:  Yankee work ethic
Phyllis Giordano launched Painted Treasures nearly four years ago in her home. She opened shop on Route 1 in York a year later, and hasn't looked back as her second career became its own little treasure.

Cover Story:  Surviving a sea change
Karen and Scott Logan could hold a lengthy and detailed forum on confronting business adversity. In particular they could talk for a while about the importance of reaching out for expert support at the right time.

Entrepreneur Watch:  Taking it to the next stage at Ecora
When veteran high-tech and software executive Joe Fiorentino arrived to take over the reins of Ecora Software in May 2006, he found a company in what he called "stealth mode," one poised for a restart.

Featured Article:  Survey: Employees don't fully use available training
The amount of learning taken advantage of in organizations is low, based on a new survey.

Featured Article:  The Seacoast business partner
Now into its ninth year, the Coastal Economic Development Corporation works quietly behind the scenes to bring employment to the Seacoast.

Featured Article:  Network, and play
The eCoast Technology Roundtable, now celebrating its eighth year, continues to generate quite a bit of media attention. But it's the word-of-mouth buzz that keeps high-tech firms and professionals coming back for the business network and its popular social, the monthly eBrew, long after the dizzying heights of the dot-com years.

Politics:  Spend money to make money
Small businesses are the life's blood of the New Hampshire economy. They are the economic engine that drives whatever financial prosperity this state has.

Last Word:  Bridging the gap
So you think it's easy to go out on your own and start your own business and be your own boss?