FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
(Portland, Maine) The Maine Center for Entrepreneurial Development (MCED) is pleased to announce the recent appointment of Don Gooding as Executive Director.
“We are pleased and excited that Don is leading MCED. His enthusiasm and collaborative approach will be critical as we continue to expand our services and programs to Maine’s entrepreneurial community,” says MCED Board Chairman, Ed McKersie.
For over 20 years, Don has been at the forefront of new business ventures working as a telecommunications market analyst and venture capitalist. As Research Partner for Accel Partners, a leading global venture capital and growth equity firm with offices in Silicon Valley, London and Asia, he investigated new telecom and networking markets by finding and evaluating new investment opportunities. Later, he founded a global specialty music business and most recently, the EnterPrize Institute, a resource publication for business plan competitions.
Don is a member of the Maine Angels and is currently the Manager of the USM Student Business Plan Competition. As a member of Maine Angels, he has invested in early stage technology companies, including Ocean Renewable Power Company, Emergent Music, Axon Labs, Neuroptix and IW Financial. Don received his B.A. from Yale University cum laude with distinction in Economics in 1981, concentrating on the economics of data transmission.
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ABOUT MCED MCED is a private, not-for-profit 501-c-3 organization created to establish an environment where small companies, start-ups and first-time entrepreneurs can grow, prosper and successfully commercialize their technology in southern Maine. As Maine’s first business incubator, MCED was created out of the Portland Regional Chamber in 1997 to be a model of excellence for nurturing entrepreneurs, launching successful start-up companies and implementing innovation as an economic development tool for Maine.
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