Project>Login podcast features Founder Lillie Lavado “The Project>Login podcast features Mainers working in technology jobs across the state. It is meant to be a career-exploration tool and will follow an informational interview format. Folks from across Maine are featured from CIOs to software developers to business analysts and more!” Episode Read more…
Maine Magazine features HardScrabble Solutions! Maine Magazine featured HardScrabble Solutions and Founder, Lillie Lavado, in the January 2019 Entrepreneur edition. People in Maine are taking notice of our unique business model. It is widely acknowledged that the solutions we seek to offer are necessary to counter the changing social and Read more…
TeenzCode Offered in Caribou TeenzCode is an activity driven computer programming class where teens will learn the basics of web development and app creation. We will learn what it takes to become a full stack developer and start by building a portfolio. Together we will explore Python programming language, and Read more…
Opportunity: Business and Marketing Intern Interns with HardScrabble Solutions gain experience working with a unique startup without leaving Aroostook County. Ideal candidates should have the skills necessary to work on basic business and marketing tasks. Duties will include processing contact inquires and social media management plus content creation and dissemination Read more…
Community at HardScrabble HardScrabble Solutions is a socially responsible business. We stand up for individuals locally and peoples globally. In response to Trump administration policies that are negatively affecting migrants to the US and resulting in the detention of infants and children, we stood with millions of others on July Read more…
Here is Your Call to Action A Just Choice: Choose Humanity One year ago, 12 of us plus two children chanted: “End the separations, keep families together” in downtown Presque Isle. Unfathomably, this year we must chant against worse policies: “Close the child prisons.” Our humanity is faltering. The Trump Read more…
Community Members from the Aroostook Band of Micmac community hosted a month of events beginning in February 2019. Community members volunteered to offer free Friday night demonstrations and tutorials of traditional art forms. This culminated in an art exhibit on display at HardScrabble Solutions throughout the month of March. On Read more…
The Star Herald covers KidzCode Robotics KidzCode Robotics is part of the children’s computer programming lineup taught by the UX & Web Design Team at HardScrabble Solutions. Here is an article published in the Star Herald and online on TheCounty.me…
Whether you work remotely or locally scheduling for can be difficult. Consider trying one of the below options to overcome back-and-forth negotiations over times, dates, and locations. Google Calendar – You can create slots using your Google Calendar. This option would work only if you earmark all tasks including penciling Read more…
We have a new Main Street Mural and exhibit up in HardScrabble Solutions for the month of December 2018. Local artist A. Gateau dreamed up the circuitry after observing one of the UX & Web Design team’s KidzCode classes. In the class, children were introduced to the motherboard of a Read more…
://Network/community/project/learn/teach/nosh/gab.now **Code like a Mother** is a meetup for women who work with computer technology and those seeking to learn programming skills in a supportive environment. Gatherings take place, at HardScrabble Solutions with opportunity to work on group projects, socialize, and enjoy a drink and nosh on some tasty treats. Our Read more…
Digital Marketing: Your Options Digital Marketing encompasses all marketing and advertising initiatives that use new technologies and are typically disseminated via the Internet. Digital marketing should be employed alongside traditional marketing – newspaper content, broadcast radio and TV commercials – for some endeavors. Tremendous potential exists through digital marketing to Read more…
://Network/community/project/learn/teach/nosh/gab.now Code like a Mother is a new meetup for women who work with computer technology and those seeking to learn programming skills in a supportive environment. Gatherings will take place, at HardScrabble Solutions in Downtown Presque Isle, Maine, with opportunity to work on a group project, socialize, and enjoy Read more…
The UX & Web Design team at HardScrabble is collaborating with the Wintergreen Community Arts Center to offer KidzCode beginning September 17, 2018. KidzCode introduces children to coding fun! We explore computer programming concepts with a different theme each week. Lessons include plugged and unplugged activities that reinforce abstract coding concepts. Wintergreen Read more…
An exciting and inspiring reading/gathering/discussion was hosted here at HardScrabble Solutions on Sunday, July 15th by Xan Joi, a Berkeley, California-based author and self-proclaimed radical Jewish and white lesbian anti-racist womonist/feminist. Roughly one dozen Aroostook County residents and their children attended and partook in stimulating conversation with true regard for enacting Read more…
First Friday Art Walk – July 2018 Sharon Belanger is a life-long learner who has dabbled in many art forms over the years. Now, at age 72, she debuted her first public exhibit of acrylic paintings.HardScrabble Solutions was abuzz with youthful admirers on a balmy Friday, July 7th. All team Read more…
This blog series is meant to provide information for entrepreneurs and business owners that may not be familiar with the free basic productivity applications available with your personal Google Account. It is intended to help those searching for cost-effective solutions to managing their projects on a shoestring budget. Google Gmail, Read more…
KidzCode – Summer Daze will introduce your children to coding fun! We explore computer programming concepts with a different summer theme each week. Your children will be amazed at how we bridge learning with exciting and entertaining activities. We will be taking activities outside, too! Lessons always include plugged and Read more…
This blog series is meant to provide information for entrepreneurs and business owners that may not be familiar with the free basic productivity applications available with your personal Google Account. It is intended to help those searching for cost-effective solutions to managing their projects on a shoestring budget. Google Read more…
Three Video Editing Options iMovie comes preinstalled on Apple computers and laptops. iMovie is great for beginners and simple to navigate with keyboard shortcuts to make editing faster. There is also a mobile application available for iPhone users to make movies on-the-go. iMovie comes with different themes and trailer templates. When a Read more…
There are many cost-effective solutions to project management for startups. Each solution offers various functionality, features, and pricing. For cash strapped startups with few employees/interns, a free solution, such as a Google account, may be a good place to begin to organize projects and track them initially. The free Google Read more…
Ian R Mowatt and HardScrabble Solutions will be hosting a silent auction of artwork from the April First Friday Art Walks Emotional Hills show. This will take place on Saturday, April 28 from 6-9 pm. Ian R Mowatt debuted the original pieces for First Friday Downtown Art Walks and received great Read more…
HardScrabble Solutions is evolving! We offer family-friendly coworking, private event space, and business incubation services in Downtown Presque Isle. HardScrabble Solutions Founder and UX & Web Design Team at HardScrabble Solutions member, Lillie Lavado, recently spoke to Shawn Cunningham of WAGM-TV to discuss unique aspects of our business model. Lillie Read more…
Our resident Girl Scout Troop worked with Darci Caitlin Faye of County Kids Theatre Company in Presque Isle, Maine yesterday!
Family Code Night is back! Join us on the First Monday of each month for this FREE event is designed to bring together families around coding and technology. Children of all ages welcome! “Family participation is a simple but profound innovation in this event – it changes the trajectory of Read more…
We have the freedom to experiment at HardScrabble Solutions where adults and children can work side-by-side. On Saturdays, Lillie Lavado hosts the Makin’ Mine – Sensory Playgroup and throughout the week children of coworkers and those in childcare explore these activities further. On February 24, 2018, children were invited to explore sensory bins Read more…
It’s shy of a year since Dahlov Ipcar passed at 99 in Brunswick, Maine… She was the author and amazing artist/illustrator of Hardscrabble Harvest, a children’s book about a young couple eking a hardscrabble existence in Maine. They raise animals and crops, can and preserve, live and love. It was Read more…
Aroostook County and New Brunswick feature a variety of organizations that publish full event listings. Publishing your events on most of these is completely free. You can boost SEO and reach of your products by taking advantage of these listings. Tailor content, link-back, and save on ad expenses. HardScrabble Read more…
HardScrabble Solutions recently joined hundreds of international coworking spaces by honoring the Coworking Visa. Coworking Wiki Project is a commons for all things coworking and the Coworking Visa organizational hub. The Visa program permits fulltime coworkers of another coworking visa site to use other spaces for free. The Coworking Visa allows active Read more…
People make-do in rural Northern Maine and HardScrabble Solutions is doing the same by offering family-friendly coworking. There are few tech workers in an economy centered on potato and lumber harvesting so desk space isn’t in high demand. Most of our coworkers juggle gigs in sales or service with roles Read more…
Today, our Nation remembers Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. as a leader of the civil rights movement. He was not assassinated merely due to his leadership in the struggle for equal treatment of raced individuals, however. Dr. King was a champion of dignity for all peoples regardless of hue of Read more…
Postponement of First Friday Art Walk Featuring Anomic Chameleon Creatives artists Lindsay Trombley and Caitlin Sanipass turned into an inspiring Sunday. HardScrabble Solutions Features Caitlin Sanipass Lindsay Trombley both repping Anomic Chameleon Creatives out of Presque Isle, Maine in Aroostook County, Maine HardScrabble Solutions Features Caitlin Sanipass Lindsay Trombley both Read more…
Children learn about coding in Presque Isle Melissa Lizotte • December 30, 2017 PRESQUE ISLE, Maine — On the morning of Wednesday, Dec. 27, children in Presque Isle learned about coding, a technology that many of them might use in future careers thanks to advances in computer science. The Read more…
This is a list of resources useful to small businesses primarily located in Northern Maine. (Facebook Note here.) “A Guide to Resources for Maine Entrepreneurs” from NewHeight Group: https://www.mainetechnology.org/wp-content/uploads/2015/07/GuidetoResourcesforMaineEntrepreneurswithLinksFeb2017.pdf Made in Maine: Membership for Artisans and Makers, Retailers, and Wholesale Buyers: https://www.mainemade.com/join-maine-made/member-application/ State of Maine – Business: http://www.maine.gov/portal/busines… State of Maine – Read more…
Stop in HardScrabble Solutions Friday, January 5th, 2018 anytime from 5 – 9 pm to view the newest collaborative mural painted by Lin Trombley & Caitlin Sanipass with original artwork on display! * This event is FREE with light refreshments served and children’s activities in the play area. *Due to winter weather, event postponed until this Sunday, Read more…
Open for FREE coworking January 2 – 6!!! Bring in yourself and your devices, claim a desk or comfy spot… kids are welcome to use our play area, and staff will be on hand to assist. Also, open during First Friday Downtown Art Walks 5 – 9 pm, with a collaborative exhibit Read more…
Family Code Night is a free family event that dramatically ignites coding and computer science learning at any elementary school, and in any family. The program uniquely engages children K-5 and their parents or guardians in the delightful experience of doing their first hour of computer programming together, in an Read more…
A free activity and information session for girls and their parents/caregivers – come see if Girl Scouts is a good fit for your family! Come discover Girl Scouts and: -enjoy a girl-led activity -learn about volunteer opportunities -register as a member, if you choose to -receive a FREE patch for Read more…
Family-friendly coworking space opens in PI Anthony Brino • August 2, 2017 With one of the first coworking spaces in northern Maine, Lillie Lavado is trying to solve some of the problems facing working parents and mothers especially. “More people are working in the alternative economy. They’re gigging, freelancing and Read more…
Stop by the new local family-friendly coworking space at 445 Main St. in Presque Isle from 5pm-7pm. For just $5 you can make your own bottle of bug spray (or tick repellent) using Neal’s Yard Remedies Organic Essential Oils. You’ll learn which essential oils to use, how to measure and Read more…
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