(Portland, Maine) The Maine Center for Enterprise Development (MCED) is pleased to announce the Top Gun class of 2011.

This year, in collaboration with the University of Maine’s Target Technology Center and the Foster Center for Innovation, and with funding from Maine Technology Institute (MTI), the program has expanded statewide to reach even more Maine based companies.

For a complete listing of the class click here:

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ABOUT THE PROGRAM Top Gun is a seven-month program that accelerates the progress of Maine’s most promising early stage, scalable, innovation-based businesses through a combination of curriculum, mentoring and community. First offered in 2009, it will run simultaneously in Portland and Bangor beginning in September 2011. The program model has been so successful that Past Top Gun graduates have received over $1.1 million dollars in grant funding from the Maine Technology Institute alone. Additionally, since 2009, Top Gun graduate companies have created over 95 Maine jobs. The program will culminate with a “pitch night” in both locations as well as a joint event in Augusta. Details of these events will available at a later date. To view detailed summaries of the participants: http://www.mcedtopgun.biz/graduates.

CONTACT:

Susan Ruhlin

774-8111

sruhlin@mced.biz