Venture Forward Rockland Showcase

Come cheer on Rockland’s local entrepreneurs! The Venture Forward Rockland Showcase celebrates the 15 small businesses in this fall’s Venture Forward Rockland program. Hear what participants have learned through the program that will help them grow their businesses in Rockland.

Since October, these entrepreneurs have been meeting weekly for seminars on topics including leveraging AI, customer discovery, business model optimization, building an online presence, and sharpening their value proposition. Along the way, each business was matched with a mentor from the Roux Institute’s network and learned alongside a cohort of fellow business leaders.

Venture Forward Rockland is a partnership between Northeastern University’s Roux Institute and the City of Rockland.

Join us for a morning of presentations, conversation, and community, and help us celebrate some of the businesses that make Rockland special.

Meet the Venture Forward Rockland Cohort

• Edye’s Naturals: Erin Gangi, Founder

• Ruckus Donuts: Todd Bross, Founder

• Rockland Marine Corporation: Regan Parini, Founder

• Good Tern Co-op: Erin Donovan, Founder

• Bixby Chocolate: Kate McAleer, Founder & CEO

• Restorative Touch: Ariadne E. Jimenez R., Founder

• Newty’s Ice Cream: Sally Levi, Co-owner & Dominic Turgeon, Co-owner

• Admiration Spa: Myra May, Licensed Holistic Esthetician & Owner

• Spriggits LLC: Jordan Mini, Founder & Owner

• A Morning in Maine Sailing Tours: Tyler Waterson, Founder

• REcreate Collective: Kim Bernard, Founder

• ScrapDogs Community Compost: Tessa Rosenberry, Co-Founder; Davis Saltonstall, Co-Founder

• RepoGo: Jerrick Hakim, Founder

• Croft: Evan Ryan, Founder

• Department of Sound & Vision: Spencer Albee, Co-Founder; Jon Mercer, Co-Founder; Jen Feldman, Co-Founder