SaviLinx founder Heather Blease was featured in a recent issue of Bankless Times to offer advice for fast growing startups. She talks about the importance of retaining equity and other tips from her perspective as a founder. "When I founded SaviLinx, I looked hard at my business plan and financials to see how much investment [...]
SaviLinx founder Heather Blease was interviewed by Capital One for the Growth Planning channel on its website. The story focuses on how a woman-led business achieves significant growth - in SaviLinx's case, ranking #28 on the 2017 Inc. 5000 List of Fastest Growing Companies. The story shares Blease's five lessons for growth as a woman-led [...]
SaviLinx founder Heather Blease was recently interviewed by Innovation & Tech Today about founding the company, the personal sacrifices she made and the rewards earned, and other insights into being a woman entrepreneur. From the story: "However, that doesn’t mean there weren’t pitfalls along the way. As she told us, “I found myself right back [...]
Original by Martin Grohman | The Grow Maine Show (Martin Grohman interviews SaviLinx CEO Heather Blease for a recent episode of his podcast. Photo Courtesy of Martin Grohman, The Grow Maine Show) This podcast on contact center SaviLinx celebrates Maine entrepreneurs. Heather Blease recently sat down to an interview on the Grow Maine [...]
SaviLinx achieves 9,264% growth since 2013 to secure the 28th position nationally for its contact center business BRUNSWICK, Maine – August 16, 2017 – SaviLinx, LLC, a contact center specializing in business process outsourcing and technical support services, has been named to the Inc. 5000 List of America’s Fastest Growing Companies. The Inc. 5000 list [...]
How Partnerships Can Help Startups Focus, Heather D. Blease | CEO and Founder SaviLinx, LLC Foundr Magazine | Startup Section February 2017 issue Starting up a company is intense, exhilarating, and nerve wracking. I’m three years into my most recent startup, and while some things get easier (I don’t feel like throwing up every morning, for example), the pace can be overwhelming. I have [...]
SaviLinx CEO Heather D. Blease contributed this piece to the United State of Women Entrepreneurship blog on September 6, 2016 When I think of the United State of Women today I think about the role that parents play in our lives and how as mothers we too often dismiss the gravity of child rearing. I [...]
June 8, 2016 by Maine Icons SaviLinx Founder and CEO Heather Blease Steps away from Heather Blease’s office is a soundproof vault equipped with a “secret” red phone. A relic of the Cold War, this room is a reminder to Blease of the years she spent growing up in Brunswick, a resident of [...]
Maine-made brownie energy bars are health food in disguise SaviLinx CEO Heather Blease knows a thing or two about supporting entrepreneurs - she has championed those who have helped SaviLinx get its start, and has committed time and insight to help others succeed. One company that is close to home - in more ways than [...]
Blease's New Call Center Eyeing Government Clients By Darren Fishell Photo: Tim Greenway Technology was radically different when Heather Blease launched EnvisioNet's Brunswick call center in 1995. So was the business model. The focus of Blease's new company is on government contracts to which Blease hopes her company will have special access because of two [...]
