When athenahealth opened a small office in Belfast, Maine, no one expected it to become one of the state’s largest private employers. But under the leadership of Jonathan McDevitt, that office grew from a couple hundred people to nearly 1,000—creating real career paths in a rural community that had long been overlooked.

In this episode, Jonathan Bush sits down with Jonathan McDevitt, former Senior VP at athenahealth, to talk about:

• What it really takes to scale a high-growth company in small-town Maine

• Why word-of-mouth—not headhunters—was their most powerful recruiting tool

• How Maine’s “hidden talent” could become its greatest economic asset

• The workforce challenge no one can solve: 9% of young men not working, not in school, not even looking

• Why the next economic boom may come from the people already here—if we know how to activate them

If you care about innovation, rural revitalization, or building companies in Maine that actually last, this is one you don’t want to miss.

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