The Millennials is a newly crafted award ceremony honoring the most dynamic millennials across the region. With this inaugural event, which is a mix of an award ceremony and party, hundreds will gather to celebrate the young professionals under 40 in New Orleans. The Award Ceremony will be held Saturday, July 13, 2013 at the [...]
After a successful second year of its Accelerator, Propeller is ready to bring in another 12 to 15 social ventures. To date, Propeller has incubated 21 new ventures (nine the first year and 12 in the last class), which have collectively generated $5.4 million in revenues and created 45 new jobs. The Social Venture Accelerator [...]
Considering getting involved in a startup? Wanting to start your own company but unsure if you have the right idea, or the right timing? Eric Lavin is the featured speaker for this month’s NOLA Meetup, which will be held at Lucy’s Retired Surfer Bar tomorrow night, June 18th, 2013 from 6:00 to 8:00 PM. NOLA [...]
Local biotech startup Bioceptive has been working for three years on their first product, a patent-pending intrauterine device (IUD) inserter that simplifies the insertion procedure while reducing risk. The company has reached a new milestone. New World Angels, along with First Light Ventures and the Special Equities program of Calvert Equity Portfolio, has closed a [...]
Geeks Without Bounds hosted several Random Hacks of Kindness events around the country in conjunction with the National Day of Civic Hacking. New Orleans was the main event, held at Launch Pad. The organization is an accelerator for humanitarian projects that chose to partner with Codemkrs to bring together developers and designers to create apps [...]
The Millennials is a newly crafted award ceremony honoring the most dynamic millennials across the region. With this inaugural event, which is a mix of an award ceremony and party, hundreds will gather to celebrate the young professionals under 40 in New Orleans. The Award Ceremony will be held Saturday, July 13, 2013 at the [...]
After a successful second year of its Accelerator, Propeller is ready to bring in another 12 to 15 social ventures. To date, Propeller has incubated 21 new ventures (nine the first year and 12 in the last class), which have collectively generated $5.4 million in revenues and created 45 new jobs. The Social Venture Accelerator [...]
East St. Tammany Chamber is hosting an educational conference and technology expo for businesses tomorrow afternoon. The TechSmart Conference will be held at Northshore Harbor Center in Slidell from 8:30 AM to 3:00 PM. The event boasts that attendees will “find the heartbeat of [their] businesses,” while learning about social media marketing and other technology-related [...]
Considering getting involved in a startup? Wanting to start your own company but unsure if you have the right idea, or the right timing? Eric Lavin is the featured speaker for this month’s NOLA Meetup, which will be held at Lucy’s Retired Surfer Bar tomorrow night, June 18th, 2013 from 6:00 to 8:00 PM. NOLA [...]
The Silicon Bayou has been buzzing with tech and entrepreneurial news. Here are the most popular stories published on Silicon Bayou News in the past seven days: Bioceptive Closes $1.1M Investment Led by New World Angels Local biotech startup Bioceptive has been working for three years on their first product, a patent-pending intrauterine device (IUD) inserter that simplifies [...]
Aestus Power (Aestus), a startup currently developing a proprietary thermal cooling system for energy production, has been accepted into the Cleantech Open business accelerator program. The energy efficient company is a semifinalist in the 2013 accelerator class, the largest entrepreneur training program of its kind. The Cleantech Open has awarded over $6M to support clean [...]
Bonnaroo, Nashville’s four-day music and camping festival, hosted its first official hackathon, Hackeroo last weekend (June 8-9). In partnership with Bonnaroo founder and producer Superfly and Nashville-based Aloompa, Codemkrs recruited up to 100 developers and creatives for the 24-hour event. “These festivals, they are new gatekeepers, where people go to find out about bands and [...]
In January, the Jewish Federation and the JCC collaborated to form JNOLA, a new organization for young Jewish professionals in New Orleans. Over the past 6 months, JNOLA has offered 21 to 45 year olds various opportunities to expand their personal and professional circles and get involved with the Jewish community through social events, networking [...]
Spring had just arrived and it was a perfect Sunday for poking around the French Quarter with friends. After visiting a few local stores and strolling down Royal Street, we did what any group without a game plan would do… we ducked in the nearest bar for a cocktail. We found ourselves near the Cathedral [...]
Local biotech startup Bioceptive has been working for three years on their first product, a patent-pending intrauterine device (IUD) inserter that simplifies the insertion procedure while reducing risk. The company has reached a new milestone. New World Angels, along with First Light Ventures and the Special Equities program of Calvert Equity Portfolio, has closed a [...]
