Launch Pad Ignition is a 12-week mentor-driven accelerator program for startups in New Orleans. Launch Fest is where these companies debut after the weeks of hard work and hope to gain funding. This year, there were 15 founders and 37 mentors. The event received national coverage and was featured in TechCrunch, TechCocktail, NOLA.com, and the [...]
There are only two games that I regularly play on my computer or mobile devices. The first is FreeCell, which I love because you can (almost) always win. The second is The Settlers of Catan. Settlers is a multi-player board game that was first introduced to me about a year ago. It requires at least [...]
Note: This post is part three of a three post series on New York-based startup Warby Parker, driven by interviews with Neil Blumenthal, co-founder and co-CEO. At it’s core, Warby Parker is a company attempting to deliver high quality, fashionable, prescription eyewear to consumers at a reasonable price. —————————————————— As co-founder and co-CEO of rapidly growing Warby Parker, Neil Blumenthal [...]
The Sharer’s Circles When Google+ was announced, the biggest innovation was the ability to separate “friends” into “circles.” The concept being that we want to share different levels of information with different groups of people. The sharer gets more control over her privacy and who views her content. Many hoped this would also mean her [...]
The second class of Launch Pad Ignition is basking in press coverage from across the tech scene after pitching at Launch Fest. Check out the stories below from TechCocktail, TechCrunch, and NOLA.com. Notably, none of the national stories used a picture of Bourbon Street to visually associate the story with New Orleans. If you missed Launch [...]
Introducing (not really, we have written about him before here and here) Martin Roth. He is a born and raised New Orleanian who graduated from LSU last year with a degree in Economics. He founded Giftmeo, a shared-gifting platform that allows people to pitch in on a gift for a friend, and was a member of [...]
Launch Pad Ignition is a 12-week mentor-driven accelerator program for startups in New Orleans. Launch Fest is where these companies debut after the weeks of hard work and hope to gain funding. This year, there were 15 founders and 37 mentors. The event received national coverage and was featured in TechCrunch, TechCocktail, NOLA.com, and the [...]
There are only two games that I regularly play on my computer or mobile devices. The first is FreeCell, which I love because you can (almost) always win. The second is The Settlers of Catan. Settlers is a multi-player board game that was first introduced to me about a year ago. It requires at least [...]
NuMe Health, the New Orleans-based biotech startup developing products that modify the bacteria that live in the gastrointestinal tract, today announced that it has closed a $1.5 million Series A financing. NuMe also announced that the company is initiating a clinical trial of its lead cobiotic product, NM504, which is being developed for the prediabetic [...]
The Downtown Development District of New Orleans (DDD) created the Downtown Awards as an annual program to recognize the accomplishments of Downtown NOLA property owners, businesses, residents, workers and organizations. The award ceremony took place yesterday at the Sugar Mill. The award ceremony was designed to, “honor the people and places that inspire, innovate and [...]
Startup Weekend recruits a highly motivated group of developers, business managers, startup enthusiasts, marketing gurus, graphic artists for a 54 hour event that builds communities, companies and projects. It is an opportunity for busy yet brilliant people to connect with other passionate and skilled individuals and bring an idea to life in startup form. The [...]
Last Thursday, the Green Natties: First Annual Sustainable Business Awards Ceremony was held the celebrate the greenest businesses in the city. The event was co-sponsored by LifeCity, Natural Awakenings Magazine, and the New Orleans Chamber Foundation. “For the first time in New Orleans, we took the time to honor those businesses in our community that [...]
The Social Entrepreneurs of New Orleans have made a significant social and economic impact on both a local and global level by assisting the city’s top social innovators through a 10-month accelerator program. This year, SENO contributed to the success of its 2012 class, which has generated more than 40 new jobs and $2.2 million in revenues, [...]
Tomorrow, May 15th, from 11:30am-1:30pm, the Downtown Development District’s inaugural Downtown Awards will be taking place at the Sugar Mill New Orleans. The Downtown Development District of New Orleans (DDD) has created the Downtown Awards as an annual program to recognize the accomplishments of Downtown NOLA property owners, businesses, residents, workers and organizations. They aim [...]
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: Launch Fest Turns National Tech Spotlight to New Orleans: The second class of Launch Pad Ignition is basking in press coverage from across the tech scene after pitching at Launch Fest. They received coverage [...]
