SBN is going to start bringing you more information on events, conferences and happenings in innovation, technology, entrepreneurship, and social media. If we missed anything, please let us know at contact@siliconbayounews.com. Most of these events were curated by Brett Petersel of Mashable and Zach Kupperman. Upcoming Events Second Line Conference – May 2-3, 2001, [...]
This post originally appeared on f3fundit.com. The author, Jacek Grebeski, is also the founder of Badger, one of the Launch Pad Ignition Companies. When you think of New Orleans the first things that typically pop into head are Mardi Gras, Katrina, Music, and perhaps Crawfish. The city itself was devastated after hurricane Katrina, and in [...]
Don’t forget that three great events are taking place this weekend: in New Orleans, New Orleans Tech presents Teen Tech Day and Net2NO presents How to Raise Capital, and in Baton Rouge its Startup Weekend! Startup Weekend Baton Rouge Startup Weekend is a hands-on experience in launching a business, run by the local communities, [...]
There has been a lot of buzz about opportunities for cleantech in Louisiana lately, including the Tulane’s RiverSphere, Idea Village’s Water Challenge with Nanofex taking home a $50,000 investment, green certification company Life City earning $50,000 investment from Gray Ghost Ventures, Refresh Environmental, Free Flow Power‘s proposed Mississippi turbines, and CNN’s coverage of New Orleans [...]
Tomorrow kicks off the first annual LSU 100 in Baton Rouge! The LSU 100: Fastest Growing Tiger Businesses identifies, recognizes and celebrates the 100 fastest growing LSU-owned or LSU-led businesses in the world. The honorees include Zehnder Communications, InfiniEDGE Software, Gatorworks Web Design, The Olinger Group, and the Abita Brewing Company. The event is a [...]
Benardett K. Jno-Finn, owner of Sénica, LLC is the winner of the 2011 Small Business Administration (SBA) Young Entrepreneur of the Year Award for the State of Louisiana. Senica sells quality natural products for bath, body, hair and home. “I was surprised and humbled when I found out I received this award. There are so many [...]
This is a re-post of an article by Donna Fenn for Inc. Magazine. You can read the original article here. By Donna Fenn | @donnafenn | Apr 6, 2011 Everyone in New Orleans has a Katrina story, and those tales are typically tinged with loss, frustration, and grief. Five years after the storm, you still hear them, [...]
On Monday, April 4th the Tulane Entrepreneur’s Association announced the three finalist advancing to their main event. Out of 76 total teams Drop the Chalk, LLC (Tulane University), OsComp Systems (Massachusetts Institute of Technology), and Pathostat, LLC (University of Arizona) will be competing for the $50,000 grand prize. The group also announced the three finalists [...]
Halliburton Senior Vice President Marc Edwards just announced that Halliburton will locate a new advanced manufacturing facility in Lafayette. The new facility will produce complex machined components for oilfield service operations with state-of-the-art manufacturing equipment. Edwards says Halliburton will invest nearly $65 million in the project, which will create 150 new direct jobs with an [...]
The Louisiana Immersive Technologies Enterprise (LITE) has launched a nationwide search for its Chief Executive Officer position. LITE is searching for its first full-fledged CEO to lead the 3-D visualization center in Lafayette. The agency’s interim CEO, Bob Twilley, has lead the organization since October. LITE has hired Excelerant, a Lafayette-based management consultant firm, to [...]
