UPDATE: Enter and vote now at http://bit.ly/launchfestpitch! Silicon Bayou News and Launch Pad Ignition are teaming up to present an online pitch competition this Thursday during Launch Fest. Have a great idea and want to test it out in front of an audience of investors and start-up experts? Want to win two tickets to Jazz Fest? [...]
In conjunction with The New Orleans Jazz and Heritage Festival, New Orleans will be the host city for the second annual UX for Good, an event that aims to use design systematic solutions to solve some of society’s most pressing issues. (UX, for the technologically challenged, refers to User Experience.) A partnership of The Grammys and MusiCares, the New [...]
Megan Hargroder recently wrote a piece for Silicon Bayou on Finding a social media manager within your company. I was happy to see that she promoted the need for a social media policy, and even made mention of a personal experience involving a disgruntled employee who deleted the company’s 1,000 fan Facebook Page. Her experience [...]
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: Crowdfunding Update: Highlights from the JOBS Act: Guest contributor Mark J. Graffagnini summarizes the three major points from the recently signed legislation, Jumpstart Our Business Startup (“JOBS”) Act, including specific updates about [...]
This is a guest post by Genevieve Silverman, Director of Finance at the Louisiana Technology Park in Baton Rouge. ———————————– President Obama recently signed legislation known as the Jumpstart Our Business Startups Act, or “JOBS Act”, which creates a new way for startups to raise capital. Previously, companies not registered with the SEC could receive investments only from [...]
A Louisiana Technology Park Company, Pixel Dash Studios, released its first game for iOS devices called Fans vs. Franchise. The game, which is a comical tower defense-style game, pits a cast of football franchise inspired characters against oncoming fans of various shapes and sizes. The fans have gone mad at the threat of a pending lockout and [...]
The Animation and Visual Effects program at Louisiana State University’s Shreveport location recently received funding to launch the Digital Media Certificate program. The year-long intensive program gives students training and rapid access to digital media careers through the 35 hour a week courses. The program includes intensive classroom study, guided lab time and is project [...]
A fourth round of business information sessions will be held throughout the month and hosted by Mayor Mitch Landrieu’s Office of Economic Development. The sessions will provide information, resources, and opportunities to help business owners and entrepreneurs. A meeting will be held in each City Council District. “We are pleased to continue to offer this program to [...]
The South Coast Angel Fund recently announced a new addition to the investment portfolio–Crescent Unmanned Systems, LLC. The company manufactures unmanned vehicles such as their UAV (Unmanned Aerial Vehicle) and sUAS (small-unmanned aerial system). The technology systems are used for law enforcement, commercial use, and other industries. South Coast looks forward to watching Crescent Unmanned take [...]
Todd Graves of Raising Cane’s has pledged to fund an entire wall on behalf of Cane’s as long as the rest of the community helps the Baton Rouge Walls Project reach the $25,000 goal. A deadline to reach $25,000 was set for tomorrow April 26 at 6:30 pm. As of now, with 32 hours to go, [...]
