I often get questions about S-Corps when discussing new business formation with clients. An S-Corp isn’t actually an entity choice, it’s a tax classification. When you create a new business, chances are you’ll be creating either an LLC or C-Corporation. Once you chose between those two entities, you have to decide how you want to [...]
SeNSE is a forum for entrepreneurs, a results- driven nonprofit, that focuses on connecting the local entrepreneurial community and turning ideas into reality. They frequently hosts pitch nights for all industries across the state of Louisiana. Tonight’s pitch will be held in Baton Rouge at the Manship Theatre at The Shaw Center from 6:00 to 8:00 pm. [...]
Launch Media is a full-service video production company located throughout the Gulf South. They announced yesterday the opening of a downtown New Orleans office on June 1st, 2012. Launch Media is currently headquartered in Baton Rouge at the Celtic Media Centre. Video production is always evolving. The company enables a collaborative client experience, pioneering ways to [...]
New Orleans’ tech “unconference,” BarCampNola is returning this summer for its fifth year. Set to take place July 14th and 15th, 2012 at Canal Place, the unconference traditionally features one day of co-learning and one day of co-hacking. For the past several years, BarCampNola has taken place at Launch Pad. During BarCampNOLA 4, it became clear to co-organizer Matt [...]
I’ve heard people talk about doing this for years and now it’s finally here: an online tax credit exchange to buy and sell all those state and federal tax incentives offered for economic development. eTax Credit Exchange, the online marketplace for trading tax credits, has closed more than $350,000 in seed funding to develop its [...]
The disheartening news about The Times-Picayune last week has shaken our city, putting a national spotlight on New Orleans and affirming a harsh reality for print media everywhere. And, while this news means an unfortunate loss of four days of printed news and some layoffs in the fall, I can’t help but challenge everyone to [...]
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: FounderDating: Find the Co-Founder of Your Dreams FounderDating is an online network for entrepreneurs or would-be entrepreneurs to connect with potential co-founders. FounderDating hopes you’ll use their site to find [...]
New Orleans’ biggest star is launching a new startup. And he is looking to hire an entrepreneur in New Orleans to lead the venture. Drew and Brittany are financing the new, unnamed startup-up apparel venture. The Brees’ have been working to incubate the company with the Idea Village and Harvard Business School students for the [...]
It was a quiet week at Launch Pad in New Orleans. After 12 weeks of start-up hustle & bustle related to Launch Pad Ignition and Launch Fest, I’d gotten used to the madness. It wasn’t quiet because the 2012 Ignition program is over. It was quiet because Chris Schultz, Peter Bodenheimer, and Barre Tanguis were [...]
Meet Caleb Trotter. He’s an Oklahoma native who has been in New Orleans since studying at Tulane a few years ago. Caleb studied Finance and Legal Studies in Business. To much surprise, he graduated in the midst of a crazy year for the city, 2006. Since then, he has worked in real estate, financial services, [...]
