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:
PollBob has been acquired by QuestionPro, an online market research firm based out of Seattle. New Orleans-based PollBob was co-founded by our very own Zach Kupperman along with Ben Jacobson in 2010. PollBob specializes in online and mobile polling, with a user base of around 350,000. It’s a real-time, on the go polling system that lets you quickly survey friends and discover opinions.
In this month’s post by Andrew Legrand, he describes the food truck rally that was held to help get more trucks on the road in the CBD. A few setbacks in the past have been access, timing, and the 100 permit cap placed on all of the city’s food trucks. Read more here.
The Shreveport Bossier Startup Weekend event will be held on Oct 26-28, 2012 inside of Shreveport’s coworking space Cohab. The Shreveport Bossier Startup Weekend will be host to dozens of entrepreneurs being coached by more than 30 successful business and industry leaders in the area. The list of committed judges and coaches is still growing. Startup Weekend is a 54-hour event that provides everything you need to launch a startup.
News broke on Friday that Launch Pad was making some changes. Molly covered the three main changes that will occur for the community including the extension of the Launch Pad Ignition mentorship opportunities and programming throughout the year. It will also now be open to the broader Launch Pad and tech start-up communities.
Gameloft recently launched the space-theme, locally developedCosmic Colony where users build up their colonies while defending against alien threats. This is the first full game to be developed in the New Orleans studio. The launch coincides with the year anniversary of the studio opening in Louisiana.
It was announced last week that the audio technology company PreSonus would be expanding and building a new research facility in Baton Rouge. Founded in 1995, Presonus manufactures digital and analog hardware and integrated software systems for the professional audio market. This includes recording systems, mixers, software, and monitoring and controlling devices.
Adriana Lopez shares information about the three “entrepreneurs-in-residence” chosen to be part of The Idea Village’s entrepreneur season events and programs. Kevin Wilkins, Carol Markowitz, and Robbie Vitrano will provide entrepreneurs with strategic consulting, mentorship, educational workshops, and access to their networks.
New Orleans based 365 Connect, an online technology platform provider for the multifamily industry, announced its integration withPadMapper. PadMapper is an apartment rental finder that pulls in information and listings from a number of outside sites. The integration distributes all marketing data using the 365 Online Leasing Center to PadMapper via the 365 Marketing Syndication Platform.
This year, three local companies are in the South by Southwest (SXSW) “Panel Picker,” where they might be chosen to be a presenter at the event. Geek Nirvana: Achieving Data-Driven Team Happiness, From Nothing to Something: Hack Day Lessons, and How to (Legally) Source Music for Your Video are all in the running.
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