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Travis Laurendine, the founder of Volnado, had an idea: create a hackathon around the 2013 Super Bowl to showcase New Orleans’ tech community and all it has to offer. He teamed up with Jeremy Cooker and the Super Bowl Host Committee to create CODEMKRS. CODEMKRS is a two-day hackathon that will work night and day [...]
We wanted to take a brief timeout to celebrate our 1000th Article on SiliconBayouNews.com! 1000 posts on SiliconBayouNews.com and all signs point to more growth in 2013! Over the last (almost) two years the SBN Team has been bringing you exclusive news, first looks at new startups and products, and inside features with the regions [...]
Since GCR, Inc.’s acquisition last year by Connecticut private equity firm Clearview Capital, GCR has been on an expansion tear, opening new offices and hiring more employees. A week ago they announced the opening of a new Baton Rouge office, where they are trying to line up new private sector business. The Baton Rouge expansion [...]
Baton Rouge-based Lamar Advertising Company announced a few weeks back that Lamar Media Corp., a subsidiary of Lamar Outdoor Advertising, was acquiring NextMedia Outdoor Inc. for an estimated $145 million. NextMedia provides outdoor advertising in Colorado, Kansas, Nebraska, North and South Carolina, Virginia, Wisconsin and Wyoming. Lamar Advertising Company is the largest sole billboard provider [...]
Silicon Bayou is very happy to announce the promotion of Julia Ballard to Editor-In-Chief. Julia replaces Molly Oehmichen, who has stepped down to concentrate on her consulting job. Julia previously served as our Assistant News Editor, where she coordinated writers, sourced stories, and handled the nuts and bolts of SBN operations. She is also a [...]
Capital Regions Venture Partners (CRVP), a new early stage venture capital fund, launches today in Baton Rouge with $5,000,000 to invest in startups. CRVP will focus on seed capital for startup and emerging technology and digital media companies in areas such as media, mobile apps, software, cloud computing, digital advertising and media, market technology and [...]
This is a guest post by Chris Schultz, a tech entrepreneur living in New Orleans, LA. He has launched several Internet companies and blogs about entrepreneurship and the startup ecosystem at ChrisSchultz.net. Chris is a co-founder of Launch Pad, a collaborative workspace in downtown New Orleans that is home to more than 60 startups and Launhcpad [...]
NINE Brand, the apparel venture co-founded by Drew and Brittany Brees, launches today online on ninebrand.com. Products will also be sold in select regional boutiques and at a pop-up shop on game day at the corner of Loyola and Poydras. Check out Drew’s video to learn about the inspiration for the inaugural shirt, the ALL IN tee. [...]
There’s a new meetup in town: the NOLA Meetup, modeled after New York City’s own tech meetup. Spearheaded by Chapterspot.com founders Brendan Finke and Joe McMenemon, NOLA Meetup is the not-to-be-missed networking event for techies, entrepreneurs, and aspiring businessmen. The NOLA Meetup, which will take place on the third Tuesday of each month from 6pm [...]
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 [...]
