Julia is the current Editor-In-Chief of Silicon Bayou News. She loves the entrepreneurial and tech community in New Orleans and believes there is no better time to be living here. Catch up with her on Twitter @juliaballard or send her an email at julia@siliconbayounews.com.
The Tulane Business Plan Competition (TBPC) and the Domain Companies New Orleans Entrepreneur Challenge both went off without a hitch on Friday, April 19th. The Tulane Business Plan Competition is student-run and received 51 applications this year. Twenty moved onto the second round and three companies– Be Well Nutrition, TRUE-See Systems, and Humanure Power– pitched [...]
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: International Social Media Conference Hits New Orleans for First Time in Eight Years Pubcon began in 2000 as an informal gathering of early search engine optimizers and webmasters at a London [...]
Pubcon began in 2000 as an informal gathering of early search engine optimizers and webmasters at a London pub. Over the years Pubcon has shifted away from its original pub gathering meaning and more towards the professional Web “publishing conference” it has become. The high productivity social media and optimization conference will be held in [...]
BSides is a free, all-day information security event that takes place around the world. The event will be in New Orleans on May 25, 2013 at the Hilton Garden Inn New Orleans Convention Center. Andrew Case is organizing this event with four others. He believes BSidesNOLA is a great networking and informational opportunity as well [...]
Sir Richard Branson kicked off GrowCo, Inc Magazine’s three-day business building conference, with a number of important lessons for entrepreneurs around the world. After all, entrepreneurship is about creating and taking risk, which Branson is considerably familiar with. He is Founder and Chairman Virgin Group, a conglomerate with over 400 companies run by innovators who [...]
Local University (LocalU) is a series of Search Engine Optimization (SEO) seminars targeting small business owners. Local University: New Orleans will take place on May 7, 2013 from 8:00am to 1:00pm at the Kendall Cram Room of the Lavin-Bernick Center at Tulane University. As a bonus, Silicon Bayou News has partnered with Search Influence on [...]
We’re seeking passionate and multi-talented college students for a summer internship at Silicon Bayou News! We’re looking for an editorial/sales intern who is comfortable writing for us in addition to various sales tasks throughout the summer. Details are as follows: The 3-month internship (May – July 2013) is for college credit only Preferred majors include [...]
History is being made in Louisiana and it is due in large part of Codemkrs Founder, Travis Laurendine, and other young, innovative entrepreneurs. Codemkrs, the Louisiana Technology Council, and host University of New Orleans (UNO) are proud to announce to first ever Music Hackathon held in the state. The goal is to work with the [...]
Meet New Orleans entrepreneurs Carol Markowitz and Chris Schultz as they introduce themselves at a GrowCo 2013 session. Markowitz served as an Entrepreneur-In-Residence (EIR) during the 2013 entrepreneur season through the Idea Village. Schultz is a serial entrepreneur; he is Founder of Voodoo Ventures, co-founder of Launch Pad and Flatstack and is in the process [...]
A local web design and development expert and a social media strategy company owner want to take your website “From Zero To Website in 3 Hours.” Class leaders Megan Hargroder, Founder of Conversations, and Alyson Kilday, co-founder of Hop and Jaunt, are hosting a hands-on class for startups and small businesses that want to get [...]
