If you have big dreams and crazy ideas, New Orleans is the place to make them happen. On the last day of Entrepreneur Week, thousands gathered to support the remaining events, including The Big Idea, where 15 companies were vying for $50,000 in seed capital. The 15 companies showcased their early-stage companies outside of Manning’s [...]
Special guest and billionaire investor at TPG Capital, Jim Coulter, addressed the crowd at New Orleans Entrepreneur Week at the closing keynote yesterday. He spoke about fit and entrepreneurs finding the right situation for them, and starting with big problems to transform them into big solutions. Coulter also compared entrepreneurs and athletes; it was duly [...]
The Urban League of Greater New Orleans Women in Business Challenge is focused on educating and empowering women entrepreneurs in the city. The Challenge Pitch that took place this afternoon (March 21) is the culmination of the Urban IDEACenter four-month business program that selected ten women to participate in the inaugural 2013 cohort. Entrepreneur-In-Residence at [...]
Six minority-owned businesses participated in the inNOLAvation Challenge this afternoon, all vying for the first and second place prizes, $12,000 and $7,000 respectively. inNOLAvation was created to encourage and facilitate innovation within the minority community. One of the co-founders of inNOLAvation, Damon Burns, said the purpose is to get New Orleans on the right track. [...]
March 18th, 2013 marked the third annual Water Challenge Day, a collaboration between The Idea Village and the Greater New Orleans Foundation (GNOF) that aims to identify and support entrepreneurial solutions that apply innovative approaches to how we live with water. The theme of the day is inspiration, innovation, and leadership. After a day of [...]
New Orleans’ oldest law firm, Chaffe McCall, in partnership with the Idea Village, held the Chaffe Entrepreneur Challenge last month where five local entrepreneurs competed for generous prize packages. Bissap Breeze, Digital Forensics Solutions, EnrichED, Dyverse City and Connect for a Cause pitched for the chance to win a package valued at $35,000, which includes [...]
Telecommunications and Fortune 500 firm CenturyLink announced earlier this week that the company broke ground on the 250,000 square foot expansion onto the already 365,000 square foot headquarters in Monroe. The expansion, which will add 800 new direct jobs, was announced in 2011 and will be known as the Technology Center of Excellence. The announcement [...]
You have a growing business and one of the keys to your success has been your people. Finding good people is tough, keeping them can even be more of a challenge. So how do you keep your key employees? More money is not always the answer as working conditions, qualify of life and other factors enter into a [...]
Medical foods company Pamlab is being sold to Nestlé Health Science, a subsidiary of Nestlé. The sale is currently pending regulatory approval. Nestlé Health Science said that they found a strategic fit with Pamlab because the company is working on building up its Brain Health and Metabolic Health portfolio. “The acquisition of the Pamlab business [...]
What do Robbie Vitrano and Chris Schultz have in common with Brad Feld and Dave Mcclure? Besides being successful entrepreneurs, they also have all registered for a profile on the social fundraising platform Connect for a Cause. The site allows users to auction off meetings and the proceeds go to the charity of their choice. [...]
