The Silicon Bayou 100 Release Party was a great event! Thank you to everyone who made it out last night and to those who could not make it for being part of of the entrepreneurial community in Louisiana. We’re looking forward to an amazing 2013! For those of you who missed last night’s release party [...]
The 2012 Silicon Bayou 100 is the second annual list of the 100 most influential and active people in tech and entrepreneurship in Louisiana. The official list will be unveiled tonight at the 2012 Silicon Bayou 100 Release Party at Eiffel Society in New Orleans from 6-8pm! Tickets are available now at eventbrite.com. Join us for a great evening of celebrating [...]
Ring Publications is the newest addition to the Louisiana Technology Park. The company was founded in 2010 as a small press publisher and has grown into a software development and online marketing company with the main goal of providing educational material to clients. During Ring Publications’ time in Baton Rouge, they will developing the core educational product [...]
Business Report has revealed this year’s Top 40 Under 40 in Baton Rouge. With over 230 nominations, those who made the list are the men and women with top personal and professional accomplishments. Click on the picture to find out more about each of the Top 40 and read more from Business Report here. Jessica Boone Emalie Anne [...]
Baton Rouge was full of entrepreneurs, business owners, investors, and supporters last week. Everyone came together for over 20 events throughout the week for the second annual Baton Rouge Entrepreneurship Week (BREW). One event, the High-Stakes Pitch Night, was hyped up because companies were expected to take home a total of $125,000. At the end [...]
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 [...]
The second annual Baton Rouge Entrepreneurship Week (BREW) officially kicks off today with the LSU 100. LSU’s Stephenson Entrepreneurship Institute created the LSU 100 two years ago, which recognizes the 100 fastest-growing LSU-owned or LSU-led businesses in the world. Conversation and networking with LSU 100 honorees featuring Will Boudreaux, CEO, Netchex; Brandon Landry, Co-Owner, Last [...]
High Stakes, SeNSE’s second annual pitch competition during Baton Rouge Entrepreneurship Week really is high stakes. $125,000 is up for grabs in potential investment split between the five presenting companies that were notified over the weekend. They have already beaten the rest of the 40 business plan submissions from across the country. The sharks and [...]
As part of this year’s Baton Rouge Entrepreneurship Week, BREW, the Women Business Leaders Breakfast will be held as a leadership development and networking event on Thursday, November 15th at 7:30 am at L’Auberge Casino & Hotel. The event is is sponsored by Excelerant, a company which was recently named by Leadership Excellence magazine to [...]
