As part of Launch Pad’s five-week programming, they will be offering up Skillshare classes for the entrepreneurial community in New Orleans. The classes are open to all and free to Launch Pad members. Tomorrow, March 29th at noon, Michael Johnstone will be teaching a class called, “Quieting the Noise: The Realities Every Startup Needs to Hear [...]
Startup Weekend is a 54-hour event where developers, designers, marketers, product managers, and startup enthusiasts come together to launch startups. On April 5th, the event comes to New Orleans for the first time ever. Startup Weekend New Orleans will be held at Propeller and is expected to bring between 80 and 100 innovators to the [...]
The Louisiana Technology Park in Baton Rouge has set aside around 1,800 square feet for a new video game, app, and digital content incubator, said to open any day now. “The focus will be on things that can be digitally distributed and not just games,” said Jesse Hoggard, a spokesman for the Tech Park. Companies [...]
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 [...]
New Orleans has been witnessing a lot of entrepreneurial action over the years, as evidenced by the success of such events as The Idea Village’s New Orleans Entrepreneur Week. In addition, the city has been touted for the ways the community has come together to support startups, including an increasing number of incubators and co-working spaces [...]
Launch Pad has launched the much-anticipated global network, LP.co. Members will enjoy network benefits such as retail opportunities and promotional merchandise through the e-commerce section of the site. Launch Pad said, “The new storefront is a platform to showcase all the great companies, products and apps being created by LP members.” The site will provide [...]
I want you to start a business in New Orleans. No, nevermind. I need you to start a business in New Orleans. “Why?” you may ask. Well, the city is in the middle of an entrepreneurial renaissance that will reward the most driven entrepreneurs among us, which will, in turn, positively impact the city in [...]
Launch Media, an ever-expanding video production company, is once again finding a new home. Originally based out of the Celtic Media Centre, additionally with a New Orleans office which opened in June, the company will soon be anchoring a workspace in the Creative Bloc building in downtown Baton Rouge. The 11,500 square foot building in [...]
Social entrepreneurs in the New Orleans area now have a place of their own, the newly opened Propeller Social Innovation Incubator. The incubator opened on January 2nd and is a combination of co-working spaces, open-area desks, and private offices to suit the needs of the 19 current and many more future tenants. In addition to [...]
Editor’s Note: This is the first edition of Bayou Cribs, a new column where workspaces around the city are profiled by Dominique Ellis. If you want your office, co-working space, or company to be featured, email julia@siliconbayounews.com or dominique@copythatservices.com. ——————————————————————————————–———————————— When it comes to shared workspaces, should form follow function? Or can design and form actually [...]
