eTax Credit Exchange founders Peter Loop and Raelynn Tammariello Loop are working to change the online marketplace for buying and selling tax credits. The company recently launched in the Louisiana market, which brings the company one step closer to unlocking the $7 billion tax credit industry. “Having an online marketplace for trading tax credits has the [...]
A document with a number of Statistics, Testimonials, Awards, and Rankings, or STARs, was released this morning from GNO, Inc. The memorandum provides over 25 reasons why New Orleans is a great place to live, work, and raise a family. Much of it stems from the business climate, including entrepreneurial activity, and the brain gain [...]
A Symposium will be held on January 16, 2013 from 8:30 am to 12:00 pm to educate executives about the opportunity to use state tax credits to fuel job creation and offset tax liability. The event is held at the Louisiana Immersive Technologies Enterprise (LITE) in Lafayette and hosted by the Lafayette Economic Development Authority [...]
Ameritas Technologies said today it will open an information technology center employing 300 workers in downtown Baton Rouge. Ameritas Technologies CEO Brian Keane, Gov. Bobby Jindal and Baton Rouge Mayor Kip Holden participated in the announcement. The development will bring 300 new direct jobs with an average salary of $63,000 plus benefits, and will result [...]
The recent implementation of a software development studio in New Orleans by Gameloft, a French mobile game publisher, constitutes a major success for the State of Louisiana. This grownup-startup headquartered in Paris is a leader in the mobile game market. The company posted 2011 revenues of over 164 million Euros (approx. $215 million), includes 4,500 employees (more [...]
Pixomondo, the international visual effects studio, will open a new studio in Baton Rouge that will create 75 new direct jobs in film, TV and commercial production work. The company’s work won an Oscar at Sunday’s 84th Annual Academy Awards for visual effects, or VFX, in Hugo. Pixomondo will occupy more than 6,000 square feet [...]
On Sunday evening, the entire state of Louisiana cheered when the Academy Award in the animated short film category went to Moonbot Studios for, “The Fantastic Flying Books of Mr. Morris Lessmore,” directed by William Joyce and Brandon Oldenburg. “We created our film and our studio at the same time,” said Brandon Oldenburg, co-founder of [...]
The Basics The Louisiana Digital Interactive Media Program is a tax credit awarded for the development of interactive software such as video games, training software, web platforms, and mobile apps that are built for commercial sale and use. The primary objective of the tax credit is to encourage development of digital interactive media products and [...]
Lamar Advertising, the publicly traded Baton Rouge-based outdoor advertising company, has launched a new iPhone app called RoadNinja. The app is a location-based interstate travel app powered by Foursquare that helps consumers find what’s available at upcoming interstate exits (restaurants, lodging, gas, etc.) and delivers location-specific promotions. RoadNinja users determine the best highway exit to [...]
The New Orleans Film Society is preparing for its 22nd annual Film Festival beginning on Friday, October 14th, and is expected to be their largest yet after the evident success of 2010. After a 40% increase in attendees last year, the festival is projected to generate about 10,000 this year, although more may be expected after the progress [...]
