In a press conference scheduled for tomorrow, April 25th at 11:00am, the Louisiana Technology Park will be launching its new project, a media studio called Level Up Lab. It’s a state-of-the-art studio, which is the first of its kind in the south. It aims to bring in and create new media, an ever-growing industry, in [...]
Applications for the 2013 Goldman Sachs 10,000 Small Businesses classes at Delgado Community College are now being accepted as announced by the university’s Chancellor Monty Sullivan last week. The 11-session business management program will be held on campus over a three-month period. The application deadline is next Monday, April 29th. The program is offered free to business [...]
The LSU Student Incubator, a program of the Louisiana Business & Technology Center (LBTC) in Baton Rouge, is preparing for its second annual Venture Challenge. Four finalists will pitch for $25,000 in seed capital on April 19th, 2013. LBTC and the Incubator are looking to support early growth stage startups. Only current members of the [...]
Launch Fest, a New Orleans startup conference and demo day will take place on Thursday, May 2nd, 2013 before Jazz Fest. The event features practical advice from founders who want to inspire the next generation. Tickets to the Fest include lunch, a beer and wine reception, a t-shirt, an opportunity to network with amazing people, [...]
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. [...]
Video production company Launch Media won top awards from the ADDY Awards, presented by the American Advertising Federation – Baton Rouge. The competition is the largest advertising competition, “representing creative excellence and recognizing all forms of advertising, from media of all types, creative of all sizes and entrants of all levels from anywhere in the [...]
The city of New Orleans, its residents, and the Idea Village are in the midst of preparing for the biggest New Orleans Entrepreneur Week (NOEW) in history. The fifth annual NOEW will take place March 16-22, 2013 at Gallier Hall downtown. So far, more than 780 local entrepreneurs have registered for the 2013 Season’s educational, consulting, [...]
The Idea Village announced they are holding a press conference today, January 22nd, 2013 at 3pm CST to unveil the expanded New Orleans Entrepreneur Week lineup. NOEW will take place March 16-22, 2013. Below is some additional information provided this afternoon: WHAT: NOEW, the culmination of The [...]
Jason Nicosia and his tech co-founder and CTO, Matt Culpepper, have both been hustling to reach the national launch date of Connect for a Cause, currently set for January 22, 2013. Connect for a Cause is a social fundraising platform that allows people to meet influencers all while raising money for charity. For the next [...]
Great news! 4.0 Schools just announced the opening of the Bay Area Lab Cohort. Read on for more information about the launch: What is the Lab Cohort? The Lab Cohort is a six week, part-time experience in the Develop stage of our programming. Designed to help passionate people build fluency in design, iteration, and prototyping, Lab [...]
