You have a great idea. You have done everything right to protect and get your idea to market And you are ready to sell it, but sales and marketing are not your strength and you just don’t have the wherewithal or funding to hire a full time salesperson. So what do you do? First of [...]
BSides is a free, all-day information security event that takes place around the world. The event will be in New Orleans on May 25, 2013 at the Hilton Garden Inn New Orleans Convention Center. Andrew Case is organizing this event with four others. He believes BSidesNOLA is a great networking and informational opportunity as well [...]
Sir Richard Branson kicked off GrowCo, Inc Magazine’s three-day business building conference, with a number of important lessons for entrepreneurs around the world. After all, entrepreneurship is about creating and taking risk, which Branson is considerably familiar with. He is Founder and Chairman Virgin Group, a conglomerate with over 400 companies run by innovators who [...]
Alec Quig is a writer, photographer, designer, and musician, and a jack of all trades and copywriter at 3Coasts, a New Orleans web design and development firm. Enter Alec… SEO–search engine optimization–is changing dramatically. Unless you’re a geek, it’s probably happening under your radar–after all, if you have a business to run, there are bigger fish [...]
History is being made in Louisiana and it is due in large part of Codemkrs Founder, Travis Laurendine, and other young, innovative entrepreneurs. Codemkrs, the Louisiana Technology Council, and host University of New Orleans (UNO) are proud to announce to first ever Music Hackathon held in the state. The goal is to work with the [...]
Please join us in welcoming Patrick Comer to our cadre of SBN contributors. He is the founder and CEO of Federated Sample, one of the fastest growing startups based in New Orleans. In 1998, he got his start as Chief of Staff at govWorks in NYC with a notorious scene in the documentary: Startup.com. Besides entrepreneurship and market research, [...]
Meet New Orleans entrepreneurs Carol Markowitz and Chris Schultz as they introduce themselves at a GrowCo 2013 session. Markowitz served as an Entrepreneur-In-Residence (EIR) during the 2013 entrepreneur season through the Idea Village. Schultz is a serial entrepreneur; he is Founder of Voodoo Ventures, co-founder of Launch Pad and Flatstack and is in the process [...]
Tulane’s School of Science and Engineering Dean, Nicholas Altiero, has been elected president-elect of the American Society for Engineering Education (ASEE). He has been working with the organization for years and is the current chairman of its Engineering Deans Council. Altiero’s begins his term as ASEE president-elect in June and as president in June 2014. [...]
The Atlantic – The Big Comeback: Is New Orleans America’s Next Great Innovation Hub? “Seasoned brain gain,” and the, “third wave,” are both terms frequently heard when referring to New Orleans’ business climate and entrepreneurship. Business Editor for The Atlantic Derek Thompson was sent to New Orleans on assignment during Entrepreneur Week to explore just [...]
The Receivables Exchange (TRE), the real-time online marketplace for the sale and purchase of receivables, laid off 26 employees on March 15th, all in their sales and marketing departments in New Orleans and New York. The company that turns invoices into cash is continuing to experience changeups in many of its departments. Back in October, [...]
