John Schneider Located in Baton Rouge, John works as the current President and CEO of the Vision City Development Group where he utilizes a real estate development strategy for the purposes of revitalizing, energizing, stabilizing and synergizing key local communities in the city. He is Chairman of Springboard, an organization with the mission of establishing [...]
Jen Medbery Jen is a former Teach For America corps member and a founding teacher of New Orleans Charter Science and Math Academy. After frustrations with paper management of her classroom, Jen started Kickboard (formerly Drop The Chalk) and has been successfully providing tech apps to teachers ever since. On LinkedIn. Jen on Twitter. Kickboard App [...]
We again want to thank everyone for coming to the 2nd annual Silicon Bayou 100 Release Party. It was a blast and below are the pictures to prove it! Launch Pad is the premier co-working space in New Orleans with a variety of options to meet your workspace needs. Visit them in the IP Building [...]
Have you ever wanted to go to Italy? What about a mission trip to Peru? There is a website out there which makes fundraising easier than ever before. Last week, Anedot, a leading-edge fundraising and donor management platform, announced they had acquired the “fundraising done right” website YouCanSend.Me. The website helps users create a personalized [...]
Bob Miller As Head Machinist at Opportunity Machine, a company designed to bring together key elements of startups to accelerate their growth and success, Bob is no stranger to the entrepreneurial scene in Lafayette. He promotes events such as 1st Gear, which will attract startup companies in various stages of development. On Ultoday. On LinkedIn. [...]
The newly launched Indiegogo campaign is for a locally written, illustrated, and printed book What the Sleepy Animals Do at the Audubon Zoo. For months, four newly local New Orleanians have been brainstorming, researching and creative this soon-to-be published children’s story focused on the playful, sleepy animals at the zoo. Ryan Murphy, Grace Millsaps, Alyson Kilday, and [...]
After two years of the Silicon Bayou 100 running fairly similarly and smoothly, there are still remaining questions and some confusion as to how it works. This post is meant to be a clarification of the #SBN100 and provide a starting point for discussions on how the process may change next year. What the Silicon Bayou [...]
LocalMed, an online scheduling and management platform for doctors, dentists, and patients will move to Baton Rouge and create 100 direct and indirect jobs. The company, founded in 2011, has recently attracted investors and top talent, including now CEO Keith English. In August, Louisiana Economic Development began discussing its incentive program for the company, including providing the state workforce [...]
This is a guest post by Linda Forshaw, a Business Information Systems graduate from Lancaster University in the UK. A contributor to DegreeJungle.com, she is a full time writer and blogger specializing in education, social media, and entrepreneurship. Find her on Twitter @seelindaplay. ————————————————————————————————————————– Louisiana: A Hotbed for Startups The year 2005 was bleak for New Orleans. [...]
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 [...]
