Pubcon began in 2000 as an informal gathering of early search engine optimizers and webmasters at a London pub. Over the years Pubcon has shifted away from its original pub gathering meaning and more towards the professional Web “publishing conference” it has become. The high productivity social media and optimization conference will be held in [...]
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 [...]
There is a growing demand for game developers in the Silicon Bayou and beyond, which is why the Department of Computer Science at the University of New Orleans (UNO) has announced the addition of a game development concentration. The university curriculum committee has already approved the concentration. “The pervasiveness of computer gaming on personal computers, [...]
Some of the best success stories stem from the combination of two already existing ideas or platforms designed to solve a problem. Oliver Bremer created Founder2be or, “Match.com meets LinkedIn,” to connect entrepreneurs with ideas to others who want to see those ideas come to life. Simply put, Bremer connects co-founders. Bremer said that one [...]
The DOcast is a series of interviews with entrepreneurs across Louisiana. The series is the brainchild of Richard Hanley Jr., the startup food entrepreneur SBN covered earlier in March. Hanley is interested in talking to people doing the unthinkable and finding out their story and how others can learn from them. Just last week, he [...]
A new digital agency has launched today, providing another boost to the entrepreneurial ecosystem in New Orleans. Two passionate technologists, Joe Corbett and Jason Seidman, founded Lanyap Creative and are focused on delivering effective and impactful campaigns. An already growing staff joins Corbett, Chief Executive Officer, and Seidman, Chief Marketing Office. Andrew Curtis is Lanyap’s [...]
GrowNOLA is a daylong marketing seminar coordinated by RPM & CO, a New Orleans-based growth strategy and marketing consulting firm. The inaugural event will take place next Thursday, April 4th, 2013 at NOLA Spaces. Attendees will hear from industry experts through a series of presentations about the tools they need to grow businesses. Speakers will [...]
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 [...]
“Here is the thing about smart people,” said author and New Orleans native Walter Isaacson on Monday afternoon at New Orleans Entrepreneur Week. “They are a dime a dozen. It is the creative and imaginative people who really amount to something.” In New Orleans, the residents are, among other things, creative and imaginative, and that [...]
Six minority-owned businesses participated in the inNOLAvation Challenge this afternoon, all vying for the first and second place prizes, $12,000 and $7,000 respectively. inNOLAvation was created to encourage and facilitate innovation within the minority community. One of the co-founders of inNOLAvation, Damon Burns, said the purpose is to get New Orleans on the right track. [...]
