The third annual Teen Tech Day, sponsored by Greater New Orleans Inc., is scheduled for March 23rd, 2013 at Delgado Community College. It’s a one-day interactive conference, created in 2011 by New Orleans Tech, to emphasize math, science, and engineering as tool to enable teens to use technology anywhere from a hobby to a career. It’s designed to help the [...]
The web-based school analytics platform Kickboard, based in New Orleans, announced today it has raised $2M in a Series A funding round. The round was led by New Markets Venture Partners and Two Sigma Ventures, in addition to the nearly 20 local investors rumored to have participated. This recent round adds to the $800,000 Kickboard [...]
WikiTrend.org is a new consumer trends website that has seen international success since its launch. Founder Daniel Levine travels back and forth from New York to New Orleans (like many others do) and attended the NOLA Meetup last week. At the Meetup, SBN learned Levine is looking for a co-founder for the project who has [...]
Tomorrow, Wednesday February 27th at 12:00 pm, the BioDistrict New Orleans will be hosting a webcast, the first in a series designed to, “showcase the exemplary projects taking place within the district.” Eric Kavanagh, CEO at the Bloor Group, will be the host of the webcast. Special guest Dr. Anjum Khurshid, director of the Crescent [...]
The Idea Village announced today the headliners and Keynote Speakers coming to the city for New Orleans Entrepreneur Week, March 16-22, 2013. NOEW 2013 is expected to attract over 3,000 of the nation’s most innovative business leaders, financiers, entrepreneurs, and students for the week’s 55 scheduled events. Event headliners include Walter Isaacson, President and CEO [...]
Lafayette, LA has been named one of the 20 finalists for this year’s Bloomberg Philanthropies Mayors Challenge. “The challenge is all about identifying a need, solving a problem, and sharing local knowledge so that other cities and citizens can benefit from the insight and actions of their peers.” Lafayette could win up to $5M to fund [...]
Google’s ‘Get Your Business Online’ (GYBO) initiative gives small businesses throughout the country the tools to get online, including an easy-to-build website with a customized domain name and business listings on Google. GYBO helped one jewelry business owner, Lauri Wallace, develop an online presence after an event held last August in Lafayette. The event was [...]
The Emerging Philanthropists of New Orleans have opened applications for the Class of 2013. The initiative was created to engage young leaders in New Orleans in philanthropy. The 2013 Class will participate in a high-engagement, six-month program where they will be able to participate in sessions, get hands-on experience, and join a team with members [...]
Ruby on Rails and iPhone Development company, Flatstack, with offices in both New Orleans and Russia, is hosting a customer conference this week with Launch Pad starting tomorrow, February 21st, 2013. Clients from around the world are coming to New Orleans for this invite-only, two day conference to join a number of the startup candidates [...]
Along with eight other recipients, the Idea Village was awarded the Blackstone Grant on February 11th from the Blackstone Charitable Foundation. The Foundation targets organizations that focus on fostering entrepreneurship and innovation, which is exactly what the Idea Village does. They were awarded $100,000 as part of the total $1M awarded. Director of the Blackstone [...]
