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 [...]
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 [...]
Local University (LocalU) is a series of Search Engine Optimization (SEO) seminars targeting small business owners. Local University: New Orleans will take place on May 7, 2013 from 8:00am to 1:00pm at the Kendall Cram Room of the Lavin-Bernick Center at Tulane University. As a bonus, Silicon Bayou News has partnered with Search Influence on [...]
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 [...]
A local web design and development expert and a social media strategy company owner want to take your website “From Zero To Website in 3 Hours.” Class leaders Megan Hargroder, Founder of Conversations, and Alyson Kilday, co-founder of Hop and Jaunt, are hosting a hands-on class for startups and small businesses that want to get [...]
Popular music licensing and technology company Audiosocket has expanded its roster of strategic partnerships with another top company– representatives have confirmed a partnership with YouTube channel StyleHaul. Audiosocket will provide the channel with curated, quality music for its fashion, beauty, and lifestyle content instead of the more typical “stock” music provided by some competitors. StyleHaul [...]
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 [...]
Fulcrum is Federated Sample’s open and customizable online sampling platform that hit one million survey interviews for the year back in February. Today (April 9) the platform hit two million completed survey interviews. The Federated Sample team considers this a major accomplishment. “Reaching 2 million survey interviews this early in the year is certainly very [...]
