Inspired by the Italian word for “all,” the Tutti Music Player provides everyone with the opportunity to practice their music with masters and share content with friends through the interactive software launched last week. Founders of Tutti Dynamics, the company responsible for the development of the Player, Darren Hoffman and Kristen McEntyre, wanted to provide [...]
Alan Weinkrantz interviews students from two business schools who were assigned to provide strategic consulting during New Orleans Entrepreneur Week. Other entrepreneurs who were chosen to be part of the 15 featured at The Big Idea are interviewed as well. ——————————————————————————————————————————–—- We’d like to thank our sponsors for SBN’s involvement in New Orleans Entrepreneur Week: Federated [...]
If you have big dreams and crazy ideas, New Orleans is the place to make them happen. On the last day of Entrepreneur Week, thousands gathered to support the remaining events, including The Big Idea, where 15 companies were vying for $50,000 in seed capital. The 15 companies showcased their early-stage companies outside of Manning’s [...]
Lorenzo Castillo pitches Education Everytime, an online platform where teachers inspire and discover engaging music that enhances daily routines. ——————————————————————————————————————–—–——- We’d like to thank our sponsors for SBN’s involvement in New Orleans Entrepreneur Week: Federated Sample and Search Influence. Want to be a sponsor? Email Julia@SiliconBayouNews.com!
Thirteen years after the Idea Village was founded, over one hundred global leaders gathered for the 2013 Entrepreneur Ecosystem Summit at New Orleans Entrepreneur Week to discuss the city’s growing ecosystem. Maintaining an entrepreneurial ecosystem, entrepreneurship as an agent of change, entrepreneurship in a 21st century economy, and what New Orleans will look like on [...]
“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 [...]
Eight schools were chosen this year to participate in the Idea Village’s nationally recognized MBA experiential learning program, IDEAcorps. Teams of MBAs from Columbia, Cornell, Dartmouth, Harvard, Loyola, Stanford, Tulane, and Yale are providing direct strategic consulting to New Orleans entrepreneurs throughout New Orleans Entrepreneur Week (NOEW). To date, the program has engaged over 500 [...]
Heading into day three of New Orleans Entrepreneur Week (NOEW) attendees have already experienced Water Challenge Day and Tulane Day, in addition to keynotes such as Avram Glazer, Walter Isaacson, and Tina Wells. Today kicks off with Jeff Pulver, Founder of the VoIP Industry and Co-Founder of Vonage and Zula. The following events include Startup Exit [...]
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. [...]
Today (March 19th) is the inaugural Gleason Challenge at Gallier Hall which seeks to, “challenge inventors, entrepreneurs, investors and scientists to create technology that provides solutions for people with disabilities, right here in New Orleans.” Partners for this event include JP Morgan Chase, The Idea Village, and Steve Gleason’s organization Team Gleason, which aims to inspire others and [...]
