New Orleans’ oldest law firm, Chaffe McCall, in partnership with the Idea Village, held the Chaffe Entrepreneur Challenge last month where five local entrepreneurs competed for generous prize packages. Bissap Breeze, Digital Forensics Solutions, EnrichED, Dyverse City and Connect for a Cause pitched for the chance to win a package valued at $35,000, which includes [...]
New Orleans has been witnessing a lot of entrepreneurial action over the years, as evidenced by the success of such events as The Idea Village’s New Orleans Entrepreneur Week. In addition, the city has been touted for the ways the community has come together to support startups, including an increasing number of incubators and co-working spaces [...]
Editor’s Note: This is the first edition of Bayou Cribs, a new column where workspaces around the city are profiled by Dominique Ellis. If you want your office, co-working space, or company to be featured, email julia@siliconbayounews.com or dominique@copythatservices.com. ——————————————————————————————–———————————— When it comes to shared workspaces, should form follow function? Or can design and form actually [...]
The New Orleans BioInnovation Center opened its doors today to media, public officials, and stakeholders to dedicate the new LEED certified building at 1441 Canal Street in New Orleans. The opening of the novel New Orleans BioInnovation Center (NOBIC) promises to contribute to the city’s sense of rebirth as a state-of-the-art facility for the biotechnology industry, as [...]
The infrastructure supporting HollyWood South and Louisiana’s movie industry continues to grow with the opening of Millennium Studios this month in Shreveport. Millennium Studios opened with two sound stages totaling more than 25,000 square feet, over 14,000 square feet of office space, hair/ makeup room, construction mill, and much more. They also have a full service [...]
JEDCO, the Jefferson Parish Economic Development Commission, will open the new, state of the art Churchill Technology & Business Park on April 1. The center will support early-stage growth businesses with an incubator program and is located in Jefferson Parish, only a few minutes to downtown New Orleans. “The Business Innovation Center is much more [...]
