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West Sanitation Services Announces Headquarters and Manufacturing Plant Relocation to Louisiana
A manufacturer and distributor of odor control products for commercial and institutional restrooms, West Sanitation will consolidate operations in …

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Scott Eric Olivier announced as January Creative Louisiana speaker

Creative Louisiana, a monthly morning meetup for creative types, will hold its January meetup on Friday, January 27, 2012 at the Manship Theater in the Shaw Center for the …

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Juggleware Launches “Sol: Sun Clock” iPhone App To Tell You When The Sun Is Going Down

Juggleware, the New Orleans-based digital media company, announced that their new conceptual weather utility and alarm clock Sol: Sun Clock is now available for the iPhone and iPod Touch.
Sol: …

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Women’s Business Resource Center offers Entrepreneurship Training

During the month of January the Women’s Business Resource Center (WBRC, a project of Urban League of Greater New Orleans) is offering an entrepreneurship training program.
The series is a …

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SOPA Strike: What it means and how you can participate

If you’ve been on the internet at all today, you may have noticed that many websites are on strike.
According to SOPAStrike.com, today marks the largest online protest in history. …

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Local startup accelerator program ignites second year launch

For those who think that our entrepreneurial community lags behind bigger markets like Silicon Valley or New York City, think again. The movement is spreading like wild fire in …

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Pollbob acquires Misterpoll, featured in Techcrunch

 
Pollbob, co-founded by Silicon Bayou News’ founder Zach Kupperman, was featured in TechCrunch yesterday after announcing the acquisition of MisterPoll, a more established polling platform.
While Pollbob is a relatively …

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HERO|farm Founders Named YFS Magazine’s Top 20 Young Entrepreneurs of 2011

New Orleans marketing agency HERO|farm‘s founders, Reid Stone and Shaun Walker, have been named to YFS Magazine’s Top 20 Young Entrepreneurs of 2011.
The Top 20 list features the twenty …

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Entrepreneurs should be aware of exits when entering into contracts. Handshake photo courtesy of Flickr user buddawiggi.
A Contract State of Mind: Know Your Exits

Entrepreneurs are risk-takers. An idea turns into a vision which is executed with passion and optimism. The latter, optimism, is one of an entrepreneurs’ greatest assets. Each day is …

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Launch Pad to celebrate worldwide Jelly Week with free coworking

Jelly Week! Wait, what is Jelly Week?!
According to the Worldwide Jelly Week website:
“WORLDWIDE #JELLYWEEK 2012 is a self-organized global gathering of people all around the planet. These gatherings are …

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