Earlier today, IBM Senior Vice President Colleen Arnold and Governor Bobby Jindal announced a plan for the IBM Services Center: Baton Rouge, a software development project that will create 800 tech jobs. The Center is the latest in the series of investments IBM has made in high-tech science and innovation. It will provide software development [...]
The Louisiana Technology Park in Baton Rouge has set aside around 1,800 square feet for a new video game, app, and digital content incubator, said to open any day now. “The focus will be on things that can be digitally distributed and not just games,” said Jesse Hoggard, a spokesman for the Tech Park. Companies [...]
Richard Hanley, Jr. is quickly making salads better in the Baton Rouge area. He is a startup food entrepreneur who launched the first Hanley’s Salad Dressing flavor, Sensation, in November 2012 with his company Hanley’s Foods. Based out of Baton Rouge food incubator Edible Enterprises, Sensation is a handmade, gluten free dressing with no GMOs [...]
Video production company Launch Media won top awards from the ADDY Awards, presented by the American Advertising Federation – Baton Rouge. The competition is the largest advertising competition, “representing creative excellence and recognizing all forms of advertising, from media of all types, creative of all sizes and entrants of all levels from anywhere in the [...]
TEDx are independently held TED events, or “ideas worth spreading” events. On March 9th, 2013, Louisiana State University is hosting their own TEDx event, TEDxLSU, with the theme of Evolve. The event is designed to generate new thought by connecting existing resources, people, and ideas at the local level, with the same impact as regular [...]
Sometimes, during Carnival, it’s hard to remember that there are still a ton of learning experiences to be had in our great state. This week in Louisiana’s Online Lagniappe, we thought we’d highlight organizations with slightly more serious purposes – the groups that help educate and entertain millions year-round. NOMA (New Orleans Museum of Art) [...]
IdeaCrossing began in 2007 as a free online resource for those who promote entrepreneurial activity. The organization helps entrepreneurs find the business assistance, mentoring and investment capital they need to launch promising new business ventures. This Thursday, January 24th at 6:00 pm, SeNSE will be introducing the Baton Rouge entrepreneurial community to the IdeaCrossing, continuing to [...]
The Silicon Bayou has been buzzing with tech and entrepreneurial news. Here are the most popular stories published on Silicon Bayou News in the past seven days: Two-Day Codemkrs Hackathon Produces Amazing Apps, Announces Winners The 48-hour Codemkrs Super Bowl challenge, a hackathon where 50 developers got together to create apps for the Super Bowl, ended last [...]
Last Wednesday, a bill unanimously passed exempting custom-based software from sales taxes in East Baton Rouge city-parish. It received strong support from the city and the Baton Rouge Area Chamber of Commerce. It all started when Logan Leger found out the city of Baton Rouge was seeking sales tax from him. Leger is the CEO [...]
The Silicon Bayou has been buzzing with tech and entrepreneurial news. Here are the most popular stories published on Silicon Bayou News in the past seven days: The 2012 Silicon Bayou 100: Alphabetical For those of you who missed last week’s release party or the announcement we sent to our newsletter subscribers, here (in alphabetical order) are the top 100 [...]
