There’s an amazing and funny crew out there who run the five radio shows currently on It’s New Orleans, web radio for all those who love New Orleans and finding out information about members of the community. The five shows are Happy Hour, Out to Lunch, Mindset, Winn Nguyen, and Trew to the Game. Hosts [...]
Here’s an interesting case study for all you entrepreneurs out there: A charasmatic CEO leads his company to launch multiple revolutionary tech products that captivate the press, attract a legion of loyal customers, and earn rediculous margins. If you’re thinking Steve Jobs you’re a little late. The brand was Polaroid and the man was Edwin [...]
Last week, OnlineUniversities.com listed the ten cool(est) Ed Tech incubators aimed at forever changing education. Number three on the list is New Orleans’ own 4.0 Schools a company and community of people working towards solving the toughest problems in education faced today. This list coincides great with the announcement of the new Ed Tech Meetup [...]
NOLA Meetup is excited to announce its four guest speakers for this evening, Ralph Maurer, Executive Director of Levy-Rosenblum Institute for Entrepreneurship and a Professor at Tulane; Gerard Ramos, Founder of Unawkward and Revelry Labs; Andrew Legrand, contributing SBN writer and Founder of Andrew Legrand Law, LLC, a virtual firm; and Abid Hussain, also a [...]
As part of the annual New Orleans Film Festival, the 50 minute NOLAbound documentary was screened last night at the Joy Theater, showcasing the city as an entrepreneurial hub. 27 people were chosen from four fields — arts-based businesses, digital media, biosciences, and sustainable industries — to come to the city back in March and [...]
IdeaMensch is a community of people who have set out to bring ideas to life, traveling to 50 venues across 48 states to do so. The IdeaMensch team cultivates interviews and profiles entrepreneurs across all walks of life, an idea that started because founder Mario Schulzke realized all of his heroes were, in fact, entrepreneurs. [...]
Entrepreneurs’ Organization of Louisiana and New Orleans Chamber are teaming up to bring NY Times best selling author, Josh Linkner, to New Orleans. Linkner is the author of Disciplined Dreaming: A Proven System to Drive Breakthrough Creativity, a four-time tech entrepreneur, and talented business leader and innovator. As part of the Chamber’s third quarter business breakfast [...]
Propeller is searching for social entrepreneurs, innovators, and people who care about seeing a rebirth in New Orleans continue to apply to both of the 2012 PitchNOLA competitions: Community Solutions and Lots of Progress. Each with a different end goal, both recognize a challenge the city faces, are currently accepting pitch applications, and will eventually [...]
Yesterday, the Idea Village announced the news we had all be waiting for. The 15 company, 2013 IDEAxcelerator class was released, chosen from more than 160 applicants from a range of industries including digital media, education, healthcare, finance, retail, and entertainment. Below is a description about each company from IdeaVillage.org: Bioceptive, LLC Entrepreneur: Benjamin Capiello [...]
Back in August, SBN covered the details of Startup Weekend Shreveport, happening the weekend of October 26-28th, 2012. Now, the 54 hour event will also include a tour of Moonbot Studios and a host of other added speakers, coaches, and judges. The tour of the studio will take place on Friday afternoon and the first 20 people [...]
