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: Community-Minded Digital Agency Lanyap Creative Has Launched A new digital agency has launched today, providing another boost to the entrepreneurial ecosystem in New Orleans. Two passionate technologists, Joe Corbett and Jason Seidman, [...]
Launch Fest, a New Orleans startup conference and demo day will take place on Thursday, May 2nd, 2013 before Jazz Fest. The event features practical advice from founders who want to inspire the next generation. Tickets to the Fest include lunch, a beer and wine reception, a t-shirt, an opportunity to network with amazing people, [...]
We wanted to take a brief timeout to celebrate our 1000th Article on SiliconBayouNews.com! 1000 posts on SiliconBayouNews.com and all signs point to more growth in 2013! Over the last (almost) two years the SBN Team has been bringing you exclusive news, first looks at new startups and products, and inside features with the regions [...]
Today, Launch Pad Ignition announced a major change to the operations of their 2 1/2 year old accelerator program. Accelerator programs have been coming under fire nationwide as stories circle about poor performance, unclear advice, and a lack of standard guidelines and concepts. Locally, Launch Pad Ignition iterated after their first year from standard admission criteria [...]
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: Startup Weekend Headed to Central Louisiana in June: Startup Weekend recruits a highly motivated group of developers, business managers, startup enthusiasts, marketing gurus, graphic artists for a 54 hour event that builds [...]
Launch Pad Ignition is a 12-week mentor-driven accelerator program for startups in New Orleans. Launch Fest is where these companies debut after the weeks of hard work and hope to gain funding. This year, there were 15 founders and 37 mentors. The event received national coverage and was featured in TechCrunch, TechCocktail, NOLA.com, and the [...]
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: Launch Fest Turns National Tech Spotlight to New Orleans: The second class of Launch Pad Ignition is basking in press coverage from across the tech scene after pitching at Launch Fest. They received coverage [...]
The second class of Launch Pad Ignition is basking in press coverage from across the tech scene after pitching at Launch Fest. Check out the stories below from TechCocktail, TechCrunch, and NOLA.com. Notably, none of the national stories used a picture of Bourbon Street to visually associate the story with New Orleans. If you missed Launch [...]
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 Winners Take Home Prizes From Launch Fest Online Pitch Competition: Two concepts took home tickets to Jazz Fest over the weekend. The first business idea to win was a [...]
I had my first Launch Fest experience this year, and I am happy to report that it was packed with energy, inspiration, and awesomeness! My one gripe: there were no Ladies of Launchpad in this year’s competition. I’m still new to the tech community, so I set about to find out why there were no [...]
