Fueled by a shift from traditional entrepreneurship to a more social startup world, Louisiana native Jason Nicosia is on track to change the lives of many with his social fundraising platform, Connect for a Cause. The site launches nationally today, providing the opportunity for users throughout the country to create a profile, bid on the [...]
Lina Stern Lina is an integral part of the entrepreneurial community in New Orleans, for she is the Director of Levy-Rosenblum Institute for Entrepreneurship at Tulane University. Prior to her current position, she worked in the Freeman school in various capacities for the last twenty years, proving both her expertise in leadership and her dedication to [...]
Chris Schultz Chris co-founded Launch Pad and Launch Pad Ignition, and founded Voodoo Ventures,Flatstack, and TribeCon. Before that, he started several other companies to various levels of success and failure. His own experiences, support, and mentorship have been spread 100 times over to many people on this list and many people who will end up [...]
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 [...]
This is a guest post by Linda Forshaw, a Business Information Systems graduate from Lancaster University in the UK. A contributor to DegreeJungle.com, she is a full time writer and blogger specializing in education, social media, and entrepreneurship. Find her on Twitter @seelindaplay. ————————————————————————————————————————– Louisiana: A Hotbed for Startups The year 2005 was bleak for New Orleans. [...]
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: Web Survey Company QuestionPro Acquires PollBob PollBob has been acquired by QuestionPro, an online market research firm based out of Seattle. New Orleans-based PollBob was co-founded by our very own Zach Kupperman [...]
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 [...]
In conjunction with the Tales of the Cocktail kick-off this week, a local entrepreneur has launched a new app that combines two things that are dominating the New Orleans scene: cocktails and technology. The app is called BarNotes, and it’s the love child of Mixologist Drink Recipe app, Instagram, and Twitter, so you can upload, share, and search [...]
On Wednesday, June 27th at 5 pm, Launch Pad is hosting a party to honor their three year anniversary. The party is open to all Launch Pad members, past and present, friends, family, and fans. It will be hosted on the 1st floor of Launch Pad and move over to Capdeville for more fun afterwards. [...]
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: FounderDating: Find the Co-Founder of Your Dreams FounderDating is an online network for entrepreneurs or would-be entrepreneurs to connect with potential co-founders. FounderDating hopes you’ll use their site to find [...]
