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: Entrepreneurs and Registrants Prepare for NOEW with New Idea Village App The Idea Village app, which is now available in the app store, features 40 entrepreneur profiles and information about [...]
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 [...]
Wireless communication company, Bascom Hunter, joined the Louisiana Technology Park earlier this week. The announcement came during a meeting the Park’s Admissions Committee held yesterday afternoon. Bascom Hunter specializes in advanced defense and industrial applications, and serves multiple markets including marine and offshore vessels, industrial and commercial facilities, and government and public safety. According to [...]
Seth Froom Seth is one of the men behind Yellow Jacket, a stun gun case for iPhones. Prior to his invention and founding of the company, he served in the Army as a Military Police Soldier. On LinkedIn. Shawn Usher Shawn is the President of Sparkhound, a company which help businesses accomplish their goals through [...]
Paul Dietzel For the last two years, Paul has been working on his fundraising and donor management company Anedot. The company recently acquired YouCanSend.Me. Paul sits on the board of the Baton Rouge Rowing Association and has worked at Dietzel & Co. as a consultant for over nine years. On LinkedIn. On Twitter. Peter Bodenheimer [...]
Megan Hargroder Megan is the founder and CEO of Conversations LLC, a full-service social media strategy company, specializing in what’s most important when marketing your brand online: conversations. She works with small businesses and entrepreneurs on learning how to speak with their customers instead of TO them. On LinkedIn. On Twitter. Michael Azzano Michael is [...]
In typical Louisiana, sportsman’s paradise fashion, a web application for hunters, created by hunters, was released yesterday. HuntSoft allows users to access and share maps, schedules, harvest data, weather, photos and more. The app was developed in Baton Rouge is available in beta now for free. HuntSoft has only been available for the past couple [...]
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 [...]
John Schneider Located in Baton Rouge, John works as the current President and CEO of the Vision City Development Group where he utilizes a real estate development strategy for the purposes of revitalizing, energizing, stabilizing and synergizing key local communities in the city. He is Chairman of Springboard, an organization with the mission of establishing [...]
Jen Medbery Jen is a former Teach For America corps member and a founding teacher of New Orleans Charter Science and Math Academy. After frustrations with paper management of her classroom, Jen started Kickboard (formerly Drop The Chalk) and has been successfully providing tech apps to teachers ever since. On LinkedIn. Jen on Twitter. Kickboard App [...]
