The LSU Student Incubator, a program of the Louisiana Business & Technology Center (LBTC) in Baton Rouge, is preparing for its second annual Venture Challenge. Four finalists will pitch for $25,000 in seed capital on April 19th, 2013. LBTC and the Incubator are looking to support early growth stage startups. Only current members of the [...]
First came the fun and often custom designed smart phone cases. Then came the extended battery life cases. Now, Baton-Rouge based Yellow Jacket has upped the ante again with their iPhone 4/4S case that doubles as a stun gun, while boosting the battery life of your phone, of course. The Yellow Jacket Case safely holds [...]
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: It’s a Good Day to Become an Entrepreneur in New Orleans The city is in the middle of an entrepreneurial renaissance that will reward the most driven entrepreneurs among [...]
Usher Syndrome is a relatively rare genetic disorder that is the leading cause of deafblindness. It affects one in every 6,000 babies, more so affecting Acadian people in Louisiana and in Canada. For over a decade, researchers at the LSU Health Sciences Center have been working towards a cure for the deafness. In 1998, Professor [...]
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 [...]
Tulane graduate Sean O’Neill is preparing for the launch of his first startup, Couchster. Couchster is an online food ordering site which allows customers to view menus and place orders all through the company’s website or mobile app. The startup was born out of the idea to make ordering good food easy and more accessible. Couchster [...]
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: “Trust Me, I’m Lying” Book Signing at Octavia Ryan Holiday is having a book signing for his recent published work ”Trust Me, I’m Lying: Confessions of a Media Manipulator” tomorrow [...]
The LSU Stephenson Entrepreneurship Institute, or SEI, has announced the nomination process is now open for the third annual LSU 100: Fastest Growing Tiger Businesses. Nominations will be accepted until September 30th, 2012. The LSU 100 is a highly competitive annual program that honors the fastest growing companies owned or operated by former LSU students. In [...]
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: LBTC Consultants to Deliver Inventor’s Commercialization Toolkit Jason Boudreaux and Jennifer Fowler took and completed the technology coaching Certification Course by Wendy Kennedy at Purdue University, enabling them to deliver the [...]
Louisiana State University’s Department of Computer Science, previously in the College of Science, and the Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, previously in the College of Engineering, have now merged and will both be housed in the College of Engineering. The new entity will be called the School of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science. The [...]
