This is the question posed by Startup Weekend, a global movement rallying together aspiring and active entrepreneurs to turn their ideas into viable startups. Last Friday, over 50 participants, from coders and designers to CPAs, MBAs, and other curious business types, came together for the first ever New Orleans Startup Weekend. The event kicked off [...]
Startup Weekend is a 54-hour event where developers, designers, marketers, product managers, and startup enthusiasts come together to launch startups. On April 5th, the event comes to New Orleans for the first time ever. Startup Weekend New Orleans will be held at Propeller and is expected to bring between 80 and 100 innovators to 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: Schultz and Milton launch Kickstarter campaign for new “Mardi Brah” app Two friends of over ten years have teamed up to create an entirely original iPhone game with [...]
Social entrepreneurs in the New Orleans area now have a place of their own, the newly opened Propeller Social Innovation Incubator. The incubator opened on January 2nd and is a combination of co-working spaces, open-area desks, and private offices to suit the needs of the 19 current and many more future tenants. In addition to [...]
Aaron Grant Aaron is one third of the Crescent Unmanned Systems team, which builds small multi-rotor and fixed wing Unmanned Aerial Systems for law enforcement applications as well as civilian aerial photography and videography. He made the list last year, too. Since then, the company has been added to the South Coast Angel Fund’s portfolio. [...]
The second night of Propeller’s fourth annual PitchNOLA competition went off last night without a hitch. The Lots of Progress competition selected the top 11 applicants to choose from 49 vacant lots around the city and to then pitch an idea that utilizes the vacant lot to benefit the community. In true, crazy New Orleans [...]
Propeller’s fourth annual PitchNOLA competition kicked off last night with the ten Community Solutions finalists pitching their hearts out for the $5,000 grand prize and a shot at the audience favorite prize of $500. Chen mentioned this year’s competition had the highest quality and number of applicants, as well as between 700 and 800 audience [...]
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: University of New Orleans to Host Second 3 Day Startup Event This Weekend 3 Day Startup, 3DS for short, is a program designed to be fully hands-on, bringing in top [...]
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 [...]
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: First New Orleans Public Transportation App Launches, Receives Solid Reviews The first ever public transportation app for the iPhone and iPad, NOLA Transit, launched last week. The app was created by Joel Carranza, [...]
