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:
2012 Silicon Bayou 100: Group 4
David Rieveschl, Drew Brees, Dustin Puryear, Gary Soloman Jr., Hugh Uhalt, James McNamara, Jamie Smyth, Jared Loftus, Jason Nicosia, Jeff Lyons, and Jeff Pellegrin all made it to this year’s SBN 100. For more information about each name, click here.
2012 SBN 100: Group 5
Jen Medbery, Jennifer Fowler, Jeremy Hunnenwell, Jesse Hoggard, Jessica Shahein, Jimmy Roussel, Joe Ellis, Joe McMenemon, John Christie, John Elstrott, and John Grindley all made it to this year’s SBN 100. For more information about each name, click here.
Louisiana Business and Technology Center Adds Four Companies
The Louisiana Business and Technology Center at LSU Innovation Park has added four companies to its other 30 current tenants. The four companies added are DataClear Analytic Group, Impression Works LLC, Pojman Polymer Products, and Coffey Corporation.
2012 SBN 100: Group 6
John Schneider, Jolie Benson, Jonathan Brown, Keith Hanson, Ken Hanson, Kenneth Purcell, Kerry Kirby, Kevin Langley, Kyle Monti, Laurie Azzano, and Leslie Jacobs all made it to this year’s SBN 100. For more information about each name, click here.
2012 SBN 100: Group 7
Lina Stern, Manuel Valencia, Mark Graffagnini, Mark Kurt, Mark Lewis, Matt Candler, Matt Culpepper, Matt Shwery, Matt Tritico, Matt Wisdom, and McKenzie Coco all made it to this year’s SBN 100. For more information about each name, click here.
LTC Member Launches Web App for Hunters
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.
2012 SBN 100: Group 8
Megan Hargroder, Michael Azzano, Michael Gollner, Michael Hecht, Michael Melito, Ned Fasullo, Neel S. Sus, Nic Perkin, Niki Papazoglakis, Patrick Comer, and Patrick Mulhearn all made it to this year’s SBN 100. For more information about each name, click here.
2013: Outlook for Technology and Marketing
This is a guest post by Ned Fasullo, consultant, President, and CEO at Fasullo Enterprises and VP of sales at Transformyx. He explains why marketing and technology are completely opposite in their definition and operation, but completely dependent on one another for growth and success.
2012 SBN 100: Group 9
Paul Dietzel, Peter Bodenheimer, Peter Ragusa, Ralph Maurer, Rand Ragusa, Richard Montgomery, Robbie Vitrano, Ron Bienvenu, Ross Barrett, Sal LaMartina, Sarah Elizabeth Dewey, Scott Wolfe Jr., and Sean Simone all made it to this year’s SBN 100. For more information about each name, click here.
What are the advantages of a Louisiana B-Corp?
Andrew Legrand has written about Louisiana Benefit Corporations before, and recently he had the opportunity to look at the business structure more in-depth. He writes that there are really only two main advantages to the Benefit Corp: marketing and reduced liability.
2012 SBN 100: Group 10
Seth Froom, Shawn Usher, Shuchi Khurana, Stephen Loy, Sudhir K. Sinha Ph.D., Terry Jones, Tiffany Starnes, Tim Williamson, Tom Cox, Tom Fischmann, Trevor Reeves, Wendy Overton, Will Scott, and William Joyce all made it to this year’s SBN 100. For more information about each name, click here.
Lafayette Tax Credit Symposium Scheduled for January 16th
A Symposium will be held on January 16, 2013 from 8:30 am to 12:00 pm to educate executives about the opportunity to use state tax credits to fuel job creation and offset tax liability. The event is held at the Louisiana Immersive Technologies Enterprise (LITE) in Lafayette and hosted by the Lafayette Economic Development Authority and Opportunity Machine, both of which work to expand businesses in Lafayette.
4.0 Schools Launches Bay Area Cohort
Great news! 4.0 Schools just announced the opening of the Bay Area Lab Cohort. The Lab Cohort is a six week, part-time experience in the Develop stage of our programming. The program is for those curious teachers, school leaders, students, techies, and generalists who see the potential for dramatic innovation in education and want to try their hand at building solutions.