Entrepreneurship & Small Business

First look: Mid City’s new arcade bar BR.cade 

Mid City’s former Pop Shop Records location is now home to an arcade bar,...

Visa lowering merchant credit fees for small businesses

Visa says it will lower its credit card “swipe” fees for online and in-store transactions by 10% for small businesses starting in April.

How Company of the Year b1BANK transformed through growth

In just 16 years, what began as a homegrown community bank supporting entrepreneurs and...

Company of the Year Genesis 360 is a fast-growing construction force

When he graduated from high school in 1991, Genesis 360 founder Craig Stevens had...

‘Advocate’ Publisher Judi Terzotis bucking news media trends

It’s against this thorny backdrop that Judi Terzotis, president and publisher of The Advocate, The Times-Picayune and nola.com, mines rich opportunities.

Tupac de la Cruz has built one of the nation’s largest commercial roofing companies

Glance up around Baton Rouge and some of the most recognizable rooflines you will see are the work of Roofing Solutions, the Prairieville-based company founded in 2004 by then-21-year-old Tupac de la Cruz.
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The Blues Cafe opening on 3rd Street downtown this spring

A new brunch and lunch spot, The Blues Cafe, is set to open on 3rd Street in downtown Baton Rouge this month.

James ‘Pepper’ Rutland built MMR into a global force among industrial contractors

James “Pepper” Rutland took many of the life lessons he learned through athletics and applied them to running his business. 

Gerry Lane rose from the Oklahoma Dust Bowl to build a Baton Rouge empire

Lane, the founder of Gerry Lane Enterprises, is being inducted into the Business Hall of Fame and will be honored posthumously at the 2022 Business Awards & Hall of Fame gala dinner March 9.

Hall of Fame | Gerry Lane: A rags to riches story

Driven by a fear of returning to poverty, Gerry Lane rose from the Oklahoma Dust Bowl to build a Baton Rouge automotive empire.