Entrepreneurship & Small Business

Guarantee Restoration Services joins contracting network

Baton Rouge-based Guarantee Restoration Services joined the Austin-based CORE Group as a part of the company’s CORE Elite membership, Guarantee announced today. 

Carnival suppliers counting on big bounce back from last year

Companies that sell Carnival supplies are hoping for a strong year after last year’s devastating cancellations. 

At Big Bad Bites in Gonzales, it’s ‘just good food fast’

The couple behind Big Bad Bites want to offer something new to the fast-food ecosystem: sit-down restaurant-quality food and ingredients. 

MatchPoint Connection launches marketing fund for NIL deals 

MatchPoint Connection today announced it is rolling out the “MatchPoint Marketing Fund,” an NCAA-compliant collective that aims to grow and facilitate name, image, likeness deals for both collegiate athletes and prominent businesses, with LSU being the first school of focus. 

Inside Rock Paper Taco’s new brick-and-mortar location

The newest addition to Baton Rouge’s taqueria scene, Rock Paper Taco, seeks to redefine what tacos can be.

Innovation Catalyst looks to launch for-profit investment fund

Innovation Catalyst, which runs a Baton Rouge-based nonprofit seed capital fund for new companies, hopes to launch a for-profit fund next year.Innov
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Drew Brees: Adversity key to building inner-strength for leadership

Brees shared his thoughts on teamwork in football and in business in the January episode of the 21st Century Business Forum

Surging housing costs impacting where small businesses locate

The U.S. is entering 2022 with a 3.8 million housing unit shortfall, even as...

Advertising technology rebounds with record year

A record number of advertising and marketing technology companies went public in 2021, according to a new report from LUMA Partners, a leading media and marketing investment firm.

Get to know the entrepreneur behind Baton Bougie House Party

A Catholic school teacher by trade, Baton Bougie House Party founder Lori Tucker-Day has always worked side hustles as a way to combine her creativity with her desire to help people.