Entrepreneurship & Small Business

Local executive helped run company while deployed in Iraq

A lot of business managers and owners have faced challenges over the past two years, though most haven’t tried to run a company while helping to protect Baghdad from ISIS. 

Bar hopping through the Capital Region’s bevy of craft breweries

And though a statewide brewery tour might be a long-term project for the avid beer drinker, we wanted to highlight some of the hotspots around Baton Rouge that could lead to a hoppy weekend:

Year-end tax tips for businesses, high earners

Year-end tax planning often is a matter of minimizing how much you’ll have to pay this year by reducing the amount of income received or increasing deductions. But for wealthy taxpayers, that might not be the case this year. 

Trouble finding workers? Give applicants with criminal records a chance

Business owners and managers who are having trouble finding workers to fill their jobs may want to consider expanding their recruiting to include people who have been incarcerated, advocates say.

The pros and cons of hiring a boomerang employee

Your next hire may be a previous one. The number of boomerang employees, or employees who left a company and later came back, is growing.

Waitr rebranding as ASAP, moves further into cannabis business

Waitr Holdings Inc. today announced that it has entered into a nonbinding letter of intent to acquire Retail Innovation Labs Inc. for $90 million, and is building its rebrand strategy off of the word “ASAP.”
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Personalized ads may not be as effective as you think

Big tech companies like Facebook have created platforms for businesses to use to target online customers, but many of the customers these companies are targeting are already inclined to buy.

JCW Creative moving to Mid City from Perkins Road

Baton Rouge advertising and marketing agency JCW Creative today announced plans to move from its Perkins Road office to a historic building in Mid City near Baton Rouge Magnet High School

Kennedy writes legislation to block proposed SBA direct lending program

U.S. Sen. John Kennedy is trying to stop an effort to allow the U.S....

What local companies should know about ransomware attacks

A ransomware attack on Kronos, one of the largest human resources companies, may keep its systems offline for weeks, and the attack impacts city governments, universities and even hospitals like Baton Rouge’s Our Lady of the Lake.