Entrepreneurship & Small Business

Businesses need to prepare now for a rise in federal minimum wage

Interest in raising the federal minimum wage to $15 an hour by 2025, as...

Sparkhound makes changes to leadership, strategic positioning

Sparkhound, the Baton Rouge-based digital strategy and consulting firm, has named a new president...

LSU, Small Business Development Center open business service center

The Louisiana Small Business Development Center and LSU are collaborating to create a small...

John Maxwell: Living out values key to changing one’s world

In order for one to change their world, they must first change themselves—and that...

Relief Telemed rebrands to reflect changes in business

Baton Rouge-based Relief Telemed is rebranding to Relief, the company announced this morning, as...

Major delays in SBA-backed loans are slowing recovery

The COVID-19 pandemic hasn't been unkind to Stephen Schober's 35-year-old metal-supplies business. Several employees...
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2020 was a record year for entrepreneurship

While 2020 was terrible on many counts, it was a banner year for entrepreneurship,...

Small business optimism falls further in January

The NFIB Small Business Optimism Index declined in January to 95.0, down 0.9 from...

Stephen Hightower to open new restaurant in former Bistro Byronz location

Stephen Hightower is planning a new restaurant for the former Bistro Byronz space on...

Growing visual effects business a bright spot for Baton Rouge film industry

While the COVID-19 pandemic shut down film and television production around the country for much of 2020, the local industry saw an uptick in the amount of post-production work that is done here.