Entrepreneurship & Small Business

Nurse plans to turn dilapidated Florida Boulevard building into early learning center

A dilapidated building on Florida Boulevard, in between Baton Rouge General and Baton Rouge Community College, has been scooped up by a local nurse who has plans to renovate the property into a new early learning child care center.

Entrepreneur: Chris Cummings

Entrepreneur: Chris Cummings is the founder and CEO of Pass It Down, a digital exhibit builder platform that launched in Tennessee before moving to Baton Rouge.

Some things you’ll need to have when applying for a second PPP loan

After relaunching the Paycheck Protection Program to select lenders on Jan. 11, Wednesday was...

Steve Forbes: 2021 offers window of opportunity for entrepreneurs

For small businesses in Baton Rouge and elsewhere in the U.S., the key to...

PPP now open for second-time borrowers

The Paycheck Protection Program, which opened again this week for first time borrowers, now...

Baton Rouge bakeries say king cake demand remains high despite pandemic

While Louisiana mourns the cancellation of traditional Mardi Gras celebrations, bakeries around Baton Rouge...
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Booz Allen makes major investment in firm with Baton Rouge ties

It might have gone unnoticed in local business circles, when global consulting firm Booz...

Scotlandville-based coffee cafe expanding to downtown

North Baton Rouge-based Southern Cofé is opening a new location downtown.   The new Cofé Concepts,...

Real estate firm Unlock’d rebrands to Falaya

Unlock’d, a Baton Rouge-based firm that developed its own real estate technology platform, has...

BRAC 2021 priorities: Business recovery, north Baton Rouge investment  

Helping businesses recover from blows dealt by the pandemic and prioritizing north Baton Rouge...