Entrepreneurship & Small Business

Congress expected to pass $900B coronavirus relief package today

Congressional leaders have hashed out a massive, year-end catchall bill that combines $900 billion...

Christmas brand Fig & Dove expands outside of holiday decor

Five years after Baton Rouge interior designer Colleen Waguespack launched Fig & Dove specializing in high-end Christmas decor, the entrepreneur is expanding her business into items and gifts for special occasions. 

Deadline looms for federal coronavirus business loan programs 

Several federal loan programs established by the CARES Act in response to the economic...

Majority of American small businesses see worst coronavirus impact still ahead

Most small business owners across the country believe the worst of the coronavirus pandemic...

Chicken Shack owners planning new restaurant near LSU

Joe Delpit, owner of Chicken Shack, considered by many to be Baton Rouge’s longest running restaurant, received a permit late last week to begin construction on a new Highland Road restaurant.

See this entrepreneur’s tricks for getting past the first lull

"Once you start out, after that stage of being new and exciting, that's is where the hard work comes in," Kirsha Barker says.
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Baton Rouge native becomes business’ Mary Poppins

During Ashley Miles’ former role as a global chief business officer for a wellness company, she felt called to help entrepreneurs.

Walk-On’s to open non-traditional location through Aramark partnership 

Baton Rouge-based Walk-On's today announced a new partnership with college food service provider Aramark, where the restaurant will anchor a new "Purdue Marketplace" on the university’s West Lafayette campus in Indiana. 

Nine companies advance to semifinals for BREW 10 pitch competition

Chosen from an initial pool of 56 applicants, the nine BREW semi-finalist companies include: Unlock'd, Omnidek, LLENA(AI), Neuro Rescue, Check, Relief Telemed, Mintor, inQ and PeduL. 

2020 was surprisingly good to smaller banks 

As 2020 draws to a close, small lenders are doing far better than expected...