Entrepreneurship & Small Business

Like many employers throughout the pandemic, Louisiana Lagniappe owner Kevin Ortego has received “base claim” notices from the Louisiana Workforce Commission—form letters asking him to verify that a claimant seeking unemployment compensation previously worked for him. But unlike employers who know, or at least, recognize the names of the former employees they’re being asked to verify, Ortego has received what he estimates to be between 50 and 100 notices about people he’s never heard of, much less employed at his restaurant.

A husband-and-wife team has opened a French-inspired dessert shop on Essen Lane, near Anselmo Lane. 

Baton Rouge community banks are trying to keep capital flowing while mitigating increased risk in the uncertain economy created by the pandemic.

Walk-On’s Sports Bistreaux has received a significant investment from private equity firm 10 Point Capital, which will enable the Baton Rouge-based restaurant chain to accelerate its already rapid growth.

Startup Relief Telemed is experiencing rapid growth during the pandemic after going all-in on COVID-19 testing and landing a contract with LSU.

Livingston Parish Assessor Jeff Taylor is launching an ad campaign later this week targeting businesses that have been negatively impacted by the COVID-19 pandemic and encouraging them to let his office know, as it could reduce their 2020 property tax assessment by as much as 50%

A new collaborative working space, Legacy on 14th, is opening in the historic Eddie Robinson Sr. neighborhood near Old South Baton Rouge.

The local banking community is applauding today’s announcement by the U.S. Small Business Administration that it is simplifying the loan forgiveness application for Paycheck Protection Program loans of $50,000 or less.

Cafe Petra, a Greek and Lebanese restaurant in St. Francisville, is expanding to Baton...

Small business owners and employees have been less sanguine about a delay in fiscal...