Entrepreneurship & Small Business

Louisiana’s Main Street grant program issuing first round of checks tomorrow

The state treasury department will send out the first round of checks Wednesday for...

Walk-On’s defies restaurant trends, continues expansion across Southeast 

Baton Rouge-based Walk-On’s Bistreaux & Bar is bucking state and national trends, opening new restaurants across the Southeast at a pace that is surprisingly rapid. 

Business Lunch: Eliza Restaurant

Business Lunch: Eliza Restaurant, on Jefferson Highway, features a Modern Creole cuisine, highlighting seasonal and local ingredients.

After finding workplace testing niche, Relief Telemed looks for school partnerships

Relief Telemed, the 1-year-old local telemedicine startup that, over the past 60 days, has...

Voices for equity

Black members of the business community, through the sharing of their stories, put the spotlight on boosting economic opportunities.

Louisiana’s Main Street grant program already processing 9K applications

Nearly 20,000 small businesses around Louisiana initiated applications with the state’s Main Street Recovery...
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Virus roundup …  

• The state reported 3,477 new COVID-19 cases and 58 new deaths from the...

Local industrial services firm finds new niche market amid pandemic

While the COVID-19 pandemic has wreaked havoc on the local and national economies, some...

Pardon the business interruption

Companies across the Baton Rouge region are learning that business interruption insurance doesn’t typically cover pandemic-related losses.

Welcome to Wally’s world

Former LSU baseball star Wally McMakin has tapped into his Tiger roots to both mentor young professionals as well as build a successful wealth management firm