Entrepreneurship & Small Business

The startups, founders, and small businesses driving innovation and growth across the Capital Region.

Executive Spotlight Q&A: Richard Hanley, Hanley’s Foods

(Photo by Don Kadair) Name: Richard Hanley Position(s): Founder, CEO, maker, delivery and demo guy Age: 32 Hometown:...

Varsity Sports expanding into Metairie

Varsity Sports is planning to continue its expansion in the New Orleans area with...

Challenger in Metro Council District 4 race suggests politics at play in River Center’s decision to sever ties with her firm

A candidate for the Metro Council’s District 4 seat is crying foul over the...

A shortage of medical coders prompts a Baton Rouge entrepreneur to launch a new training business

Sherie Phillips Thomas assists one of her students at the Louisiana Healthcare Institute,...

Threatened with lawsuits, Baton Rouge bar and restaurant owners have little choice but to buy rights for copyrighted music

Music plays incessantly at restaurants, bars, coffee shops, hotels, gyms and grocery stores. It’s...

Businesses impacted by flooding have options for financing their recovery, but they need to do some homework

Stephen Barnes, who directs the Economics and Policy Research Group at LSU’s E. J....
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Entrepreneur: Cong Nguyen

(Photography by Brian Baiamonte) POSITION Head chef and owner COMPANY Umami Japanese Bistro ADDRESS 3930 Burbank Drive WHAT THEY DO Provide creative,...

As Rouses expands its local footprint with the acquisition of LeBlanc’s, an already-competitive industry is expected to become even more cutthroat

When Rouses Markets inks a deal later this month to acquire the nine-store LeBlanc’s...

Lessons from Les: What businesses can learn from the Les Miles saga

(Photo by The Associated Press) Les is no more. Les Miles is out as LSU’s...

Laura O’Brien’s nonprofit is passing along messages of fitness and empowerment to others

(Photo by Don Kadair) Laura O'Brien Owner, Fitness Design for Women; Zachary mayor pro tempore Laura O’Brien,...
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