Entrepreneurship & Small Business

2015 Forty Under 40: Saluting the Baton Rouge area’s rising stars

They are mavericks. Disruptors. Innovators. Leaders. One of them is transforming the way the state’s...

Forty Under 40 Q&A: Michelle Thompson Gieg

Michelle Thompson Gieg, 31 Executive director/Principal, Democracy Prep Baton Rouge After graduating from LSU in 2005,...

Former IBM executive Dima Ghawi branches out on her own, offering leadership training for professional women

(Photography by Brian Baiamonte: Dima Ghawi) She didn’t know it at that moment, but when...

Can a new body shop on Scenic Highway become a model for transforming North Baton Rouge’s economy?

(Photography by Brian Baiamonte: Capital City Collision owner Jason Hughes) The smell of fresh paint...

Baton Rouge entrepreneur: Jeb Barber

(Photography by Brian Baiamonte: Jeb Barber) Position: Owner Company: Makaira Landscape + Pools What they do: A...

Jim McClain’s travel tips to Pensacola and Perdido Key

Jim McClain Owner, Jim's Firearms Jim McClain opened Jim’s Firearms, the popular Baton Rouge-based gun shop,...
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Executive Spotlight Q&A: Eric Rowzee, Werco Building Specialties

(Photo by Don Kadair) Name: Eric Rowzee Position: President, Werco Building Specialties Age: 47 Hometown: Baton Rouge Education: LSU...

Cazayoux Ewing partner Lane Ewing offers the best advice he has been given

(Photo by Don Kadair) Lane Ewing Partner, Cazayoux Ewing Law Firm Age: 34 “Father Steve Newton, my rector...

Law enforcement software firm Thinkstream may be headed for a quick sale

Thinkstream may be on the auction block next month. Bankruptcy trustee David Rubin is asking...

Video game developers at Baton Rouge technology park look to release five games over next year

Baton Rouge natives Michael Taranto and his younger brother Matthew Taranto gained experience for...