Entrepreneurship & Small Business - Baton Rouge Business Report

Expanding floral boutique company buys Government Street building

Baton Rouge-based floral boutique Forage Floral has bought a new building on Government Street with plans of expansion.

Small business owners are both hopeful and anxious about the holidays

All signs point to a relatively solid holiday season for America’s small businesses. But owners of these companies appear to have a collective anxiety about the months ahead.

Marucci CFO expects continued local growth under new ownership

Baton Rouge-based Marucci Sports was just sold for the second time in four years,...

Marucci Sports’ Baton Rouge success story continues with $572M sale

Marucci Sports started in 2004 in the River Bend backyard of Kurt Ainsworth, a former Catholic High and LSU pitcher whose professional baseball career was derailed by injuries.

Courts are being asked to weigh the need for companies to protect their trade secrets versus the risk to competition

Baton Rouge attorney Jude Bursavich recalls a case that involved an employee who took...

Local entrepreneur launches app to connect bartenders with customers

Area entrepreneur David Facey has launched Bar Pals, an app that allows patrons to rate and review their favorite drinks and bartenders.

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More small business owners shifting from group health care plans to ICHRAs

As health care costs rise, some small business owners are moving away from group...

Emily Katherine Boutique expands into Baton Rouge this weekend

Emily Katherine Boutique is opening in a corner spot in The Village at Willow Grove this weekend.

Area business owners fighting to keep troubled nightclub closed

Some local business owners and employees are putting up a fight against efforts to reopen a nightclub in North Baton Rouge, reports WAFB-TV.

Celtic Studios joining the pickleball craze with 12 indoor courts

Stacks Pickleball, touted as the largest indoor pickleball facility in Louisiana and the first...