Entrepreneurship & Small Business

This startup will connect Louisiana home health agencies with staff   

A Baton Rouge native is creating a health care staffing marketplace that leverages technology to provide a better home health experience for freelance clinicians, agencies, and their patients. 

Entrepreneur Mo Vij faces lawsuit alleging trademark infringement

A company associated with Baton Rouge tech entrepreneur and developer Mo Vij is facing a lawsuit from a Swiss business alleging trademark infringement. 

New north Baton Rouge convenience store offers a unique twist

North Baton Rouge is getting a new convenience store, but with a bit of a twist. It will also be home to a food truck food court.

Time to create or update an employee handbook? Check out these tips

Employee handbooks help workers familiarize themselves with the organization’s expectations, provide a way to inform employees of their workplace rights, and can serve as evidence in an employer’s defense against legal claims. 

New Jamaican restaurant coming to Mid City

Louisiana Department of Health Chief of Staff David Timoll plans to open The Jerk Pit, a Caribbean restaurant serving traditional Jamaican cuisine, in what was formerly a dentist’s office on South Foster Drive.

Baton Rouge filmmaker’s new project, shot in Scotland, gets local premiere

When Baton Rouge writer-director Richie Adams arrived at the Isle of Lewis off the coast of Scotland in 2020 to begin pre-production for The Road Dance, his new film premiering locally next month, it seemed he had won the weather lottery. 
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How to be a more inclusive leader at work 

Leaders play a critical role in fostering inclusivity within their companies. And when they’re...

First look: A new plant-based restaurant, bar and tearoom opens soon 

Two years in the making, the Plantry Café is finally set to open for...

Manship family names next CEO

Jake Manship has been appointed president and CEO of WBRZ-TV, KRGV-TV Texas and the rest of the Manship family’s business lines, WBRZ-TV reports

New data highlights Louisiana child care industry’s struggles

Louisiana’s child care industry is struggling under rising costs for food and supplies and more than two-thirds of providers are concerned about staff turnover, according to a new report from the Louisiana Policy Institute for Children.