Entrepreneurship & Small Business

Using the arts and breakfast to network and boost business

As part of The Arts Council in Greater Baton Rouge’s recent economic development efforts, the organization has launched a new quarterly Art in Business breakfast series with keynote speakers and networking opportunities for area companies. 

How to motivate employees to reach their full potential

What should you do when your employees aren’t reaching their full potential? According to...

Sleepy downtown Donaldsonville is drawing millions in new investment 

Six years in the making, the Noël Family Distillery sits in a stylishly renovated former power and light building on Veterans Boulevard along the Mississippi River in historic downtown  Donaldsonville.  

Cajun Electric plans to open Mid City showroom this fall

Cajun Electric is planning an early fall grand opening for the company’s new showroom in Mid City. 

New cookie shop comes to Baton Rouge

Caroline’s Cookies is bringing its distinctive thick cookies to Baton Rouge with a second...

365 thinking on crime

Mo Vij and the award-winning 365Labs is bringing an all-in-one technology suite to law enforcement and the judicial system.
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A (re)developing story

Historic downtown Donaldsonville is drawing millions of investment dollars in mixed-use and recreational projects.

Melara Enterprises acquires Launch Media 

Melara Enterprises—parent media company of Baton Rouge Business Report, Daily Report, 225 magazine, inRegister magazine and other south Louisiana publications—today announced it has acquired Launch Media, a local video and motion media production company, for an undisclosed price. 

Business is booming with the federal government, but not for smaller firms

When it comes to doing business with the federal government, the past fiscal year was one for the record books. But one problem persists: the number of small businesses contracting with the government continues to dwindle, Inc. reports. 

Pay satisfaction has more to do with independence than income, survey finds 

It’s easy to assume that the key to pay satisfaction is a fatter paycheck, but a recent survey of 2,500 American workers found that it’s a little more complicated, The Wall Street Journal reports. Â