Entrepreneurship & Small Business

BRAC will host its second annual economic inclusion conference next month 

The Baton Rouge Area Chamber is hosting its second annual  Economic Inclusion Symposium on Aug. 30. 

Media company founder who grew up here looks to launch investment fund for local films

While Sanjay Sharma always wanted to make movies, the son of Indian immigrants didn’t see a viable path into that world, so the Baton Rouge High, Columbia University and Stanford Law graduate ended up working as an in-house attorney at Warner Bros. 

LSU names director of innovation and technology commercialization

LSU today announced that technology licensing and commercialization veteran Spencer Rogers has been named director of the school’s Office of Innovation and Technology Commercialization.

Scheffy going deeper into the real estate sector

Scheffy Group is branching beyond general construction with the launch of a real estate...

Check out these July networking events you don’t want to miss 

July is another busy month in Baton Rouge. From professional networking opportunities to continuing education for your career to celebrating local businesses, there’s something happening every week.

5 THINGS to watch in July

Must-attend business, leadership and community events in the month of July.
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The Baton Rouge business behind the branded walls in restaurants all over town 

Lately, Lettermans President and CEO Steven Perret finds himself asking more of his clients the following question: If your walls could talk, what would they say? 

How one Baton Rouge lobbyist is harnessing AI 

Artificial intelligence is rapidly changing how business owners and workers do their job as different industries experiment to see how the technology can be applied to their fields. 

PMAC upgrade project won’t receive ‘problem’ $50M appropriation

LSU’s plans to upgrade the Pete Maravich Assembly Center will get started with significantly less funding than anticipated after money was improperly appropriated for the project. But just how the inappropriate expense got in the state budget remains a mystery. 

Baton Rouge jewelry line featured in British edition of ‘Vogue’

Readers can find Baton Rouge-based jewelry brand Steward & James in this month’s British...