Entrepreneurship & Small Business

Full steam ahead

Capital Region Top 100 Private Companies continued to see post-pandemic revenue growth despite growing economic uncertainty at the national level.

How BRYC became a Best Place to Work 

When the Baton Rouge Youth Coalition won Business Report’s Best Place to Work award...

Industries that depend on thriving downtowns are suffering

It’s not just downtown Baton Rouge that has suffered from fewer workers coming into the office. 

Real estate offices and training center planned on Perkins

Real estate coach and consultant Jon Cheplak has purchased a commercially zoned lot on...

Companies stand to gain from having their executives get into the grunt work 

A growing number of executives are occasionally taking time out of their weeks to do the hourly work that makes their companies hum, a practice that experts and business leaders say leads to faster fixes for problems and shows employees that the higher-ups care to understand what they deal with every day. 

Hive Pizza on Perkins closes after six months

The Hive Pizza restaurant in the Acadian Perkins shopping center on Perkins Road has closed after roughly six months in business. 
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How to communicate your way out of a crisis

Mellody Hobson stresses the importance of communication with employees when it comes to navigating...

Roofing, auto body companies get busy following hailstorms

Following the recent bad weather, Garcia Roofing President Craig Carroll says the company has seen an uptick in business from the widespread hail damage in the region. 

Father-daughter business team launches distillery in downtown Donaldsonville  

Pickle vodka? Greater Baton Rouge’s newest spirits distillery sells boutique vodka, tequila and rum in a variety of interesting flavors from its warehouse-style tasting room and manufacturing facility in downtown Donaldsonville. 

Walk-On’s names a new CEO for the second time this year

Walk-On's Sports Bistreaux has named a new CEO for the second time this year, reports Restaurant Business.