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White Paper Series: Stop wasting time & money on unproductive meetings
American employees collectively attend some 55 million meetings a day and it’s estimated that the annual cost of them—when weighted with the average salary...
The bottomless business of brunch in Baton Rouge
When he opened the gourmet pizzeria, Rocca, in January 2018, restaurateur Ozzie Fernandez knew that he would eventually have to serve brunch. It didn’t...
The business of billboards … or driver distraction?
One of the more controversial proposals of this year’s legislative session is a pair of bills aimed at limiting billboards statewide, which has set...
Business Lunch: Provisions on Perkins
Provisions on Perkins opened last September, sliding into the Acadian Village spot originally occupied by Galatoire’s Bistro. The new restaurant has drawn steady crowds...
Entrepreneur: Derrick and Tessa Holloway
OPPORTUNITY KNOCKS
In 2005, Tessa and Derrick Holloway were confronted with a not-so-uncommon problem: They needed to find an early childhood development center for their...
Executive Spotlight: Chris Van Pelt
Position: Owner
Company: M&M Glass Company
Age: 54
Family: Wife, Penny Van Pelt, and two children: Caleb and Madeline
Hometown: New Orleans, Louisiana
Education: Attended LSU
In the news:
Since its...
Choppy waters at The Lake
Late on the afternoon of March 13, the Franciscan Missionaries of Our Lady Health System issued a statement, announcing it had fired its CEO,...
Ochsner’s aggressive Baton Rouge play
In June, New Orleans-based Ochsner Health System will cut the ribbon on a new 30,000-square-foot surgical hospital adjacent to a 155,000-square-foot medical office building...
JR Ball: Yo, state legislators, stay out of Baton Rouge’s business
Fortunately, state Sen. Bodi White came to his legislative senses long enough to declare one of the most ridiculous bills ever authored in our...
Riegel: Managing the managers of MovEBR
Mayor Sharon Weston Broome and her administration were rightfully proud of the $300,000 they wrangled from the Metro Council last summer to retain a...
Publisher: Baton Rouge plan of government needs change
At the state level, there is much talk about the need for a convention to address a Louisiana constitution last overhauled in the mid-1970s....
Design: David E. Roberts Center for Economic Development
Owner: Baton Rouge Area Chamber
Architect: WHLC Architecture
Contractor: Milton J. Womack
Cost: $3.5 million
Completed: August 2018
Use: Headquarters of the Baton Rouge Area Chamber and a resource for the...
Hiring those with disabilities isn’t charity, it’s good business
Any time Bet-R Neighborhood Market owner Cliff Boulden has a job opening, he tries to hire a person with an intellectual or developmental disability—not...
The unfulfilled infill promise of The River District
The long expanse of land straddling oak-lined Nicholson Drive is by now supposed to be a vibrant, mixed-use development, not only linking LSU to...
Spielfogel: Aunt Becky isn’t the real college scandal
I didn’t need a “Full House” character to show me the college admissions deck is stacked. For seven years I have been the executive...
Stop wasting time, and money, on unproductive meetings
Too many meetings. And unproductive meetings at that. What's a company to do?
A recent survey of more than 3,000 U.S. employees by Salary.com found...
Entrepreneur: Andrea Leyerle
JUST A SPOONFUL
Nine years ago, Andrea Leyerle was a stay-at-home mother of three young children who was interested in living a more self-sufficient lifestyle....
Executive Spotlight: David Facey
Position: CEO and president
Company: SellSwipe Inc.
Age: 28
Family: Father of two, Naomi, 9, and Ahren, 5
Hometown: Chicago
Education: Baton Rouge Magnet High School; B.S. in Finance from...
JR Ball: Louisiana voters deserve taxing truth this election
U.S. Rep. Ralph Abraham and Baton Rouge businessman Eddie Rispone—the two Republican’s vying to become governor—are wrong: Taxes in Louisiana are not too high.
Say...
Riegel: Crawford House faces uncertain future
Earlier this year, I wrote about the demolition of the mid-century modern house on South Acadian Thruway that had been the home of C.B....
