Baton Rouge Business

How Public Databases Can be Useful Tools for a Growing Business

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LSU professor Daniel Holt, research director for the university’s Stephenson Entrepreneurship Institute, says a business only needs one thing to be successful: paying customers. To get those customers, new companies need quality market research. That means entrepreneurs need to know who their customers are, what they need, what they want, what problems they have and […]

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Louisiana Entrepreneurs Share Their Strategies for Sales Success

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A diverse panel of entrepreneurs shared the strategies that have helped their businesses land customers and thrive in the marketplace. The “Sales, First One to the Big One” panel at BREW 2019 was moderated by Greg Accardo, program director of LSU’s Professional Sales Institute. Accardo, who teaches sales at LSU, says entrepreneurs often have an

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Founders and Executives Explain How Their Louisiana Products Go National

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A panel at BREW 2019 featured a range of founders and executives from Louisiana-based companies that are leveraging their Bayou State flair on a national level. These dynamic business leaders shared how they’ve managed to scale their companies beyond Louisiana and get their products into the right hands around the U.S. The panel discussion was

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‘Artrepreneuers’: BREW Panel Discusses the Challenges and Rewards of Running a Creative Business

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Three decades ago when art gallery owner Ann Connelly set up shop in Baton Rouge, she focused on antique European drawings that she had been selling at markets around the country. “Then when we opened the doors, there wasn’t anybody interested in antique drawings — not a soul interested in Baton Rouge,” Connelly recalled during

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Walk-On’s Founder and CEO Brandon Landry Shares Success Story and Future Plans at BREW Keynote

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With several dozen corporate and franchised locations in the Southeastern U.S. and $150 million in annual revenue, Walk-On’s Bistreaux & Bar is one of the most impressive Baton Rouge-made entrepreneurial success stories. But 12 years ago the company was a single struggling sports bar near the LSU campus, plagued by inefficient service and mediocre food,

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Museum Touchscreen Interface Startup Pass It Down Takes Top Prize at BREW Pitch Night

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Interactive touchscreen interface designer Pass It Down took the $100,000 top prize at the BREW High Stakes investment pitch competition, impressing the judges with its easy-to-use but powerful platform that enables cultural institutions like museums and other brands to create their own interactive experiences. The event in Baton Rouge, which rounded out BREW 2019, drew

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From Student Project to Startup: The Evolution of Crimer

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Alexander “Lex” Adams took an unconventional path to business. What started as an engineering class project at LSU morphed into a data-driven crime prediction company: Crimer. Using primary data pulled from police departments, police scanners and social media, and supplemented with auxiliary data on property values, population, weather and more, Adams and his team compile

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Experts Break Down the Complex Legal Landscape for Succession Planning

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Baby boomers are likely to pass on about $48 trillion in assets to subsequent generations over the next 25 years, often through family businesses, in one of the largest wealth transfers in human history. This means owners must develop a solid succession plan to ensure the long-term survival of the business, lawyers John Overby and

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