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The Benefit of Business Accelerators with Jody Mitchell

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For startups, defining business growth requires ambition, tenacity — and resources. Participating in business accelerator programs provides opportunities to further develop your go-to-market strategy, business model and network. Jody Mitchell, founder of Directed Analytics, knows a few things about reaching your goals. Mitchell and his cofounder Brenton Moss developed proprietary software to help organizations understand […]

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Ignition 2.0 Demo Day

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Demo Day is the culminating event for NexusLA’s Ignition 2.0 program. Over the course of 8 weeks, Ignition participants learned how to commercialize their companies, by gaining a more thorough understanding of their business model, go-to-market strategy, and financials. At Demo Day, graduating companies will show off what they learned and pitch for a $10,000

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Omnidek CEO Chris Jordan accepts $50,000 High Stakes Pitch investment prize (2021).

Your BREW 11 High Stakes Pitch Finalists

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THE BREW 11 HIGH STAKES PITCH FINALISTS HAVE BEEN SELECTED FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE  February 22, 2022 BATON ROUGE – Today, Nexus Louisiana announces the three companies selected to compete head-to-head for the High-Stakes Pitch Competition. A $100,000 investment prize will be awarded to the winning company at the live pitch event during Baton Rouge Entrepreneurship Week

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VCAP’s Third Cohort

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VCAP’S Third cohort has concluded For Immediate ReleaseJanuary 25, 2022 BATON ROUGE — Thirty-eight students from LSU’s E. J. Ourso College of Business completed the third cohort of the Venture Capital Apprentice Program (VCAP), a project formed by Nexus Louisiana, Innovation Catalyst, and the Red Stick Angel Network in collaboration with LSU’s E.J. Ourso College of Business.

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Meet Nexus Louisiana’s Newest Board Member Sue Kozik

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Sue Kozik joined Blue Cross and Blue Shield of Louisiana in August 2018 as Senior Vice President, Chief Information Officer. In this role, Kozik develops IT strategies and solutions that enable Blue Cross to maintain its leadership position in a constantly changing and intensely competitive healthcare marketplace. She also has responsibility for the Enterprise Project

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Prysm Capital Investments Wants to Make Cryptocurrency Investing Easier

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The rapidly evolving world of cryptocurrency can be challenging for investors to decipher. Prysm Capital Investments wants to change that. Founded by recent Louisiana State University grads, the New Orleans company aims to make Bitcoin, Ethereum, and other cryptocurrencies more accessible to individual investors by managing portfolios for them. In June, the early-stage company received

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Hurricane Katrina Drove Randall Nachman to Revolutionize Digital Documents

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Randall Nachman is a serial entrepreneur who can turn tragedy into opportunity. In the early 2000s, he developed loan software to automate processes and signatures, long before electronic signatures were common. When Hurricane Katrina wiped out his New Orleans-based mortgage brokerage’s physical records, his in-house software had digital copies. “Thankfully, all the documents were in

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