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Master Collaborator Eric Dexter Offers Tips for Networking and Building Meaningful Professional Connections

Eric Dexter’s career is a clear illustration of the power of building authentic relationships, both in business and in the community. A native of Alexandria, Louisiana, Dexter joined Civil Solutions Consulting Group in 2015. The Baton Rouge-based civil engineering consulting firm assists governmental agencies, developers and architecture firms with the planning, design and management of […]

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Baton Rouge Startup Block Aims to Simplify Lawn Care While Giving Back to the Community

Connections / By hello@nexusla.org

Baton Rouge-based startup Block is using a high-tech approach to disrupt the traditionally low-tech industry of lawn care while also making a positive community impact. Block is a landscaping technology startup that is centered around an on-demand lawn-care app. With Block, homeowners can select the lawn-care services they need, get clear pricing, schedule service and

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Don’t Get Mad Get Paid Wins Top Prize at Louisiana Technology Park’s PitchBR Event

Connections / By Zoe Parker

Don’t Get Mad Get Paid’s tech-enabled platform, named Athena, was able to take home the prize at PitchBR on March 21. 3 Pitches. 1 Winner. Entrepreneurs and innovators gathered at Juban’s Restaurant to hear three startup companies give an 8-minute pitch about their product or service for a chance to win $1,000. Each team received

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Expert Rene Schexnaildre Explains How Financial Literacy Can Help Your Business Thrive

Coaching / By Zoe Parker

Rene Schexnaildre, the CEO and founder of Schexnaildre Consulting, which provides part-time CFO services to businesses in a variety of industries, doesn’t typically get called into an organization when it’s running smoothly. “I’m the repair guy,” he says. Schexnaildre has leveraged his extensive experience with accounting and operations to help clients across multiple industries achieve

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5 Steps to Close Your First Big Deal

Coaching / By Zoe Parker

Tim Stoll, founder and CEO of Baton Rouge-based Tractional Catalyst, shares a few tips on how entrepreneurs can close their first big deal.

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How to Retain Key Employees

Coaching / By Zoe Parker

More than 28 percent of U.S. employees left their jobs last year to go to work somewhere else — an 11 percent increase over 2017, according to the 2018 Retention Report by the Work Institute. That number is expected to continue to climb to a striking 33 percent by 2020. With the competition for top

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How to Deliver Bad Business News

Coaching / By Zoe Parker

No organization or industry is immune to delivering bad news at some point in time. It could be a failed business strategy, a lost customer, a flopping product or a major employee mistake, there will be bumps in the road that require leaders to deliver bad news to any number of stakeholders. “Whether it’s a

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Thought Leadership on a Shoestring

Coaching / By Zoe Parker

Developing ideas that are worth sharing and building lasting trust in your opinions can be a powerful branding and marketing tool for organizations of all sizes — not just for major corporations. In fact, thought leadership is less about how big your organization is and more about how big your ideas are, says Mary Ellen

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Should You Register as a B-Corp?

Coaching / By Zoe Parker

With consumers increasingly seeking out companies that align with their values and have a positive effect on the world, more organizations are moving beyond traditional corporate structures that place profit above all else. One of the emerging tools in this movement is benefit corporations, which are structured to consider society and the environment in addition

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4 Signs It Might Be Time to Shut Down Your Startup

Coaching / By hello@nexusla.org

Sometimes a startup encounters a problem so serious or complex that it simply cannot be solved. Whether it’s an internal issue with staff or culture, or an external challenge such as the inability to connect with customers, issues of this magnitude can be company-killers. As a founder, if you’ve exhausted your time, knowledge, resources and

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