Small Business

Should Startup Founders Take Vacations? An Expert Weighs In.

It takes relentless drive for a startup founder to guide a business idea from nothing into a dynamic, life-changing company. But that same tenaciousness can often cause entrepreneurs to overlook an important aspect of business success: time away from the business. Vacations, downtime and work-life balance can be easily overlooked in a startup culture that

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How the Customer Experience Will Change in the Age of AI

Artificial intelligence and automation are poised to reshape how businesses interact with customers in the coming years as technologies mature and consumer demand for faster and more conversational service increases. “Like it or not, AI is becoming way more sophisticated and able to interact with us in ways that we deem acceptable — and it

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Tip the Scales — Louisiana Founders Give Advice on Scaling Startups

From cash flow to recruiting and retaining talent to managing evolving customer needs, scaling up a company represents a level of complexity that is well beyond the initial startup phase. During a recent Baton Rouge Entrepreneurship Week panel discussion, a group of Louisiana entrepreneurs shared lessons they learned along the way as they successfully scaled

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‘Artrepreneurship’ — 3 Tips for Turning Your Creative Endeavor into a Business

Artistic endeavors can be big business or a fulfilling creative side hustle to a steady day job — and either approach is fine, a group of Baton Rouge entrepreneurs said during a recent panel discussion. Baton Rouge Entrepreneurship Week brought together six entrepreneurs — three husband-and-wife teams — for a talk on how they’ve turned

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