Start-up

5 Big Problems to Look Out for in Your Startup’s First 3 Years

Starting a business is exciting — and fraught with challenges. Many of them are fairly common, however, and knowing what you’re up against will help nurture your startup through those heady early years. “There are a lot of things that can be overcome with drive,” says Joshua Loeske, CEO at Quality Sitework Materials and an […]

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Getting A Handle On Your Small Business Finances

Financial statements are a complete mystery for far too many small-business owners. Some might scan a monthly income statement and balance sheet, but few feel comfortable analyzing a statement of cash flows, much less using the valuable information it has to offer to make critical business decisions. The advent of QuickBooks and other accounting software

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What Every Business Owner Needs to Know About Cybersecurity

Benevolent hackers with IT cybersecurity firm EtherMon were able to remotely take control of several earth-moving excavators and drive them around via the internet during a recent risk assessment for a company with heavy industrial equipment. EtherMon CEO Brandon Reeves says the exercise, which was authorized by the company, was a stark example of why

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How Video Game Developer Godric Johnson Mentors the Next Generation of Creators

Back when he was a young student and budding artist obsessing over the latest release from Nintendo, Godric Johnson knew he wanted to create his own video games someday — but there was nobody to show him how to make that dream a reality. Today, Johnson, the founder of Baton Rouge-based video game developer Jetstreame,

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