Silicon Bayou News

What the Dalai Lama and New Orleans Entrepreneurs Have in Common

Julia Ballard — Tue, 21 May 2013 16:20:55 +0000

His Holiness the 14th Dalai Lama addressed a crowd of Tulane graduates from 63 countries and all 50 states and an engaged audience at the Commencement Ceremony last Saturday morning at the Superdome. Beyond his well-known message of compassion for humanity and practice of non-violence, the Dalai Lama also reminded the crowd of other important [...]

New Orleans Business Alliance President Urges Community to Use WorkNOLA

Julia Ballard — Mon, 20 May 2013 18:51:13 +0000

New Orleans Business Alliance President and CEO Rodrick Miller urged local readers to use job site WorkNOLA.com in an email blast earlier today. The site highlights and supports the workforce community in New Orleans, including many startups and technology companies. It’s a sleek and accesible site that Miller believes is an essential tool for the community. It [...]

NOLA Meetup Preview: Gil Hildebrand’s 3 Unconventional Ways to Get Your Next Project Started Faster

Julia Ballard — Mon, 20 May 2013 16:32:26 +0000

Gil Hildebrand is the featured speaker for this month’s NOLA Meetup, which will be held at Lucy’s Retired Surfer Bar at 6:00 pm, tomorrow night, May 21st, 2013. He will share his three unconventional ways to get your next project started faster. Gil is a New Orleans native and the technical cofounder of the social publishing platform Squidoo.com, which [...]

Week in Review: May 20, 2013

Julia Ballard — Mon, 20 May 2013 13:37:15 +0000

The Silicon Bayou has been buzzing with tech and entrepreneurial news. Here are the most popular stories published on Silicon Bayou News in the past seven days: Few & Far Company Launches Ecommerce Site for the Modern Renaissance Man Thomas Rush has a passion for traveling and entrepreneurship. It’s no surprise he has managed to combine the [...]

Baton Rouge SBN100 Member Auctioning Opportunity for Les Miles to Appear in Holiday Card

Julia Ballard — Fri, 17 May 2013 13:33:53 +0000

Tomorrow kicks off the whimsical and exciting annual event, the Storybook Ball. It’s hosted by the non-profit Family Road and will be tomorrow, May 18, 2013 from 5:00 pm to 8:00 pm. Adult activities include a sweepstakes with a Dream Kids Giveaway package, a live auction, music, food and drinks. One special auction is catching [...]

Ordering Off the Menu with #NOLATech

Jason Seidman — Thu, 16 May 2013 16:13:25 +0000

It shouldn’t come as a surprise that New Orleans is considered to be at the forefront of foodstuff innovation. Our institutions are given the impossible task of consistently impressing city patrons, some of whom still dine at the same table at which their great grandparents got engaged. And yet these passionate poissonniers, gallant grillardins, and [...]

Entrepreneur and Second Liner Does “Good Good” with Local Online Magazine

Julia Ballard — Thu, 16 May 2013 13:37:59 +0000

Deborah ‘Big Red’ Cotton is an author, blogger, videographer and lover of all things New Orleans who has just launched her newest venture, New Orleans Good Good. The term good good originated locally and means a better version of good or the best. New Orleans Good Good is an online arts and entertainment magazine covering [...]

Urban Water Series Features Experts to Jumpstart Conversation About Water Solutions

Julia Ballard — Wed, 15 May 2013 21:46:48 +0000

Greater New Orleans Foundation (GNOF), in partnership with the New Orleans Chamber, the Urban Institute, and over 30 other partners, is preparing to host The Urban Water Series: Strategies That Work in New Orleans. Four of the sessions will focus on a topic relating to water and water challenges. The fifth and final session will [...]

Launch Pad and Idea Village to Host Google I/O Extended Event on 5/16

Julia Ballard — Wed, 15 May 2013 14:40:54 +0000

I/O is Google’s annual developer-focused conference in San Francisco, CA that features highly technical sessions about building web, mobile and other applications with Google in addition to the latest breakthroughs in the tech world. The will be live streamed all day tomorrow, Thursday May 16th, from the IP rotunda at Launch Pad. Launch Pad and [...]

Few & Far Company Launches Ecommerce Site for the Modern Renaissance Man

Julia Ballard — Tue, 14 May 2013 14:35:13 +0000

Thomas Rush has a passion for traveling and entrepreneurship. It’s no surprise he has managed to combine the two into a brand new ecommerce site tailored to adventurous men, or as he calls them, “modern renaissance men.” Rush’s newest venture is Few & Far Company, which sells hand picked tools, gadgets and other products. Few [...]