The Quotable Entrepreneur: Ed Robinson
"We have all this growth, and still not as much play money as you think. Sixty to seventy percent of revenues go right back into payroll, plus more to wor... Read more
New Orleans
"We're Doing What We Have to Do"
Rick Davis Ace Bayou New Orleans As told to Angus Loten Before... Read more
"I Am Very Lucky and Very Grateful"
Jonathan Ferrara Jonathan Ferrara Gallery New Orleans As told to Leslie Taylor<... Read more
Broadcast News
CEO tries to build an audience and an advertising base for her small local television station. Read more
Flooded, Abandoned Properties Draw Speculators
September 12, 2005 --As residents fleeing New Orleans consider settling down elsewhere, their now empty homes and offices are drawing the ... Read more
Small Businesses Help Boost Mardi Gras
New Orleans is ringing in its signature event, thanks in part to sponsorship from local business owners. Read more
New Grant Program Looks to Help N.O. Companies Create Revenue
A $100,000 grant has been earmarked for 20 businesses of fewer than five employees that are working to bring tourism to the area. Read more
For Companies Hit by Katrina, Many Challenges Remain
Half of New Orleans business owners say recovery efforts are making little or no progress. Read more
HUBZone Small-Business Conference
Nov. 30, 2006 -- The annual National Historically Underutilized Business Zone Small Business Conference will be held in New Orleans from ... Read more
Realtors Meet in New Orleans
Nov. 10, 2006 -- The National Association of Realtors opened its national convention in New Orleans yesterday, the largest commercial gat... Read more
House Committee Heading to Gulf Coast
April 6, 2007 -- The House Small Business Committee is heading to New Orleans to hold a hearing on federal contracts for small businesses... Read more
Rethinking Workspace in the Big Easy
Business leaders, government officials, educators, and students will be heading to New Orleans this month for a workspace trend conference, organizers sai... Read more
Hurricane Blues
A year after Hurricane Katrina, Raymond Rathlé considered selling his batter... Read more
Percolating Profits
A new generation of "virtual" business incubators is jump-starting start-ups nationwide. Read more
The New New Orleans for $100,000?
What would you say to $100,000 in cash, plus another hundred grand in resources for your start-up—so long as your workforce was 23-35 year-olds? Oh,... Read more
What About The Diaspora?
One critical part of the post-Katrina debate should be on the half-million or so people still living in exile, many of them former residents of New Orlean... Read more
What About the Diaspora?
One critical part of the post-Katrina debate should be on the half-million or so people still living in exile, many of them former residents of New Orlean... Read more
Port Open for Business
In New Orleans, the port is coming back to life . Though... Read more
Katrina v. 9/11
As any New Orleans business owner can tell you, Hurricane Katrina is much worse than 9/11. But how so? Today, Daniel Goss writes on Slate.com that Katrina... Read more
No One Asked Me But...
Is there an entrepreneurial lesson to be gained from the New Orleans tragedy? All weekend we've been listening to, and reading about, descriptions of how ... Read more
More on Hurricane Katrina
The situation in New Orleans seemed to take a turn for the worse on Tuesday as a crucial levee gave way resulting in dangerous flooding,Read more
Power Down
Reports that the entire city of New Orleans is without power and sewage treatment is just the beginning of what this city and surrounding areas will face ... Read more
Big Easy Entrepreneurs and Turning Buzz Into Bucks
Entrepreneurs help to revive The Big Easy. Four years after Hurricane Katrina flooded nearly 80% of New Orleans, the historic city is in the midst ... Read more
Big Help in the Big Easy
Organizers of New Orleans Entrepreneurship Week estimate the event will provide some $900,000 worth of consulting to local businesses. Read more
Honorable Mention: The Anti-FEMA
As government officials dawdled, Richard Zuschlag didn't miss a beat. He sent his medics into flood-ravaged New Orleans, where they rescued more than 7,000 p... Read more
"Juggle, Adapt, and Adjust"
Drew Ramsey Hubig's Pies New Orleans As told to Leslie Taylor ... Read more
How I Did It: Blaine Kern, Chairman, Blaine Kern Studios
This is a job for Mr. Mardi Gras. Read more
Supreme Court Mulls Definition of 'Small Business'
Jan. 20, 2006 --A workplace sexual-harassment case now facing the Supreme Court, which pits a New Orleans waitress against her former boss... Read more
After the Storm
Our August case study about Carnival Brands , a struggling New Orleans food manufact... Read more
The Idea Factories
Nonprofit incubators have been quietly nurturing fledgling companies since 1959. And they don't demand a huge ownership stake in your company. Read more
Debt Collection
Related Terms: Credit Evalu... Read more
After 58 Years, a Shot at Olympic Gold
John Dane III is a lifelong sailor and has made millions as founder of the nation's largest mega-yacht builder. But in August, at the age of 58, he'll be mak... Read more
Gulf Coast Businesses Picking Up the Pieces -- Slowly
Nov. 4, 2005 --Ralph Brennan counts himself lucky. In the two months since Hurricane Katrina ravaged the Gulf Coast, he's kept two of his ... Read more
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SBA Chief Meets with New Orleans Business Owners
Steven Preston heard concerns from African-American entrepreneurs disrupted by Hurricane Katrina. Read more
The Inner City 100
100 street-smart companies. Read more
A Sad Day for Shopping Malls; Naked Pizza Scores Again
Jack Ma's grand ambitions . Read more
Lighter Legal Costs
A book review of John Landrum's "Out of Court: How to Protect Your Business from Litigation." Read more
Give Tom Oreck a Break
Tom Oreck has been taking a lot of heat lately. The president of the Oreck Corporation, a privately-held New Orleans-based company that makes vacuum clean... Read more
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