Cleaning Up
This spring the Kutcher family pivoted from their film special effects company to launch Clean Hands Solutions with the goal of providing mobile handwashing stations to hospitals, events, productions and more in response to new COVID-19…
Author: Ashley McLellan
New & Notable: Sevetri Wilson
Hammond native Sevetri Wilson first made news when, at the age of 22, she formed her first company with zero capital, and it went on to hit the seven-figure mark. That company, Solid Ground Innovations, was a strategic communications and…
New and Notables
We’re living in unprecedented times, not just in our region, but globally. However, one thing every good businessperson knows is that the key to success lies in the ability to look at a challenge and see the opportunity tucked inside.…
New & Notable: Geoffrey Meeker
Since its founding in 2012, French Truck Coffee has become not only a local favorite, but has gained national attention. Earlier this year, the company founded by Geoffrey Meeker was named for the second time to Fortune Magazine’s top…
New & Notable: Rebecca Conwell
"I have witnessed firsthand the value University of New Orleans brings to the table when our area economic development entities and city work together." What do the United States Navy, Hancock Whitney Bank and Eurofins Technology have in common?…
New & Notable: Ed Webb
It’s been a busy first year for Ed Webb, who was named CEO of the World Trade Center of New Orleans, in May 2019. In that time, he has both helped the organization celebrate its 75th anniversary and seen it…
New & Notable: Louisa Smith
Since 2014, NO/LA Angel Network’s more than 100 accredited investors throughout Louisiana have invested nearly $10 million in 23 companies and created more than 100 jobs. On January 1 of this year, Louisa Smith was named the network’s managing director.…
Funny Name, Serious Protection
Local creator Jennifer John is the creator of Pang Wangle, a classic line of wraps, scarves, clothing and accessories specifically designed for hot, buggy climates. Each item in the company’s chic, eco-friendly collection is infused with…
Work of Heart
AT NO TIME IN RECENT HISTORY HAVE PEOPLE been spending more time with their pets than now. And what better way to commemorate the companionship our furry friends provide than with a commissioned portrait? Local painter Melissa Vandiver…
Don’t Get Mad, Get Paid
OF THE MILLIONS OF AMERICANS WHO qualified for the recent stimulus checks, there’s at least one group that will not be receiving money — those who have…
Have Booze, Will Travel
When Lenaye Doussan moved to New Orleans from California five years ago — her wife’s family has lived in New Orleans for seven generations — she said she was struck by the cookie-cutter, “one size fits all” bar options at…
The Business of Bedazzling
Left to Right: NOLA Craft Culture owners Lisette Constantin, Virginia Saussy and Nori Pritchard. Each brings unique strengths to the business. Pritchard is the glitter expert, Constantin is focused on feathers and headdresses and Saussy’s specialty…
Why Didn't I Think of That: Creative Concoctions
Boasting a menu of restorative and rejuvenating drinks and beauty products, Drink Beauty, located at 3424 Magazine Street, is the kind of café (and more) that Alice in Wonderland might appreciate: a dreamy, pretty space where there’s more than meets…
Barking Up the Right Tree
This past September, Pawlins Total Pet Care…
A Slice of Heaven
Nothing tops off a great Thanksgiving or Christmas feast like a beautifully…
All That Glitters
Since New Orleanians are always looking for a way to add a little sparkle to…
Home Spun Styled Sweets
Jeanne O’Leary, owner of JEDCO’s 2019 Start Up Challenge winner, Poof Cotton Candy, has made a career out of spinning fun flavors such as King Cake and Toasted Coconut. The treat is finding success with weddings, corporate events, custom gifts…
Doing the Dirty Work
Nicola Krebill doesn’t mind getting dirty. After years of boots-on-the-ground nonprofit work in Louisiana, Krebill saw the need to combine efforts with the New Orleans Food & Farm Network—which addresses the issue of food deserts and fresh-food access…
Rolling in the (Cookie) Dough
Cookie Dough Bliss Local franchise entrepreneurs Gina LaRose and her husband Chad have moved the joy of eating cookie dough out of the dim light of the late-night kitchen into a bright and airy new cookie dough and dessert café…
New and Notables
It takes a lot of courage to leave what you know behind and take a leap into the unknown. For some, change comes in the form of a job offer they never could have imagined. For another, a simple idea…
Haute Topic
When petroleum engineer Jaime Glas first put on the bulky, made-for-men overalls at her first internship at Chevron in Bakersfield, California, in 2010, she instantly knew there had to be a better option, and that she was going to…
Healthy Eating Delivered to Your Door
While TV dinners transformed a generation in the 1960s, prepared meal kits and grab-and-go meals today bear little to no resemblance to those partitioned aluminum trays of the past. Today’s prepared meals can be well balanced, carefully crafted by…
Business is Blooming
Operating out of a 1-ton solarium-on-wheels nicknamed “Axil Rose,” FAIT NOLA is one of the most unique mobile businesses in the Metro. The company, founded by sisters Emily and Laura Stirling Joffrion and their mother, Kathleen Robinson, has bloomed…
Stocking the Shelves
Careers in STEM fields (science, technology, engineering and math) have been lauded for years as the path to the best jobs with the best pay, but when New Orleans math and science teacher Todd Wackerman tried to encourage students…
My Toughest Case: Helping companies handle, and preferably avoid, sexual harrassment cases in the #metoo era
Monique Gougisha Doucette Labor and Employment Law Shareholder, Ogletree, Deakins, Nash, Smoak & Stewart, P.C. 16 years in practice B.S. Loyola University J.D. Tulane University Law School With high-profile cases of sexual harassment making headlines recently, labor and employment…
Sweet Success in Bitters
El Guapo Bitters, Syrups and Tonics features craft cocktail accessories inspired by New Orleans flavors such as “Creole Pecan,” “Crawfish Boil,” “Lemonade” and “Gumbo.” New Orleans and its residents have a long-storied history with the cocktail, from its fabled first…
Moved to Create
Brand-new NOLA-inspired activewear company MoveMe is taking on fitness fashion with a line of clothing as colorful as the city that inspires it. Launched in August of 2018, MoveMe has hit the ground running. The company created 850 items…
Strumming Along
In a city that embraces Jazz Fest, sidewalk buskers and brass bands any time of year, ReStrung Jewelry, the brainchild of local artist Naomi Celestin, has struck a chord with music- and jewelry-loving New Orleanians and beyond. A clever…
Help Without The High
Your CBD Store New Orleans owner Crystal Nugent provides personalized information and advice on the FAQs on CBD. When it comes to alternative medicine, CBD, or cannabidiol, is the new “it” thing. According to an August 2018 article in…
