Author: Dylan Evers Hawkins

Software and Startups

Over the past ten years, companies like Accruent and DXC Technology have demonstrated that existing tech companies can successfully expand and scale their operations in Greater New Orleans, but the recent big-dollar exits of local startups like Lucid and Levelset…

Empowering Entrepreneurs

Using her own experiences, WBEC South’s Tiffany Carter teaches other women the business playbook Tiffany Carter always knew she wanted to break down barriers. Born and raised in New Orleans, she initially…

Cultivating Opportunity

Delta Personnel owner and CEO Teresa Lawrence on staying the course and helping others achieve their goals. Some people find change daunting. Others thrive under pressure. For Teresa Lawrence, the ability to…

Where Passion Meets Paint

Before she became franchise owner of three Painting with a Twist locations, Johanna Natale was already a believer in the power of art. “I loved going to Painting with a Twist,” she…

Family, Fun and Food

In 2016, Los Jefes Grill was born from humble beginnings with only a handful of employees and a strong desire to succeed. That it endures today as a thriving business is due…

Channeling Community

Ernesto Schweikert, III, a native of Guatemala, comes from a long line of entrepreneurs. However, he never anticipated being at the helm of New Orleans’ KGLA Radio Tropical 1540AM, let alone KGLA-DT…

Leaders in the East

If you ask Sylvia Scineaux-Richard and her husband Alvin Richard, Jr. about the secret behind their entrepreneurial success, they’ll quickly tell you that it comes from a desire to give back.  “We’re both committed to seeing how we can make…