STENNIS SPACE CENTER, Miss. - Area residents are advised to expect elevated decibel levels as Stennis Space Center targets Saturday, Jan. 16, for the final hot fire test in the Green Run test series on NASA’s new Space Launch System…
NEW ORLEANS - On the inaugural virtual Business Forum co-presented by Biz New Orleans (click here to watch), iconic publishing executive Steve Forbes said the beginning of a pandemic recovery in 2021 will provide plenty of opportunities for businesses and…
BATON ROUGE — A group of 14 students in the LSU E.J. Ourso College of Business have completed the first cohort of the new Venture Capital Apprentice Program provided in partnership with the LSU Finance Department, Nexus Louisiana and its…
BATON ROUGE — Three companies have been selected as finalists for the BREW 10 High-Stakes Pitch Competition, which is offering a $50,000 investment prize to the winning company at a hybrid virtual and in-person pitch event on Thursday, Jan. 21,…
NEW ORLEANS - SchoolMint, a provider of software solutions for K-12 education, announced that it has purchased New Orleans-based Whetstone Education and will now be supporting 11 million students and more than 18,000 schools worldwide. Whetstone was founded in 2010…
NEW ORLEANS - The Idea Village, the New Orleans-based nonprofit startup accelerator, has selected nine local startups to participate in its 2021 VILLAGEx accelerator program. VILLAGEx is a 16-week cohort-based accelerator program for startups with innovative, technology-focused business models that…
NEW ORLEANS - Biz New Orleans magazine – the national award-winning monthly business publication – will publish the inaugural edition of the New Orleans 500, a book profiling the most influential leaders in greater New Orleans, in the fourth quarter of 2021. Click…
NEW YORK (AP) - We streamed, we Zoomed, we ordered groceries and houseplants online, we created virtual villages while navigating laptop shortages to work and learn from home. In many ways, 2020′s pandemic-induced isolation threw our dependence on technology into…
NEW ORLEANS – YouthForce NOLA said it has been awarded a nearly $4 million grant from the U.S. Department of Education to prepare New Orleans public high school students for careers in computer science and the science, technology, engineering, and…
NEW ORLEANS — Keyword Studios has announced a $50M acquisition of High Voltage Software, with offices in New Orleans and Hoffman Estate, Ill. “We are tremendously excited Keyword Studios share our vision for augmenting our development capabilities and they will…
NEW ORLEANS - Entrepreneur Amith Nagarajan has changed the name of his family of technology companies from Association Success Corporation to Blue Cypress to more accurately reflect the variety of his customers. A veteran of the association world, Nagarajan…
WASHINGTON (AP) — The first home test for COVID-19 that doesn't require a prescription will soon be on U.S. store shelves. U.S. officials Tuesday authorized the rapid coronavirus test which can be done entirely at home. The announcement by the…
NEW ORLEANS - Researchers from Tulane University have developed a 15-minute COVID-19 test that is read by a smartphone to address the need to expand testing capacity in community-based settings. This test uses the same CRISPR-based approach that the researchers…
BATON ROUGE - Research Park Corporation is rebranding with the trade name Nexus Louisiana, accompanied by a subsequent rebrand of the Louisiana Technology Park, which will now be identified as the Nexus Louisiana Tech Park. These new brand expressions have…
NEW ORLEANS - While HIV infection is now…
NEW ORLEANS – Small business owners in Orleans Parish can now use Energy Smart’s Small Business Online Store at www.energysmart.store to purchase energy efficiency products to help reduce their energy use and save money on their electric bill. The online…
NEW ORLEANS - At the third annual New Orleans Health Innovators Challenge. the New Orleans Business Alliance and partners announced the winners of five pitch competitions, including the Social Isolation Challenge, which includes significant project funding from lead sponsors Blue…
NEW ORLEANS – The UNO Research and Technology Foundation announces the appointment of four new members of its board of directors, as well as the slate of officers and board members for 2021. Joining the board are Ayame Dinkler, Kelisha…
BATON ROUGE - Nexus Louisiana, with the help of Red Stick Angels, has announced that the investment prize for the BREW 10 High-Stakes Pitch competition will be $50,000, pledged by a pool of local accredited investors. This investment sum is…
NEW ORLEANS - The New Orleans Business Alliance will present its third annual New Orleans Health Innovators Challenge on Thursday, Nov. 19 and Friday, Nov. 20. In addition to its annual digital health competition that brings together some of the…
NEW ORLEANS — Biotech startup Chosen Diagnostics announced that the US Food & Drug Administration has designated its NECDetect product as a ‘Breakthrough Device.’ A spinout of LSU Health, Chosen Diagnostics works to develop diagnostic platforms for gastrointestinal inflammatory diseases…
NEW ORLEANS - A team of biomedical engineering students at Tulane University has won a prestigious award at the annual Collegiate Inventors Competition, a program of the National Inventors Hall of Fame. TrachTech — whose members are Morgan Bohrer, Stephen…
BATON ROUGE — Several Louisiana groups have partnered to launch a program designed to hone the entrepreneurial skills of veterans who start a business in the state. Pathway to Assist Veteran Entrepreneurs, or PAVE, is a partnership of the Louisiana…
NEW ORLEANS - Benson Capital Partners announces its first investment from its recently launched fund, Benson Capital Fund I, in AxoSim, Inc., a New Orleans-based neurological drug discovery platform company. AxoSim’s proprietary technologies, NerveSim and BrainSim, are designed to empower scientists…
NEW ORLEANS - Amazon Air daily cargo service began this week at Louis Armstrong New Orleans International Airport. After launching its air fleet four years ago, the Seattle-based e-commerce behemoth said in June that it was leasing 12 Boeing 767-300…
BATON ROUGE — NexusLA will be accepting applications from qualified startup companies for the BREW High-Stakes Pitch Competition taking place on Jan. 21, which, following a semi-final round on Jan. 7, will see four finalist companies pitch head-to-head in front…
NEW ORLEANS – IDScan.net, a provider of identity verification and information gathering solutions, and Rouses Market, a 65-store grocery chain, recently completed a pilot program of a new loss prevention solution called IDWare Profit. The companies say the solution reduced…
NEW ORLEANS - Loyola University New Orleans is launching two immersive digital skills bootcamps in partnership with HackerU, a digital skill and cybersecurity education provider. These accelerated, 10-month courses will equip learners of all professional backgrounds with the skills they…
SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — A California appeals court on Thursday upheld an order requiring Uber and Lyft to treat their California drivers as employees instead of independent contractors, less than two weeks before voters will be asked to exempt the…
NEW ORLEANS – Six entrepreneurs and medical startups will pitch their innovative medical solutions before a panel of judges for a chance to win a $20,000 cash prize as part of the first all-virtual Cox Business Get Started Medical event.…
