Biz The Magazine - May 2018

“Well that’s just wrong. They better have that fixed by the time I grow up or I’m going to have to go be president.” That was my 7-year-old daughter’s reaction when I explained to her what the Equal Pay Day…

Last month I attended a presentation by the Federal Reserve Bank and United Way about Investing in America’s Workforce and the ALICE population — an acronym for Asset Limited Income Constrained Employed — and you can visit this site for…

Have you noticed the distinctive blue bikes that began to proliferate across the streets of New Orleans earlier this year? Aside from being an affordable and convenient travel alternative, they provide exercise while functioning as rolling billboards for outgoing Mayor…

“Stop licking my leg.” As I sit here writing this column, I just said that out loud, not to a dog, but to my son. He’s 6 and shows affection in some inventive, if slightly disgusting, ways. Mother’s Day arrives…

The eternal image of Tom Benson will be of him lifting the Vince Lombardi Trophy after his New Orleans Saints won Super Bowl XLIV in February 2010. The sight of Benson holding the trophy aloft was seared into memories because…

The Overlook Film Festival was created last year by industry veterans Michael Lerman and Landon Zakheim as a sort of summer camp for horror movie fans. The idea? To pair an incredible collection of films from the genre with intimate,…

There was a time when dressing for the office was a no-brainer. From the early 20th-century to the late 1970s, men donned a suit and tie and women switched between dresses, skirts with coordinating blouses and, toward the later end…

Close your eyes and listen to the sounds around you. More than likely you will hear the sounds of successful sonic branding. The pop of a Snapple lid. Hometown hero Peyton Manning humming, “Nationwide is on your side...” Sound can…

Around the time of March Madness this year I read about how coaches for both men’s and women’s basketball motivated their teams: A common thread was using quotations from all kinds of sources. From stirring speeches out of the mouths…

As of January 2017, there were 11.6 million women-owned businesses in the United States—a growth of 114 percent over the past 20 years. While they now make up 39 percent of the businesses in this country, women-owned companies only make…

Professionals in maritime-related businesses, Kasey Eckstein, director of outside sales and business development at Marquette Transportation, and Jenna Gaudet, CFO at St. John Fleeting, said they often found themselves as the only women at industry events. “Too many times I’ve…

Last October, approximately 1,933 condos were listed for sale in the city, 51 percent more than in all of 2016, according to listings website Trulia. The median list price was $244,060, up from $240,000 in 2016 and $169,250 in 2015.…

As a professional, a wifeand a mother of four children, I know first-hand that most of us are constantly in motion. Recently, I was on my way to a client meeting, and the client called to inform me that his…

In the report, Louisiana received poor marks in a lot of areas, including dead last in “Economic and Social Wellbeing” and 47th in “Health and Safety.” We are 49th for “Highest Percentage of Women in Poverty,”41st for “High School Dropout…