LTP Announces New Partnership with Microsoft
Louisiana Technology Park is proud to welcome Microsoft as a new Strategic Partner, through its BizSpark program a major benefit for LTP’s member companies, Microsoft BizSpark provides assistance to and accelerate the growth of developing companies. BizSpark provides entrepreneurs with access to the latest versions of Microsoft products, such as: Microsoft Windows Server, Microsoft SQL Server, Microsoft Office SharePoint Portal Service and more with no upfront cost and minimal requirements. The results of the program have been overwhelming, with more than 12,000 companies established within the first six months; the most well known of them being GoDaddy.com.
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LTP Announces New Partnership with Intel
Louisiana Technology Park is proud to announce a new partnership with Intel and its Software Partner Program, which will benefit LTP’s incubator members. As a member, LTP member companies will have access to next-generation Intel platforms, technology roadmaps designed to support your strategic software plans and an abundance of other Intel resources. When a company is ready to enter the market, Intel will provide access to marketing resources through the Intel Business Exchange.
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Baton Rouge's job market is second best in the nation
Baton Rouge added 1,300 jobs in May, compared to the year before, making it the second-biggest gaining city in the country, according to figures released yesterday. The Bureau of Labor Statistics says only Austin, Texas, added more jobs, with 4,200 more positions than in May 2008. The BLS says just 15 U.S. cities added jobs in May, while 295 posted decreases. Los Angeles, New York and Chicago all dropped more than 200,000 jobs from May 2008. Preliminary numbers show the unemployment rate in Baton Rouge was 6% in May, well below the national average of 9.1%, which puts 20th lowest among U.S. metros. “The May 2009 metro economy rankings are strong for the Baton Rouge region, and perhaps most impressive because these jobs have been produced primarily in higher-wage, goods-producing sectors,” says Baton Rouge Area Chamber President & CEO Adam Knapp. “Coupled with recent manufacturing investments such as SNF Holding in Iberville and PanAmerican Capital’s wood products investment in West Feliciana, the region continues to see new economic growth.”
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La. one of six states to get positive comments from Moody's
Louisiana is one of only six states faring the best during the current economic crisis, reports Moody's Investor Services, a provider of independent credit ratings, research and financial information to the capital markets. States with abundant natural resources, that aren't dependent on the financial services industry and didn't have home prices escalate wildly are expected to hold up the best. Also in the same category are Alaska, Colorado, New Mexico, Texas and Wyoming. Moody's gave negative credit outlooks to six states: Florida, Kentucky, Nevada, Ohio, Rhode Island and Wisconsin.
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Tech Park U Accepting Applications for Third Class
BATON ROUGE -- Louisiana Technology Park's class for rising entrepreneurs, Tech Park U, is now accepting applications to fill the ten open slots for its class of 2009. Historically, the program has brought entrepreneurs from all over South Louisiana, including the greater Baton Rouge area as well as New Orleans and Mandeville. In its third year, in association with Baton Rouge Business Report, the nine-month program provides promising technology entrepreneurs the education and facilities to jump start their ideas into a business. Read More
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Baton Rouge Named One of the Best Cities to Ride Out Recession
Oct. 13's 937-point surge in the Dow notwithstanding, the economic crisis has left Americans—even those with no obvious connection to Wall Street—wondering about their own future. The 401(k)s of many Americans are still on shaky ground, foreclosures are spiking, and employers in big cities and small towns alike are struggling to adapt to a new environment of tight credit and feeble consumer spending. Read More
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LTP Partners with 504ward and Idea Village
Louisiana Technology Park is partnering with the Idea Village in its launch of 504ward, an initiative designed to retain the influx of young movers and shakers who are arriving in New Orleans with dual aspirations of sparking social change and advancing their careers. 504ward kicks off with a business competition for a plan to attract and retain young entrepreneurs to New Orleans.
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BRAC Supports Contractor Certification Service
BATON ROUGE, La. (September 23, 2008) – The Baton Rouge Area Chamber (BRAC) announced today that it has given its support to a service created to prevent construction fraud in the wake of Hurricane Gustav called StormCertLA. StormCertLA, a service of Go Kahuna, L.L.C., a Baton Rouge-based technology company offering custom compliance technology and services to industry, business, and consumers, is an online resource for those seeking to hire a certified contractor, as well as a resource for contractors seeking certification in Louisiana. Read More
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LTP and BRAC Host Disaster Loan Consultations
The Louisiana Technology Park and the Baton Rouge Area Chamber (BRAC) announced today that on Saturday, September 6, from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. and Sunday, September 7, from 1 p.m. to 4 p.m., customer service representatives from the Small Business Administration (SBA) will be at Louisiana Technology Park to help those businesses affected by Hurricane Gustav in applying for SBA disaster assistance.
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Louisiana Technology Park Offers Aid to Evacuating Technology Companies
BATON ROUGE, La—Louisiana Technology Park announced today it will equip small technology companies evacuating from Hurricane Gustav and subsequent storms with workstations in order to provide key personnel temporary space for continued operations. This service will be available throughout the hurricane season at no cost to the companies. Read More
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MEDIA ADVISORY: Louisiana Technology Park to Host MIT Enterprise Forum Live Global Broadcast
The Louisiana Technology Park, in conjunction with the MIT Alumni Club of Louisiana, is hosting the MIT Enterprise Forum Live Global Broadcast, “Innovation to Commercialization.” The forum is designed to educate small business owners about government funding opportunities available to jump start their businesses by going from a “great idea” to a “great product.” Read More
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Go Kahuna to Join Louisiana Technolog Park
The Louisiana Technology Park this month welcomed Go Kahuna into its business incubator. Go Kahuna is an online service which minimizes the risk of uninsured claims that can result from inadvertently working with, unlicensed or improperly insured firms. Read More
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Genevieve Silverman Joins Louisiana Technology Park Staff
Former Senior Associate at Dean Capital, LLC, a venture capital and debt investments firm, Genevieve Silverman has joined the Louisiana Technology Park (LTP) senior management team as director of finance.
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CEO of Louisiana Technology Park Steps Down
Research Park Corporation (RPC) today announces the official resignation of its President and Louisiana Technology Park’s (LTP) inaugural CEO, Eddie Ashworth. Effective April 07, 2008, Ashworth will assume the role of Undersecretary for the Louisiana Department of Social Services. That position oversees DSS’s Office of Management and Finance, which is responsible for fiscal services, human resources, information services, budget, support services and emergency preparedness.
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Louisiana Technology Park Company Awarded
RAMware, LLC, the leading provider of online sales and use tax solutions in Louisiana, has been awarded a three-year contract by the Louisiana Department of Revenue to develop and implement an electronic return and remittance system designed to reduce the regulatory burden on businesses that have sales tax obligations in multiple jurisdictions.
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Loan Software Company To Remain In Baton Rouge
Louisiana Technology Park accepts ATLOS, LLC,(http://marketing.atlos.com) in its incubator. ATLOS (Automated Tracking Loan Origination System) is a web-based software used to originate, track and distribute loans.
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Tech Park U Names Business Plan Winner
Baton Rouge-based start-up BioFluidica Microtechnologies was announced last evening as the winner of the inaugural Tech Park U class business plan competition. Business plans were evaluated based on criteria that ranged from potential for growth, the business model and the merits of the proposed marketing strategy.
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11 Louisiana Entrepreneurs Selected for Tech Park U 2.0
Eleven technology-oriented entrepreneurs have been chosen for the 2008 class of Tech Park U, a program created by the Louisiana Technology Park (LTP) in association with the Baton Rouge Business Report. Starting its second successful year, Tech Park U is a nine-month “boot camp” designed for entrepreneurs looking to take their idea or emerging business to the next level of implementation.
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Tech Park U Accepting Applications for Second Class
Louisiana Technology Park's class for rising entrepreneurs, Tech Park U, is now accepting applications to fill the ten open slots for its class of 2008. Created last year, in association with Baton Rouge Business Report, the nine-month program provides promising technology entrepreneurs the education and facilities to jump start their ideas into a business.
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First Tech Park U Member Rolls Out Product
Tech Park U members Ray and Katherine Castle have rolled out a new hosted learning portal for their company myCEUsource, LLC--which will allow them to ramp up their business by providing new services to their clients at a lower cost than their competitors.
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Loy Named Vice President of Tech Park
Stephen Loy has been promoted to Vice President of Operations for the Louisiana Technology Park. Loy will be responsible for running the day to day operations of the incubator, including working to continue to attract early-stage companies for membership into the incubator and handling the Park’s public relations.
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Eddie Ashworth Participates in Panel Discussion to be Televised
Louisiana Technology Park’s President Eddie Ashworth along with Barry Erwin, President, Council for a Better Louisiana, Dr. James Richardson, Director, Public Administration
Institute, LSU and George Swift, President/CEO, Southwest Louisiana Economic Development Alliance participated in a Council for a Better Louisiana panel discussion about accelerating Louisiana’s economic growth beyond the recovery economy that we are currently in. The show will air Wednesday, June 13, at 8 p.m. on Cox4 in the Baton Rouge and Acadiana regions and will replay over the following two weeks.
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Aeon Create Partners with Louisiana Technology Park
Aeon Create, a local graphic design and marketing firm, is the newest
member of the Louisiana Technology Park’s Strategic Partner program.
The Tech Park uses strategic partners to act as mentors, providing products and services on a gratis or discounted rate, which are crucial to a young company’s growth and development.
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Louisiana Technology Park’s President Eddie Ashworth to Speak at Digital Media Expo
Louisiana Technology Park’s President Eddie Ashworth has been invited to speak
during the panel discussion at the international Digital in-Development Expo (iDiDx) to be held in Lafayette, LA on Wednesday, May 9 at 10:00 a.m.
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Tech Park to Exhibit at Tech South
Louisiana Technology Park will be represented at TechSouth’s annual conference in Lafayette, LA on May 7-9, 2007.
TechSouth, a non-profit group with board members from across the northern Gulf Coast, has worked diligently for the past 4 years to build its annual TechSouth Summit to be the premier technology conference on the northern gulf coast.
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International Ticketing Company Chooses Tech Park
Baton Rouge and the Louisiana Technology Park beat out several other locations across the United States to become the home of an international ticketing management system called Enta Campus.
Enta Campus’ software manages online ticketing, management and marketing solutions to North American colleges and universities. The software was originally developed in London and currently manages theatres and sporting events in Europe.
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Online Tutor Company Accepted Into Tech Park
Tutor Garden has been accepted as the newest member of the Louisiana Technology Park. Tutor Garden is an exciting company which is building an open networking and marketplace built around real time online tutoring and knowledge sharing.
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New Tech Park Web Site Offers Tools and Games
The Louisiana Technology Park launched an updated website – www.latechpark.com - with a new design offering tools and content for entrepreneurs...The interactive web site has an entrepreneurial-related blog authored by Tech Park President Eddie Ashworth.
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Click Here Publishing Accepted into Tech Park
Click Here Publishing, LLC has been accepted as the newest member of the Louisiana Technology Park… “We are excited to have Click Here come into the Tech Park. They have demonstrated the talent that is in the company just by having such a broad spectrum of products. They have national clients, but they are located here in Baton Rouge and wanted to grow their company in their home town,” said Louisiana Technology Park President Eddie Ashworth.
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Ten Entrepreneurs Chosen for Tech Park U Class
Ten of Baton Rouge’s budding technology-oriented entrepreneurs have been chosen to be in the first class of Tech Park U, a program created by the Louisiana Technology Park in association with the Baton Rouge Business Report. Read more...
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New Program Created for Budding Entrepreneurs
The Louisiana Technology Park in association with the Baton Rouge Business Report is starting a new program called Tech Park U which will provide promising technology entrepreneurs with education and facilities to jump start their ideas into a business. Read more...
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More Than 30 Applications Submitted for New Entrepreneur Program
More than 30 applications have been submitted for Tech Park U which assists budding entrepreneurs in writing a business plan and offers office space (including phones, Internet access and business coaching) to implement the plan. Tech Park U will also have a $2,000 business plan competition at the end of the nine-month program with the winner getting $2,000. Tech Park U costs just $99 a month.
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Baton Rouge Gets Software Sneak Peek
Microsoft's state-of-the-art truck loaded down with exciting technical products will be in Baton Rouge Monday Oct. 16 and Tuesday Oct. 17 at the Louisiana Technology Park, 7117 Florida Blvd (Bon Carré) from 10-4 each day. The Mobile Event Experience is a hands-on interactive environment complete with workstations, a Tablet PC and servers. Read More...
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