Julia Ballard

This post originally appeared on the Nexus Louisiana blog. Startups often face intense competition, even in niche markets. A well-executed startup marketing strategy empowers you to stand out from the crowd, highlighting what’s unique about your products or services. How you position your business is often as important as what you offer to prospective customers. Marketing fundamentally […]

Get Online NOLA is a woman-owned, New Orleans-based digital marketing firm that is gifting a free website to a small business or charitable organization. Applications for the website grant close on March 24. The winner will receive a customized website created by Get Online NOLA in addition to six complimentary months of web hosting fees. […]

This post originally appeared on the Nexus Louisiana blog. Are you an entrepreneur looking to raise money for your business? Venture capital firms hear a lot of pitches, so you’ll need something special for them to notice you. Making a powerful impression on these potential investors can be as simple as knowing how to make […]

Operation Spark is a New Orleans-based workforce development program that prepares children and adults for programming jobs in just six months. The nonprofit announced its expansion to Atlanta after almost a decade in business. The company’s next software training program begins on January 30 and February 27 with a free three-week intro to coding workshop […]

Last month, the U.S. Treasury approved the State of Louisiana’s application for up to $113 million for small business owners and entrepreneurs through its State Small Business Credit Initiative. One of the programs to benefit from the funding was the Tulane University Innovation Institute, which was awarded $5 million. Tulane has announced a funding match, […]

The Idea Village has announced the return of New Orleans Entrepreneur Week (NOEW), the annual festival celebrating all things entrepreneurship, technology, innovation, and culture in New Orleans. The six-day entrepreneurial event will bring together startup founders, business leaders, aspiring entr…

New Orleans-based data collection firm Rep Data has secured a $6.25 million Series A funding round led by Recurring Capital Partners, an Austin-based lender specializing in tech-driven companies. Rep Data provides full-service data collection solutions for primary researchers, helping expedite data collection for primary quantitative research studies. According to a news release, the funding will […]

Resilia, a New Orleans and New York-based SaaS technology startup, has closed a $35 million series B funding round co-led by Panoramic Ventures and Framework Venture Partners. Silicon Bayou News covered Resilia and its founder Sevetri Wilson after a milestone $8 million Series A funding announcement…

New Orleans-based biotech company Obatala Sciences has just closed a $3 million Series A funding round co-led by être Venture Capital and Ochsner Lafayette General Healthcare Innovation Fund II. Obatala Sciences is known for developing products and services to aid in the research and treatment for d…

This post originally appeared on the Nexus Louisiana blog. Many founders who are growing their business don’t have the cash flow to match salaries that top talent can potentially get elsewhere. Equity compensation, which pays employees with a stake in the company, is an appealing option for startups…

The Idea Village is seeking artists, engineers, developers, designers, marketing professionals, and creative enthusiasts for its first ever #WEB3 48 Hour Launch event happening September 9-11, 2022. Participants will form teams and work under the clock to create a Web3-enabled product or business.…

Tulane University has announced the Tulane Innovation Institute, a university-wide undertaking aimed at bringing local and regional ideas to market faster through its three main components – an innovation lab, programming, and a community accelerator program. “I envision the Innovation Institute as…

One of New Orleans’ newest startups, Gripnr, was announced last month during New Orleans Entrepreneur Week as a Web3 technology company bringing tabletop games to the blockchain. The startup has just announced its funding round totaling $2.5 million. The funding was supported by XBTO Humla Ventures…

The Greater New Orleans (GNO) Startup Report is an award-winning initiative, led by the Albert Lepage Center for Entrepreneurship and Innovation at Tulane University, to gather data about startups in the Greater New Orleans region. The Report’s goal is to provide a comprehensive overview of the reg…

Another successful New Orleans Entrepreneur Week (NOEW) is in the books. The celebration of entrepreneurship and innovation in the city culminated on Friday with IDEApitch, the premier showcase for emerging, high-growth startups in the New Orleans area. Three finalists poised for major growth were …

Entrepreneur Support Organization The Idea Village has announced the launch of IDEAfuel, a new program aimed at increasing the diversity, equity, and inclusivity of the region’s startup community. IDEAfuel will focus solely on supporting and funding startups founded by Black, Indigenous, and other P…

IDEApitch is the fan-favorite pitch competition at New Orleans Entrepreneur Week (NOEW). Three local startups have been selected to pitch live in front of conference attendees and a panel of judges today, March 25, at the culminating NOEW event. What has historically been a big prize pot for the win…

New Orleans Entrepreneur Week (NOEW), the festival celebrating entrepreneurship and innovation in the city, is in full swing this week. Hot topics include New Orleans culture and technology, non-fungible tokens (NFTs), Web3, and much more. Saints player Demario Davis was featured on a panel about h…

What comes next for New Orleans? The co-founders of the soon-to-be-launched The Nieux Society have some ideas. The members-only organization wants to use the collective strengths of its local community to start new things and make New Orleans a better place now over 300 years after the city’s foundi…

New Orleans collaborators are gearing up for the first ever non-fungible token (NFT) gallery show this Saturday, March 26. The event is hosted by Sidewalk Side Studio, which represents NFT artists in their traditional gallery space to merge the digital-physical gap, along with Scale Workspace and Gi…