VR &The Uber of Medical Care
A lot of people who start tech businesses describe them as “The Uber of…” something or other. Most of them don’t lose as much money Uber, but typically they...
It’s Baton Rouge: Out to Lunch
Hosted by: Stephanie Riegel
OUT TO LUNCH finds Baton Rouge Business Report Editor Stephanie Riegel combining her hard news journalist skills and food background: conducting business over lunch. Baton Rouge has long had a storied history of politics being conducted over meals, now the Capital Region has an equivalent culinary home for business: Mansur’s. Each week Stephanie holds court over lunch at Mansur’s and invites members of the Baton Rouge business community to join her. You can also hear the show on WRKF 89.3FM.
Not Born in Silicon Valley: Meet Omnidek and Sellswipe
As the tech industry evolves and matures, all sorts of new opportunities are created for entrepreneurs who see where existing technologies don’t meet a need or don’t go far...
Principle versus Profit
We talk a lot about business on this show, and what it takes to be successful in business. On this edition of Out to Lunch Stephanie focuses on an...
High School Entrepreneurs
We hear a lot on this show from entrepreneurs — some successful, some just starting out— about what they do and what makes them tick. On this edition of...
Teach For America
Teach For America is a nationwide initiative aimed at addressing the shortage of teachers in the US. A recent study estimated that the nationwide shortage in 2018 was around...
Baton Rouge Art
Kelli Scott Kelley is a leading light in the world of Baton Rouge art. Kelli is an artist and a professor of painting in the LSU School of Art....
IT Disasters
Over the next few years, the disaster management industry in the United States alone is expected to top $122 billion dollars, which points to a lot of problems with...
Orange CBD – Out to Lunch – It’s Baton Rouge
Because you live in Baton Rouge, you might be familiar with the Albert King lyric, “Everybody wants to go to Heaven but nobody wants to die.” We want to...
Bees and Crickets – Out to Lunch – It’s Baton Rouge
Agriculture is one of Louisiana’s major industries. But while we know a lot about the rice, sugar cane and cattle farms around the state, there are other types of...
King and Queen Makers: The Power Behind the Power – Out to Lunch – It’s Baton Rouge
In politics there are the kings, and then there are the king makers: political consultants who are the power behind the power. In business, it’s not that different. There...