Student entrepreneur expands comfy clothing brand
Kwasi Agyeman (L ’22) was browsing clothes in the Tulane bookstore in 2019 and not seeing anything he particularly liked when he got a funny idea: Tulane Daddy.
Entrepreneurship
A salon for the 21st century
Mariska Morse (SOPA ’21) co-founded Salon22 on the idea that women work best when they’re collaborating and accomplishing goals together.
Pitch Friday Finals: The Path to Victory!
Hosted by the Albert Lepage Center for Entrepreneurship and Innovation, the Pitch Friday Competition series allows student startups to pitch their ideas, receive valuable feedback, and win cash prizes. Eighteen different student ventures pitched their innovative ideas across five competitions this school year. As a tradition, the winners from each […]
Making Memoryz
Living with dementia, Alzheimer’s or any other memory-impairing disease can have significant impacts not only on the individual with the diagnosis but also among their loved ones. Memoryz founder and CEO Rishawn Dindial, a medical student enrolled in the double MD/MBA program, understands this complicated shift firsthand after acting as […]
Recap: Second Lepage Virtual Pitch
At 11 am Friday, November 13, the Albert Lepage Center for Entrepreneurship and Innovation held its second Virtual Pitch Friday Competition of the 2020-21 school year. This time we had four talented teams present their respective companies to a panel of three judges. Each team competed, intending to walk away […]
Debtle Can Help You Settle
No matter how much you owe, debt settling can be a complex and lengthy process for parties on both sides of the transaction. Enter Debtle, an innovative way businesses, both big and small, can deal with overdue invoices by communicating directly with their customers instead of going through a debt […]
Racial Inequities and Small Businesses: A Discussion about the GNO Startup Report
On October 22, 2020, the Albert Lepage Center for Entrepreneurship and Innovation hosted a panel discussion based on the Greater New Orleans Startup Report. The GNO Startup Report is an annual, comprehensive overview of the entrepreneurship ecosystem in the Greater New Orleans area and can serve as “a tool to […]
Superior Customer Experience Through Entrepreneurial Hospitality
If you search “Entrepreneurial Hospitality,” you will not find a concrete dictionary definition, but the A.B. Freeman School of Business defines it as “The act of driving competitive advantage and value creation through innovation in superior customer experience at all organizational levels across all industries.” The Entrepreneurial Hospitality specialization in […]
Recap: First Lepage Virtual Pitch
On October 16th, the Albert Lepage Center for Entrepreneurship and Innovation hosted the first virtual pitch competition of the school year. The competition consisted of five student start-ups and a panel of three Freeman-alum judges: Tim Fulton, Tsetsa Dankova, and Erin McMenemon. Each company pitched their ideas to the judges’ […]
An Interview with Krista Pouncy-Dyson
This summer, through the Lepage Center’s Strategic Advisor Program, I had the privilege of working with two local New Orleans businesses as they navigate the pervasive uncertainty that is encompassed within COVID-19. One of the companies, Performance First Digital, is a digital marketing and web development agency that is hinged […]
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