Entrepreneurship

Community, Entrepreneurship

Designing a Company Culture

Designing a Company Culture

The Lepage Center’s Strategic Advisers program connects Tulane students and recent graduates with New Orleans area entrepreneurs and small business owners who have been affected by the COVID-19 pandemic. The advisers are working for the businesses full-time for 10 weeks during the summer of 2020, providing immediate services based on each […]

June 26, 2020 ×

Community, Entrepreneurship, New Orleans

Innovation in the time of COVID-19

Innovation in the time of COVID-19

The Lepage Center’s Strategic Advisers program connects Tulane students and recent graduates with New Orleans area entrepreneurs and small business owners who have been affected by the COVID-19 pandemic. The advisers are working for the businesses full-time for 10 weeks during the summer of 2020, providing immediate services based on […]

June 23, 2020 ×

Entrepreneurship

Joining local startup was the right move for Freeman alum

Joining local startup was the right move for Freeman alum

At times, it can be troubling to think about what a future after Tulane will look like, but looking to the success of recent graduates can sometimes help ease the anxiety. A. B. Freeman School of Business alumn Danny Stagliano is proof that life after Tulane is just the beginning.

May 4, 2020 ×

Entrepreneurship, New Orleans

Greater New Orleans Founders Focus Groups

Greater New Orleans Founders Focus Groups

During the summer and fall of 2019, Lepage Center MBA fellows conducted a series of focus groups with Greater New Orleans area company founders, who had responded to the survey for the 2019 Greater New Orleans Startup Report. The series included three focus groups with between seven and twelve participants […]

February 4, 2020 ×

Entrepreneurship, Undergraduate

A New Reason to Say “Oh Shoot!”

A New Reason to Say “Oh Shoot!”

College students have hectic schedules, so when something goes wrong, it can feel like the entire world is crashing down. But thanks to student-run startup company Oh Shoot!, Tulane students can rest easy knowing someone is here to help.

January 21, 2020 ×

Entrepreneurship, Undergraduate

Increasing Mindfulness with Student Startup Mind

Increasing Mindfulness with Student Startup Mind

It can be overwhelming to discuss a week’s worth of events in a one-hour therapy session, so many therapy patients resort to jotting down notes of events over the course of a week. For student startup founder Joel Hochman, this tactic was just not cutting it. “I was walking to […]

October 21, 2019 ×

Alumni, Entrepreneurship

Tulane alums found The Spoke, a new way to source recommendations

Tulane alums found The Spoke, a new way to source recommendations

Tom Stern and Brenan Keller graduated from Tulane’s A.B. Freeman School of Business in 2014. While they were students, they started their very first business together. Though that business didn’t work out, the two friends used what they learned from that first experience to build a new recommendations engine – […]

August 9, 2019 ×

Alumni, Entrepreneurship

Freeman School alum launches “eharmony” for manufacturing

Freeman School alum launches “eharmony” for manufacturing

Michael Lizanich II graduated from Tulane’s A.B. Freeman School of Business in 2016. In addition to his studies, he spent his time playing football and starting his very own business. Read on to learn how he sold his first business before graduating and started a new one! Tell us about […]

July 19, 2019 ×

Community, Entrepreneurship, Master of Business Administration

Harry Fox (left) and Reed Stephens (right), Lepage Center MBA Summer Fellows 2019

Looking to fund your new venture? Try these alternative ideas

There is obviously a need for new and innovative methods for financing startups. As MBA students working on a new venture, we are especially interested in creative funding vehicles. Fortunately, many such opportunities do exist. Below we have outlined options for the next generation of savvy entrepreneurs.

June 24, 2019 ×

Alumni, Entrepreneurship

Breaking bread with Albert Lepage

Breaking bread with Albert Lepage

This spring, along with a select group of students and entrepreneurs, I had the opportunity to join Albert Lepage for lunch. Mr. Lepage is the retired co-chairman of Lepage Bakeries Inc., a 113-year-old maker of bread and baked goods. In 2012, he donated $12.5 million to the A. B. Freeman School of Business to establish the Albert Lepage Center for Entrepreneurship and Innovation.

May 15, 2019 ×