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Master of Business Administration, New Orleans

Freeman MBA: A Week in the Life

Freeman MBA: A Week in the Life

At the Freeman School, the MBA program is more than just coursework. From group projects to local internships, here’s how two second year MBA students spend a typical week. Kendall Zenk Monday Kendall Zenk spends her Monday mornings in class. She is pursuing a career in special event sales, and […]

November 7, 2022 ×

Community, Entrepreneurship, New Orleans

Racial Inequities and Small Businesses: A Discussion about the GNO Startup Report

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 […]

November 10, 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, 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, Hospitality, New Orleans

Assistant Professor of Management Cameron Verhaal discussed how craft businesses maintain their identity in the face of growth in a special talk hosted by the Lepage Center in February.

The struggle for authenticity

Cameron Verhaal, assistant professor of management at the Freeman School, recently visited The Shop at the Contemporary Arts Center to discuss how brands and businesses can deliver authenticity.

March 12, 2019 ×

Entrepreneurship, Experience, New Orleans, Undergraduate

Student Entrepreneur Spotlight: Harrison Bamel of HB Productions, LLC

Student Entrepreneur Spotlight: Harrison Bamel of HB Productions, LLC

Harrison has always been involved in the New Orleans music scene. In fact, he sites the tight-knit, grassroots community of artists here as one of his primary sources of inspiration. Bamel’s first “Fridays at the Quad” event at Tulane left him awestruck, thrilled to be at a school that was […]

May 3, 2018 ×

Community, Entrepreneurship, Experience, New Orleans

Student Entrepreneur Spotlight:  Ryan Baker, BSM 2020

Student Entrepreneur Spotlight:  Ryan Baker, BSM 2020

By Oliver Martin Ryan’s Hometown: Harrison, New York Major: Entrepreneurial Management, Marketing Year of Graduation: 2020 Entrepreneurial Idea:  A digital marketing platform that allows direct marketing for local business through a voting and rewards system What interests you about entrepreneurship? The risk. The reason I find risk so interesting is because high risk […]

February 6, 2018 ×

Entrepreneurship, New Orleans, Undergraduate

The Lepage Center Is Buzzing

The Lepage Center Is Buzzing

Oliver Martin, BSM/BA 2020 While working at the Lepage Center for Entrepreneurship and Innovation, I have been opened up to the vibrant entrepreneurial activity at Tulane. The Lepage Center is buzzing with hundreds of resources. The hardest part is choosing which one to pursue. Should I compete in the Business […]

November 16, 2017 ×

Community, Experience, Master of Business Administration, New Orleans

Two Amazing Years in New Orleans

I set foot in New Orleans on a warm summer evening 22 months ago. Although I was in the U.S. many times before, it was my first time in the world famous city of New Orleans (or Nola as many like to call it). The culture shock was immediate. It […]

May 9, 2016 ×

New Orleans, Professional MBA

PMBA Port Visit

PMBA Port Visit

On April 13 Professor Knud Berthelsen accompanied his Asia-Global Leadership class on a site visit to The Port of South Louisiana. We received a warm southern greeting by the Executive Director, Paul Aucoin, and staff. This was beneficial to our class as we learned of the magnitude of international trade that […]

April 28, 2016 ×