November 2022

Issue Articles

Staying Power

Our November issue is always our family business issue, and this year, in a kind of celebration of the Day of the Dead, or...

So Thankful

As we publish our annual family business issue this month, it makes me reflect on my own family and reminds me that November is...

You Have to Make the Tough Calls

  There’s no right time or wrong time, but what I have seen is when clients start approaching their 60s, that’s when they’ll want to...

They Put the “Success” in Succession Planning

Nearly 90% of businesses in the United States — and worldwide — are family owned. And for many of these businesses, the ultimate goal...

Vance Vaucresson

Did you know? In 1969, the Vaucresson Sausage Company started selling sausages at Jazz Fest. After almost 50 years, the company is one of the...

How can the right insurance help family businesses set their next generation up for success?

Annette Dowdle SVP & employee benefits consultant HUB People take insurance for granted until it’s needed, and it’s then that it can change people’s lives for the...
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Two Family Legacies Combine at Wayne Jacob’s Smokehouse

Poppy Tooker has spent her life devoted to the cultural essence that food brings to Louisiana, a topic she explores weekly on her NPR-affiliated...

Pulling Back the Curtain

Jennifer Gibson Schecter was once a tourist in New Orleans herself and is now proud to call NOLA home. Louisiana is known as a top...

The Business Community is Talking

We have taken a site with great bones and repurposed it into a working, world-class, multi-modal terminal with fully operating docks, working buildings and...

By the Book

  Mark Lewis CEO Evolve Media AI I enjoyed ‘The Obstacle Is the Way: The Timeless Art of Turning Trials into Triumph’ by Ryan Holiday.  We all have...

Top Tips for Family Businesses

Never mix friendship and money” has long been a common piece of advice. But what about family and money? For this, Biz asked a...

New Beginnings

Quick Look Years in Operation Founded in 2011 New Offices Opening June 2022 Square footage 15,846 square feet Persons in charge Ola Adegboye, chief operating financial officer Architecture Trapolin-Peer Architects: Matthew Buyer, project architect...
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Feeding Businesses and People

Keith Twitchell spent 16 years running his own business before becoming president of the Committee for a Better New Orleans. He has observed, supported...

Know Your Worth

Vanessa Brown Claiborne is president and CEO of Chaffe & Associates, Inc., the leading investment bank and trusted valuation authority in the Gulf South...

Smooth Sailing

Lots of our employees have fathers and mothers, sons and daughters, siblings, cousins and in-laws that work at Crescent Towing or Cooper Mooring. Family...

Lemonade With a Legacy

Parents usually leave legacies for their children. Our son left a legacy for his parents; this is the Element Story. In 2016, inspired by a...

Valbridge Property Advisors | South Louisiana

With three decades of appraisal experience, Senior Managing Director, Arthur Schwertz, MAI, and his wife, Sheila Schwertz, have been partners with Valbridge Property Advisors |...

RYCARS Construction, LLC

Since 2002, RYCARS Construction has grown from a small, grassroots company into a regional powerhouse that has successfully completed over $250 million in commercial...
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Golden Ranch Alligator Farm

The largest privately-owned refuge in the state of Louisiana, Golden Ranch Farms has lived a rich 200-year history since its purchase from the Ouacha and...

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