October 2024

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Editor’s Note: Anniversary Meetings

In the summer of 2014, I had been living in New Orleans for about three years and was working part-time as a freelance writer...

Biz 10 Years Later

This month, we are all celebrating. Ten years ago, we saw the need to develop a business magazine that tells the story of so many...

Biz New Orleans Looks Back at an Epic 10 Years of Business in Southeast Louisiana

2014 On Oct. 1, 2014, the first issue of Biz New Orleans Magazine was released. The cover story was an interview with GNO, Inc., president...

Biz 10 Years: Past CEOs of the Year

2016 Matt Schwartz and Chris Papamichael Domain Companies The first to hold the title of Biz New Orleans CEO of the Year was actually two people, Matt...

New Playoff Format Could be Sweet for New Orleans

For most of its existence, the selection of college football’s national champion was nebulous at best. The Associated Press was, generally, taken as the...

A Look Inside Keller Williams Realty’s Modern, Boutique-style Offices

After years as a real estate agent and personal real estate investor, Jeffrey Doussan Sr. opened Keller Williams Realty New Orleans in January 1998...
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There’s A New Financial Tool for Those with Disabilities

Louisiana’s first pooled special needs trust (PSNT) offers a new option for families and individuals with disabilities to manage their financial resources while maintaining...

Kingfish Cider, New Taproom Opens in Jefferson Parish

The seeds of Colleen Keogh’s bubbly obsession were planted several years ago on a trip to the Texas Hill Country. The area around Austin...

How Mike’s Hardware & Supply is Fighting Off the Big-Box Stores

The old saying “evolve or die” applies in the business world as much as anywhere, even for longtime neighborhood institutions like Mike’s Hardware &...

New Orleans 500: Robert Wolfe

Education: University of Southwestern Louisiana Best Fest: French Quarter Festival Hero: Jesus Christ Nonprofit Cause: White Dove Fellowship Mission Work. Wolfe also served on the Jefferson Parish...

Ochsner Launches Fund to Support Local Health Care Innovation Companies

Louisiana is a state with poor national rankings in both health and wealth — yet also one with a substantial health care sector. Applying strength...

A New Initiative Aims to Transform Special Education Services in New Orleans Schools

Ask any parent with kids in New Orleans how they feel about the school system. Watch them go. They’ll have some thoughts. You may...
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Algiers Has the Space and the Drive to Help Fill the Affordable Housing Gap

Looking out the windows of the Algiers Economic Development Foundation (AEDF)’s offices there is opportunity as far as the eye can see. From our location...

Long-term Solutions for Short-term Rentals?

Allen Johnson reminisces about a bygone era. The Faubourg Marigny resident remembers a time where neighbors all knew each other, sat out on their...

How The Future of Jobs Lies in Embracing Our Strengths, Lifting Up Our People

Imagine a world where jobs in Southeast Louisiana are not just about earning a living, but about fulfilling our highest potential and carrying our...

Elation Entertainment Provides a High-Tech Studio Space for Creators

Content creators in the region can now access a boutique space off Veterans Boulevard in Metairie that offers the tools and space to record...

Ginger Wiggins

Ginger Wiggins President–Elect New Orleans Metropolitan Association of Realtors (NOMAR) Managing Broker Coldwell Banker TEC, Uptown President ROAM MLS, LLC Ginger Wiggins has specialized in residential real estate for more than...

Cameron Lombardo

Cameron Lombardo President, Commercial Investment Division (CID) New Orleans Metropolitan Association of Realtors (NOMAR) Senior Sales Associate RE/MAX Commercial Brokers Inc. Established in 1994, RE/MAX Commercial Brokers Inc. has...
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Brett Ruppel

Brett Ruppel Chief Construction Officer and Head of Infrastructure RNGD RNGD’s presence in the NOLA construction market since 2013 has produced projects that have impacted hotels, restaurants,...

Guy Williams

Guy Williams Co-Founder, President and CEO Gulf Coast Bank and Trust Company Gulf Coast Bank and Trust Company is the largest locally-owned financial institution in the New...

Nicole Barnes

Nicole Barnes Executive Director Jericho Road Episcopal Housing Initiative Jericho Road Episcopal Housing Initiative is a nonprofit homebuilder that provides healthy and energy-efficient affordable housing opportunities. Founded...

Ken Flower

Ken Flower President Woodward Design + Build With more than 100 years of building history, Woodward has a portfolio that’s shaped much of the New Orleans skyline....

Sandra Corrigan

Sandra Corrigan Director of Office Leasing SRSA Commercial Real Estate SRSA Commercial Real Estate is a boutique company offering commercial real estate and property management solutions. Half...

Will Tregre, AIA & Angela Morton, AIA

Will Tregre, AIA & Angela Morton, AIA Principal/ President Principal Mathes Brierre Architects Founded in New Orleans in 1891, Mathes Brierre Architects (MBA) maintains a diverse design practice...
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Shivers Nellon

Shivers Nellon Board President Home Builders Association of Greater New Orleans Shivers Nellon is the first African American board president of the Home Builders Association of Greater...

Biz 10 Years | Where Are They Now?: Dr. Sunyoung Kim

Dr. Sunyoung Kim CEO and Founder | Chosen Diagnostics, Inc. Professor of Genetics and Professor of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology | LSU Health Sciences Center, School...

Biz 10 Years | Where Are They Now?: Chris Masingill

Chris Masingill CEO | St. Tammany Corporation Profiled: June 2021 ⏮ REWIND In Biz New Orleans’ first-ever Northshore issue, the cover feature was a Q&A with Chris Masingill,...

Biz 10 Years | Where Are They Now?: Dan Shapiro & Allison Shapiro Dandry

Dan Shapiro & Allison Shapiro Dandry Chairman of the Board & Director of Philanthropy | Krispy Krunchy Chicken Profiled: March 2015 ⏮ REWIND The cover feature for our...

Biz 10 Years | Where Are They Now?: Mindy Hobley

Mindy Hobley Founder | Ringletts Salon Co-founder | Useau Haircare Profiled: May 2015 ⏮ REWIND The cover feature for the May 2015 issue highlighted the journeys of seven area...

Biz 10 Years | Where Are They Now?: Ashlee Arceneaux Jones

Ashlee Arceneaux Jones Co-Owner | Also Known As Profiled: October 2014 ⏮ REWIND Biz New Orleans’ first-ever, nationally award-winning monthly feature “Why Didn’t I Think of That?” shared...
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