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It"s Baton Rouge: Out to Lunch

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OUT TO LUNCH finds Baton Rouge Business Report Editor Stephanie Riegel combining her hard news journalist skills and food background: conducting business over lunch. Baton Rouge has long had a storied history of politics being conducted over meals, now the Capital Region has an equivalent culinary home for business: Mansur"s. Each week Stephanie holds court over lunch at Mansur"s and invites members of the Baton Rouge business community to join her. You can also hear the show on WRKF 89.3FM.

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28:15

Ted Talk

It"s Baton Rouge: Out to Lunch ·

2022/11/23

This is an encore presentation of Stephanie Riegel's conversation with fast food impresario Ted Kergan. We decided to unearth this episode and run it again because Mr. Kergan is one fascinating guy. In 2018 when we recorded this conversation, Ted was the largest franchisee of Sonic drive in restaurants in the state of Louisiana. He owned 58 Sonic locations in the central and southern part of the state. When you think about how much can go wrong day-to-day in any single workplace - especially in a

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30:00

Sportsman's Paradise

It"s Baton Rouge: Out to Lunch ·

2022/11/16

Louisiana is known as a "sportsmen’s paradise" because of the abundant fish and game that make for good hunting and fishing. And that’s created something of a culture – one, admittedly shared by many states in the south and the west—that loves to hunt and fish. All sports require organization. And specialty equipment. Football, for example, is arranged by leagues - from high school through the NFL - and requires pads and helmets. Tennis is typically centered on clubs, and requires balls and

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29:30

Continuing Education

It"s Baton Rouge: Out to Lunch ·

2022/11/02

Our educational systems, from pre school through the graduate level, are in a constant process of evolution and, in many ways improvement, as pedagogy becomes more sophisticated and curricula become more specialized in response to an ever more complex world. And yet, in some ways we’re not at all keeping up and our schools and universities are falling short of how they need to be preparing students to succeed in the 21st century. But those gaps can also create opportunities for entrepreneurs and

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27:30

Cluey

It"s Baton Rouge: Out to Lunch ·

2022/10/25

As many of our systems and institutions change these days, they challenge our long-held assumptions and make us rethink the way we do just about everything - even simple things like buying dish soap or sneakers. If you think there's nothing you don't know about online shopping by now, let me you clue you in on the next level, courtesy of Maryclaire Manard. Maryclaire is founder of Cluey Consumer, an online platform that enables internet and IRL shoppers to practice conscious consumerism by providing

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29:30

Pull Over and Park

It"s Baton Rouge: Out to Lunch ·

2022/10/11

The university is a place of learning, where scholars do research and impart their wisdom to students through lectures and courses. But with all those smart people walking around, sometimes great ideas emerge from the ivory towers of academia that are quite unrelated to one’s field of study or area of expertise. And, like all happy accidents, sometimes those are the best ideas. Take, for example, the current experience of Professor Manos Chatzopoulos. Manos is Assistant Professor of Physics and

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27:55

For Sale

It"s Baton Rouge: Out to Lunch ·

2022/09/27

In today’s hyper-competitive economy, even if you're a sharp business person you need a lot of tools to run a business - from everyday people-management HR skills to social media marketing, and that's not even touching the nuts and bolts of your business itself. To keep up and stay competitive, local business people are turning to specialized sources for help. Jody Mitchell is CEO of Directed Analytics, a Baton Rouge-based company focused on helping businesses with a range of services designed to

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28:09

Our Town

It"s Baton Rouge: Out to Lunch ·

2022/09/21

In conversations about how cities ideally ought to run, you often hear the term "level playing field." That's meant to describe an urban environment that's equally accessible to everybody - physically, but also socio-economically. The concept behind this fundamental urban planning is, given that there are inevitably going to be wealth differences between different parts of town, as much of the structure of the city as can be controlled by ordinances and planning will ensure there are

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29:20

Renewable Energy

It"s Baton Rouge: Out to Lunch ·

2022/09/14

One of the biggest business stories in Louisiana today is in the growth of the renewable energy sector. With a growing acceptance of climate change, and policies in Washington that incentivize the development of renewable energy sources, it’s an exciting time to be in the clean energy space. Louisiana, because it already is home to so many petrochemical facilities, is uniquely positioned to capitalize on the growth. But renewable energy and clean energy are terms that get thrown around freely and

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27:00

Pinpoint Hurricane Prediction

It"s Baton Rouge: Out to Lunch ·

2022/08/10

In a part of the world where hurricanes and severe weather events are an ever present threat that appear to be getting worse, it would seem anyone who could come up with a way to predict not only how your general area would be affected by a storm but how much wind and water were expected at your specific street address... Well, you’d expect that person to be a world-famous gazillionaire and probably a figment of the collective imagination of a storm-weary public. But actually, there is a tool that

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28:15

The Rodeo Pickle Circuit

It"s Baton Rouge: Out to Lunch ·

2022/08/03

Food is something we know we do well in Louisiana. We’re renowned the world over for our Cajun and Creole cuisines, our seafood industry, and the many restaurants and famous chefs we have produced. But Louisiana also has a thriving culture for food entrepreneurs. People may bemoan that our tech or manufacturing sectors lag those of Texas or Silicon Valley, but they cannot quibble with the fact that food-based businesses in Louisiana are a slam dunk! Somebody who's seen more food entrepreneurial

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29:20

The Best Idea You Never Had

It"s Baton Rouge: Out to Lunch ·

2022/07/27

One of the first rules in business is to come up with something that solves a problem your target market didn’t know it had. It sounds so simple, right? But how do you know what those problems are? And, where do those ideas come from in the first place?. Well, in Baton Rouge, one place to look is LSU's Innovation Park and a company called Iventherm. Inventherm's latest innovation is a new startup company called Cremmjoy. Jason Hugenroth is President of Inventherm and Cremmjoy. You may recall Jason's

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29:00

Slip Sliding Away

It"s Baton Rouge: Out to Lunch ·

2022/07/13

For more than 20 years now, we’ve been hearing about how Louisiana is losing a football field of coastline every 30 minutes or so. Although progress has been made addressing this very real problem, climate change has continued to make the situation more dire, as temperatures increase and storms become more frequent and intense. What exactly is the status of Louisiana’s efforts to protect and rebuild its coastline? Where are we in the battle against mother nature? To get a readout on how close we

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27:50

Time Warp Wood Work

It"s Baton Rouge: Out to Lunch ·

2022/07/06

The global fast fashion market topped $21 billion in 2021, and by the end of 2022, that number is expected to exceed $93 billion - which will not surprise you if you have teenage girls anywhere in your orbit. The need to keep up with the latest fashion trends is fueling an 8% annual growth in fast fashion, a rate that is unprecedented and largely attributable to the growth of social media. But some entrepreneurs are bucking the mainstream with fashionable trends of their own: vintage clothing and

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27:00

Scuba

It"s Baton Rouge: Out to Lunch ·

2022/06/15

Most of us escape from work by pursuing activities that might involve things like exercise, travel or possibly some combination of the two. Some people are fortunate enough to have figured out how to turn the stuff they do for fun into their actual business. What is their secret? Is working at your hobby as idyllic as it sounds? Lann and Caroline Wolf are co-owners owner of Underwater Adventures, a dive shop in the heart of mid city in Baton Rouge that sells dive equipment, provides service to

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27:50

One Rum and One Beer

It"s Baton Rouge: Out to Lunch ·

2022/06/08

It’s been more than a decade since microbreweries and craft distilleries began to emerge across the country, and locally too. In the years since, their number and popularity have continued to grow. In 2010, there were 1,800 microbreweries in the US. Today, there are nearly 9,000. Craft distilleries, meanwhile, are growing at an annual rate of more than 11% and number nearly 2,300 – including some right here in Baton Rouge. Olivia Stewart is Chief Operating Officer of Three Roll

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28:20

Change is Good

It"s Baton Rouge: Out to Lunch ·

2022/05/25

Change is good. Right? Well, maybe not when you tack the word "climate" in front of it. with a changing climate and rising utility costs, the way we design and build our structures and communities is changing to keep up. And while that presents new challenges it also presents opportunities for those who are thinking about and rethinking the way we do things. Tom Neyhart is founder and CEO of PosiGen, a Louisiana-based company that designs and installs solar systems to homes in low- and

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28:00

You've Probably Been Hacked Already

It"s Baton Rouge: Out to Lunch ·

2022/05/18

If you’re looking for yet another worry to keep you up at night, consider this: pretty much every category of cyber attack increased in the past 12 months. And we’re not talking small scale numbers, either. Ransomware, encrypted threats and crypto-jacking attacks all more than doubled in this country last year. In total, more than 1 billion attacks – from small scale home PC invasions to attacks that threatened our critical industries and infrastructure. And the trend line

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29:40

School Lunch and Popcorn

It"s Baton Rouge: Out to Lunch ·

2022/05/10

South Louisiana is famous for its food. There is seemingly no end to the number of new and interesting restaurants that capitalize on this truly great aspect of our local culture. But restaurants and caterers aren’t the only ones in the culinary sector. Foodie entrepreneurs in Baton Rouge are coming up with all sorts of new products and services using their creative culinary abilities to fill a gap or carve a new niche. Take, for example, Mary Joy Fasullo and Ebony McAlister. Mary Joy is

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27:35

Name and Likeness

It"s Baton Rouge: Out to Lunch ·

2022/04/27

There’s an old saying in business, "It’s not what you know but who you know," and as anyone who’s done business will tell you, there is more than a little truth to that adage. In today’s LinkedIn world it's easy to connect with people, but how do you get to know the right people? For that matter, how do you really know the people who are a part of your organization and whether they are maximizing their potential? John Beck can shed a bit of light on these questions. John is

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Crypto Baton Rouge NFTs

It"s Baton Rouge: Out to Lunch ·

2022/04/20

Whether or not you have adopted it or invested in it, you’ve probably heard a lot in the past few years about cryptocurrency, like market-leader Bitcoin. More recently, you’ve probably heard a lot of buzz about NFTs: digital versions of artworks that are all the rage in sophisticated tech savvy circles and are sold online and can be purchased only with crypto. Are you able to wrap your mind around either of these concepts? Is it important to understand really what they are and how they

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