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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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27:30

Happy Money

It"s Baton Rouge: Out to Lunch ·

2021/06/23

Sometimes, the idea for a business comes from seeing a need and creating a product or service to fill it. Sometimes, it comes from just doing something you love because, well, you think it’s going to be fun. Although we often hear business advice along the lines of "Find something that makes you happy," is that necessarily also going to make you money? Stephanie's guests on this edition of Out to Lunch are putting that maxim to the test. Diana Raffray is co-owner of The Modern Debutante, a

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27:00

More Crazy Ideas

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2021/06/16

Have you checked out what happens when you Google Cure For Cancer? You get a lot of information about cancer treatment, but there's not a lot of information about who is working on an actual cure for cancer. On this edition of Out to Lunch Baton Rouge, Stephanie Riegel dives into a cure for cancer, and what's up with Google search. Cure for Cancer We often hear stories from successful entrepreneurs that contain the sentence, "Everybody told me I was crazy when I started out." The reason we only hear

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Bedroom Bathroom Business

It"s Baton Rouge: Out to Lunch ·

2021/06/09

Sometimes entrepreneurs find fame and fortune by inventing a new product or service that creates an entire new industry. Bill Gates, for example, invented the personal computer. Steve Jobs created Apple products. Elon Musk is building rockets and electric cars. But sometimes, success in business comes from less ambitious successes. Like addressing bad odors. Or figuring out how to make it easier to make a bed. Bathroom Maria Bhacca is CEO of Aerowest International, a Baton Rouge based company that

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28:41

Scout Splash

It"s Baton Rouge: Out to Lunch ·

2021/06/01

It made a big splash in Baton Rouge! Just as everyone was emerging from a year-long pandemic, the Blue Zoo Aquarium opened in the Mall of Louisiana, of all places. This isn’t just any aquarium - it’s an attraction that has a fascinating back story. Nami Haws is the of Blue Zoo Aquarium, a growing chain of aquariums around the country that opened its third location in March 2021, here in Baton Rouge. It's in a 16,000 square foot space in between the men’s and women’s

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29:40

My Body is a Temple

It"s Baton Rouge: Out to Lunch ·

2021/05/26

Daulat Shtankey is a leader of the Datta Temple, the only full-time Hindu Temple in Baton Rouge and the only temple of the Datta sect of Hinduism in all of North America, with nearly 1000 members from the entire region. This Datta Temple was formed by an internationally renowned Hindu spiritual leader, and master yogi named Ganapathy Sachchidananda in 1997. He decided Baton Rouge, of all places, should be home to his North American temple because two years earlier, he had performed his first musical

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28:15

Hot Bodies Cool Heads

It"s Baton Rouge: Out to Lunch ·

2021/05/19

During the COVID-19 pandemic, while many of us were working remotely through 2020 and perhaps felt like we were putting our lives on pause, ambitious entrepreneurs were plowing ahead with their hopes, dreams and business plans. In the case of Stephanie's two guests on this edition of Out to Lunch Baton Rouge, this perseverance has turned out extremely well. Cool Heads Jack Karavich is owner of Tigeraire, a sports technology start-up founded at LSU’s Innovation Park that has developed an

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27:17

Family Business

It"s Baton Rouge: Out to Lunch ·

2021/05/05

There’s an old saying that the apple doesn’t fall far from the tree. That is certainly the case with the Beck family tree. John Beck Jr. is the president of The Assessment Company, a 25-year old firm based outside of Donaldsonville in tiny Belle Rose, Louisiana of all places, that was founded by John’s father, and as its name suggests it assesses the "occupational DNA" of a company’s employees, helping the employer to know who to hire, who to fire and who to hang on to. Emily

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27:00

The Edge of the Universe

It"s Baton Rouge: Out to Lunch ·

2021/04/28

No matter how educated or open-minded you might be, we all have our own individual take on the world and to that extent we all blinders on that limit our perspective and our ability to see the reality of our world - -and beyond – for what it really is. But, if we accept that there's more going on than we know about, and change the lens we’re looking through, it can open entirely new vistas and opportunities: from big-picture things like a greater understanding of our universe to more

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27:35

By Design

It"s Baton Rouge: Out to Lunch ·

2021/04/21

There’s a lot of focus these days on STEM professions—science, technology, engineering and math—but those who were born with an artistic or creative temperament, really have no choice but to follow their passion. How do you turn a creative spirit into a profession that will support you for life? Colleen Waguespack has the answer to that question. In her case it's Colleen Waguespack Interiors. Colleen is a graduate of the LSU School of Interior Design, and started her career in

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27:00

Recovery

It"s Baton Rouge: Out to Lunch ·

2021/04/14

Over the next few years, the disaster management industry in the United States alone is expected to top $122 billion dollars, which points to a lot of problems with our climate, but also to the many opportunities that exist for companies able to respond to the needs of city, state and local governments when they’re hit hard by natural disaster. Louisiana has a growing expertise in the disaster management arena and is home to a handful of companies that are carving out a space in the field and

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30:54

The Ideas Market

It"s Baton Rouge: Out to Lunch ·

2021/04/07

With the technology explosion that seemingly never ends, there’s never been a more exciting time to be an inventor, an innovator or a creator. But the same tech that brings an inventor’s ideas to life also open us up to complications, and challenges that make us vulnerable to threats from competitors who may want steal our great ideas. And that’s why we have Intellectual Property laws. Michael Leachman is an attorney withJones Walkerwho specializes in Intellectual Property:

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27:00

Pork and Shrimp

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2021/03/24

Food is such an important part of our culture in south Louisiana and there’s no shortage of entrepreneurs who try their hand at launching a food-related business. But just because you can make magic in the kitchen, doesn’t mean you can run a successful restaurant, catering operation, or packaged food company. In fact, 80% of restaurants don’t make it five years. What makes it so tough, and how do some people managed to pull it off? Stephanie's guests on this edition of Out to Lunch

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Building A Better Mousetrap

It"s Baton Rouge: Out to Lunch ·

2021/03/17

One of the keys to successful entrepreneurship is figuring out how to build a better mousetrap. It’s not so much about inventing something new or different but just doing it in a new or different or better way. The impetus for this kind of ingenuity and creativity is finding a novel way to exploit a known market, but how do you (a) do that exactly and (b) convince people who already have an established purchasing preference that they ought to dump their old habit and switch to your

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27:46

Alternative Healthcare

It"s Baton Rouge: Out to Lunch ·

2021/03/10

As healthcare becomes more complicated, complex, and expensive, some providers are getting frustrated and fed up. Others are finding opportunity in the challenges and creating new ways of delivering care, providing benefits, and making sense of the industry for those who are stuck paying the premiums. Whether it’s through holistic health and wellness programs or sophisticated consulting firms, the business of healthcare is booming for free-thinking alternative healthcare entrepreneurs in Baton

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29:36

Mentorship Matters

It"s Baton Rouge: Out to Lunch ·

2021/03/03

There’s an old adage that says: If you catch someone a fish, you feed them for a day, if you teach them how to fish, you feed them for a lifetime. Mentorship matters, especially today, where there are so many needs and so many people are looking for role models. Trey Godfrey is executive director of 100 Black Men of Metro Baton Rouge, a nonprofit organization that mentors and empowers young Black men, starting in middle school. Through a variety of programs, 100 Black Men helps boys and young

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27:44

No Debt No Broker

It"s Baton Rouge: Out to Lunch ·

2021/02/24

Have you ever pondered the awesome power of the Internet and wondered, "How can I use this tool to come up with something that will revolutionize a certain sector of the economy?" If you were born before the internet era, like a lot of us, you probably have. And you probably haven’t been able to come up with anything. Which is what separates you, and the rest of us, from Stephanie's two guests on this edition of Out to Lunch Baton Rouge. Stephanie Hoskins created Debtle. It's a cloud-based

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29:50

I Hate Paper

It"s Baton Rouge: Out to Lunch ·

2021/02/17

Although we live in a digital world today, most of us – both at home and at work - have too many pieces of paper still stored in file cabinets, boxes, and in piles that we have promised ourselves we’ll go through one day soon. But, as we all know, "one day doesn’t" always come. And that’s a problem that not only puts us at risk for information theft, but also clouds our ability to organize our finances, and our lives. Jay Babb has a solution for you. Jay is the owner of

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That Camo Aroma

It"s Baton Rouge: Out to Lunch ·

2021/02/10

Necessity is the mother of invention, so the saying goes. And while it may be a quaint adage it’s as true as ever today. Whether it’s brewing a better homeopathic cough syrup or designing duck hunting garb for female duck hunters, local entrepreneurs are building successful startups around products that the market was crying out for. Andrea Leyerle is a Baton Rouge-based entrepreneur who has created an online and retail nutraceutical business, Andi Lynn’s Pure and Custom Formulary

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Ambrosia Blooms

It"s Baton Rouge: Out to Lunch ·

2021/02/03

According to latest estimates, the U.S. wedding industry is worth over $60 Billion annually, and the average wedding sets the happy couple – or their parents – back by a whopping $44,000. Weddings are big business today. And this has created all sorts of opportunities for creative entrepreneurs who have figured out how to offer goods and services to satisfy the fancy and both the modest and lavish budget of every bride. Blooms Lauren Bercier is co-founder and CEO of Something Borrowed

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Matt Flynn Means Business

It"s Baton Rouge: Out to Lunch ·

2021/01/27

It’s not unusual on Out to Lunch to have a guest who’s a star in their own world. Someone who’s well known and highly regarded in a particular field.It’s much less common for me to have lunch with someone who’s a real star. Someone whose face and name is known nationwide. But that’s who I’m having lunch with today. My guest on this edition of Out to Lunch Baton Rouge is Matt Flynn. Matt was a football player who first found fame as a quarterback for the LSU

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