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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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High School Entrepreneurs

It"s Baton Rouge: Out to Lunch ·

2019/11/13

We hear a lot on this show from entrepreneurs — some successful, some just starting out— about what they do and what makes them tick. On this edition of Out to Lunch we turn our attention to a whole new breed of business people: high school entrepreneurs. Deborah Sternberg is founder and chairperson of the Baton Rouge affiliate of a nationwide organization called Young Entrepreneurs Academy (YEA). Deborah founded the local chapter of YEA in 2018, after more than a decade as President of

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Teach For America

It"s Baton Rouge: Out to Lunch ·

2019/11/06

Teach For America is a nationwide initiative to address the shirtage of teachers in the US. A recent study estimated that the nationwide shortage in 2018, which was around 110 thousand, is expected to nearly double to 200 thousand by 2025. Teach For America is an organization that seeks to enlist and mobilize bright, motivated future leaders and put them to work for two year stints, helping improve some of the nation’s poorest performing and most under-served public schools. Laura Vinsant

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Baton Rouge Art

It"s Baton Rouge: Out to Lunch ·

2019/10/29

Kelli Scott Kelley is a leading light in the world of Baton Rouge art. Kelli is an artist and a professor of painting in the LSU School of Art. Kelli has exhibited and lectured throughout the United States. She specializes in mixed-media narrative paintings, drawings and objects, and has authored a book featuring her narrative artwork entitled Accalia and the Swamp Monster in 2014, for which she received an ATLAS (Awards to Louisiana Artists and Scholars) grant . Kelli’s work is featured in

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IT Disasters

It"s Baton Rouge: Out to Lunch ·

2019/10/10

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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Orange CBD - Out to Lunch - It's Baton Rouge

It"s Baton Rouge: Out to Lunch ·

2019/09/26

Because you live in Baton Rouge, you might be familiar with the Albert King lyric, "Everybody wants to go to Heaven but nobody wants to die." We want to stay alive as long as we can, and we keep finding new ways to do it. On this edition of Out to Lunch we're talking about two of the newsest and most popular: CBD, and Orange Theory Fitness. Heather Carter is owner of Mountain Pure CBD, a Baton Rouge-based company that produces and sells a line of CBD products designed to cure everything from back

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Yes You Can - Out to Lunch - It's Baton Rouge

It"s Baton Rouge: Out to Lunch ·

2019/09/19

Teaching skills and imparting knowledge are perhaps the greatest gifts and tools we can give to the young, and the young at heart, hungry to learn. Local Baton Rouge entrepreneurs are coming up with creative ways to turn the act of teaching and educating into small businesses with limitless potential. Jacques Hopkins was an electrical engineer whose desire to be an online entrepreneur led him, five years ago, to walk away from his day job and create a local company that promises to teach even the

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Bees and Crickets - Out to Lunch - It's Baton Rouge

It"s Baton Rouge: Out to Lunch ·

2019/09/12

Agriculture is one of Louisiana's major industries. But while we know a lot about the rice, sugar cane and cattle farms around the state, there are other types of farms and aspects of farming you may not be so familiar with. For example, bees and crickets! David Fluker is a second gerneration cricket farmer. David owns and operates Fluker Farms, a Port Allen based family farm company that grows live crickets and sells literally millions of live crickets very year to customers around the country

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King and Queen Makers: The Power Behind the Power -...

It"s Baton Rouge: Out to Lunch ·

2019/09/05

In politics there are the kings, and then there are the king makers political consultants who are the power behind the power. In business, it s not that different. There are the companies, and then there are the consultants, experts and industry associations who lobby on their behalf, help them shape their image, and guide them through crises with messages that will resonate with an increasingly skeptical public in an increasingly divisive time. It might not surprise you to know that women are

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Mavenly Bonnecaze - Out to Lunch - It's Baton Rouge

It"s Baton Rouge: Out to Lunch ·

2019/08/29

Making it in today s business environment isn t about hanging out a shingle and selling lots of widgets. It s about constantly reinventing yourself, creating your own unique brand and, in some cases, branding yourself as an expert in helping others create their own brand. It s business 21st century style, and Baton Rougeans are proving themselves adept at playing by the new rules. Cary Bonnecaze is owner of Bonnecaze Absinthe and Home, a Baton Rouge based manufacturer and wholesaler of absinthe

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Poetry Party - Out to Lunch - It's Baton Rouge

It"s Baton Rouge: Out to Lunch ·

2019/08/22

Baton Rouge is home to a lot of budding entrepreneurs. It s also home to a lot of just plain interesting people, whose companies and careers have propelled them to be creative forces, influencers and advocates for nonprofits, the needy, and doing the right thing in the community. Ava Leavell Haymon is a poet and author of four books who served as Poet Laureate for the state of Louisiana from 2013 2015. Ava s writings have been described as "Concrete descriptions of a woman s life in the mid

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That Was IBM, This is Now - Out to Lunch - It's...

It"s Baton Rouge: Out to Lunch ·

2019/08/15

Though Louisiana isn t known for its tech community, Silicon Bayou has produced some pretty impressive tech companies over the years. One of the most impressive is a nationwide industry leader, Watch Systems. Mike Cormaci is president and co founder of the nearly 20 year old IT company that is well known to law enforcement agencies around the country because of its flagship product, Offender Watch, a sexual offender management and community notification software used by more than 3,500 agencies 60

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The Wedding Show - Out to Lunch - It's Baton Rouge

It"s Baton Rouge: Out to Lunch ·

2019/08/08

In 2018, the U.S. wedding industry was worth an estaimted $75 Billion. The average wedding set the happy couple, or their parents, back by a whopping $44,000. That's nearly double the average cost of a just a year or two earlier. But, for every action there's an opposite and equal reaction. Today, brides are balking at spending big money on weddings. And savvy entrepreneurs are finding ways to make the special day a little less special, financially. Lauren Bercier is co-founder and CEO of

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Education 2019 - Out to Lunch - It's Baton Rouge

It"s Baton Rouge: Out to Lunch ·

2019/08/01

Although we all agree that education is the key to success in so many areas of life, getting an education isn't as straightforward and easy as we'd like. That's why whay Stephanie Riegel's guests on this edition of Out to Lunch Baton Rouge do what they do. Nancy Cadwallader is owner of Collegiate Advisory Placement Service, an independent educational consulting firm that helps families find the best educational options for their kids-from elementary school all the way through graduate school. The

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Crime - Out to Lunch - It's Baton Rouge

It"s Baton Rouge: Out to Lunch ·

2019/07/25

Crime is one of the biggest problems facing Baton Rouge at the moment. In 2017, the city had one of the highest murder rates on a per capita basis in the country. It s a problem that s holding the community back, and affecting economic development. But efforts are under way to address the crime and the systemic problems that are causing it, especially in the most impoverished areas of our community. Rinaldi Jacobs is Executive Director of the Baton Rouge North Economic Development district, which

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Building A Better Oyster - Out to Lunch - It's Baton...

It"s Baton Rouge: Out to Lunch ·

2019/07/18

Seafood is something we do well here in south Louisiana. We re fortunate to be blessed with an abundance of mollusks, crustaceans and fin fish that not only keep our local population well fed but have enabled Louisiana cooks and chefs to be recognized around the world for their culinary exploits. So you might think there s not much room for improvement. But you would be wrong. Stephanie s guests on Out to Lunch have come up with a way to create a better oyster. Not a better way to prepare oysters,

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The Ever-Changing Healthcare Local Landscape - Out to...

It"s Baton Rouge: Out to Lunch ·

2019/07/11

The rising cost of health care is one of the biggest challenges facing Americans today. Between 1996 and 2015, health care spending in the United States rose over a TRILLION dollars. And there is no end to this trend in sight. Locally, businesses and patients certainly feel the pressure. Sso do insurers and providers who are trying to innovate and find ways to keep costs down while remaining competitive and effective. Edgardo Tenreiro knows this first-hand. Edgardo is President and CEO of Baton

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Capital Region Conscious Capitalism - Out to Lunch -...

It"s Baton Rouge: Out to Lunch ·

2019/07/04

Conscious capitalism has become a popular buzzword around the country. It refers to companies and businesspeople who are about more than making money they re about making a difference. Like Dave Treppendahl, right here in Baton Rouge. Dave is a real estate broker in the Baton Rouge area with NAI Latter and Blum and has more than three decades experience in the commercial real estate sector. But over the past year, Dave has turned his considerable talents and energies into helping the less fortunate

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XZ: Xenetech Zuelke - Out to Lunch - It's Baton Rouge

It"s Baton Rouge: Out to Lunch ·

2019/06/20

Here in Baton Rouge we really think of ourselves as a big small town, where everybody knows everybody else. And Baton Rouge circles do tend to overlap, particualry in business. But there are so many small businesses out there you've likely never heard of doing really cool things and making their mark - literally - on the local economy and the world stage. Guy Barone is President and CEO of Xenetech Global, a local business with a worldwide reach that has made its mark with its laser and rotary

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Senior Moments - Out to Lunch - It's Baton Rouge

It"s Baton Rouge: Out to Lunch ·

2019/06/06

In just 10 years, America will cross an important demographic threshold: all of the country's Baby Boomers will be 65 or older. This will expand the size of the nation's elderly population so that 1 in every 5 adults will be retirement age. What are we doing to prepare for this? And, who's looking ahead to the not-so-distant future to prepare us for the changes this shift will bring to our institutions, our economy and our way of life? Matthew Rachleff heads up a local branch of a national

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Visit Baton Rouge - Out to Lunch - It's Baton Rouge

It"s Baton Rouge: Out to Lunch ·

2019/05/30

Living in the shadows of New Orleans, one of the great tourist destinations of the country, if not the world, Baton Rouge isn't typically thought of as a hot spot for the leisure traveler. But that has started to change in recent years, as the city and industry associations have begun marketing the Baton Rouge more aggressively as a place not to only to come do business at the state capitol or watch LSU football, but to come play. Paul Arrigo is the longtime President of Visit Baton Rouge, the

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