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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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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

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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...

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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

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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...

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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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29:34

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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Intellectual Property - Out to Lunch - It's Baton Rouge

It"s Baton Rouge: Out to Lunch ·

2019/05/23

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 with Jones Walker who specializes in Intellectual Property: patents, trademarks

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Second Time Around - Out to Lunch - It's Baton Rouge

It"s Baton Rouge: Out to Lunch ·

2019/04/18

"One man's trash is another man's treasure" is not just a cliche, it's a fortunate dynamic for those whose livelihoods and missions are built around selling second-hand stuff. Used merchandise was once pretty much limited to hipsters in funky neighborhoods. Today, it's gone mainstream, particularly among younger millennials and I-Gen-ers, who have turned a cottage industry into a major retail sector. Charlotte Smith is owner of Pop Shop Records, a locally owned record store in the heart of Mid

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High on Mushrooms - Out to Lunch - It's Baton Rouge

It"s Baton Rouge: Out to Lunch ·

2019/04/11

Paul Charbonnet is the owner of Atmosphere Cinema. Atmosphere Cinema is not a movie theater, it's a Baton Rouge company that shoots aerial video and photography, primarily from its fleet of drones. Paul founded the company in 2014. Atmosphere Cinema shoots video for the movie industry. Car chases, sweeping shots of landscapes, and other scenes that would normally take a huge crew, a huge amount of time, and huge expenses, can now be filmed by a drone fitted with a camera and operated by just two

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Tech Talk - Out to Lunch - It's Baton Rouge

It"s Baton Rouge: Out to Lunch ·

2019/04/04

Padma Vatsavai is founder and CEO of Vinformatix. Vinformatix is a software development company that specializes in designing and maintaining web-based applications, websites, and portals for public and private sector clients. Vinformatix designed the web-based system that 90,000 victims of Hurricane Harvey in Texas used in 2017 to apply for disaster aid. The firm also designed two web-based portals for Louisiana Economic Development, including Louisiana Job Connection, which helps businesses find

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Hollywood South 2: A New Dawn - Out to Lunch - It's...

It"s Baton Rouge: Out to Lunch ·

2019/03/28

Just five years ago, Louisiana led the nation as the number one site to make movies, outpacing even California and New York. We attained this lofty position as a result of a generous program of state tax incentives , which cost the state treasury real dollars. But what did we gain in the process? By any measure, a lot of economic ripple activity and brand recognition, until the legislature put a stop to it all in 2016, with strict caps to the program that sent the movie producers packing for more

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Song and Dance - Out to Lunch - It's Baton Rouge

It"s Baton Rouge: Out to Lunch ·

2019/03/21

Being a mid-size city in the Deep South - known as a "tertiary market" in the business world - Baton Rouge is not known for being an artistic hub. But the Capital City has a wealth of artistic and musical talent that is often overlooked and under appreciated. It's not hard to find, it's just that the city cares more about the fortunes of its beloved LSU Tigers than its singers, songwriters, dancers and theatrical performers. On this edition of Out to Lunch baton Rouge, Stephanie Riegel talks with

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The E.R. in B.R. - Out to Lunch - It's Baton Rouge

It"s Baton Rouge: Out to Lunch ·

2019/02/28

Dr. David Carmouche is President of the Ochsner Health Network, the accountable care network of the massive Ochsner Health System - the largest nonprofit, academic healthcare system in Louisiana. It boasts 40 owned, managed and affiliated hospitals and specialty hospitals, more than 100 health centers and urgent care centers, nearly 25,000 employees and more than 4,500 physicians. Dr. Carmouche is a veteran of the healthcare industry in Louisiana. Prior to joining Ochsner, he was Executive Vice

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It's a Woman's World - Out to Lunch - It's Baton Rouge

It"s Baton Rouge: Out to Lunch ·

2019/02/21

There are countless studies of equality in the workplace that demonstrate how unequally men and women are treated, in everything from opportunity to income. In entrepreneurship, we create our own playing field. In small women-owned businesses, women are the boss and they make a point of treating of other women how they would like to be treated. Monique Scott Spaulding is owner of Jani King of Baton Rouge, the local franchise of the world's largest commercial cleaning company. Monique started the

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