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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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Be Hair Now - Out to Lunch - It's Baton Rouge

It"s Baton Rouge: Out to Lunch ·

2019/02/14

On this edition of Out to Lunch, Stephanie's guests can make you look like a million bucks and feel like a million bucks. Blair Couatre, with her husband Dustin Clouatre, owns a business called Mera Salon Suite, a co-working space for aesthetic entrepreneurs. Mera rents out space in its state-of-the-art salon on a weekly basis to beauty and wellness professionals, who want to go out on their own but don't want to have all the expenses and headaches that come with full salon ownership. Tenants in

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Be Nice And Win Big - Out to Lunch - It's Baton Rouge

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2019/02/01

In 2011, Mary Patricia Wray was a young law student at Loyola University Law School in New Orleans. Just three short years later, she found herself serving as the communications director for a longshot candidate in the Governor s Race, a democratic state Representative from Amite named John Bel Edwards. You know what happened next Edwards made the runoff and went on to beat his Republican challenger David Vitter and become the only Democratic governor in the dark red deep south. Mary Patricia Wray,

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Putting the BR in Brand - Out to Lunch - It's Baton...

It"s Baton Rouge: Out to Lunch ·

2019/01/25

Stafford Wood is one of the most talented women in Baton Rouge, and the founder and owner of Covalent Logic, a full service integrated communications firm that specializes in branding, corporate communications, graphic design, web design, public relations and crisis communications. Covalent s clients, past and present, include hospitals, banks, state agencies, churches and nonprofit organizations. Stafford founded the firm in 2005, after spending a decade in the private sector, first with The

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Shape Up - Out to Lunch - It's Baton Rouge

It"s Baton Rouge: Out to Lunch ·

2019/01/18

We talk a lot about the importance of getting in shape especially at the beginning of a new year or before hitting the beach but do you know what it really means to be in shape And how, exactly, do we get healthy It s a question local businesses and entrepreneurs are helping their clients better understand using new technologies, and new approaches to fitness. Tiffany Stewart is a clinical psychologist and the director of the Behavioral Technology Lab at the Pennington Biomedical Research Center

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Good Bye Charlie - Out to Lunch - It's Baton Rouge

It"s Baton Rouge: Out to Lunch ·

2018/12/14

Thirty years ago, a young, high energy entrepreneur left his private sector job to create the Louisiana Business and Technology Center on the LSU campus, a business incubator for small startups. In the three decades since, the LBTC has helped launch hundreds of businesses and has spawned the creation of the much larger LSU Innovation Park, a 13 year old facility on its own south campus dedicated to research commercialization. This edition of Out to Lunch Baton Rouge is a special tribute to that man,

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Tincture of Camo - Out to Lunch - It's Baton Rouge

It"s Baton Rouge: Out to Lunch ·

2018/12/07

Andrea Leyerle is a Baton Rouge based entrepreneur who has created an online and retail nutraceutical business, Andi Lynn s Pure and Custom Formulary. Andrea started the company in 2010 in her kitchen, where she began making her own version of elderberry syrup, known for its cold and flu fighting properties. In the years since, Andi Lynn s Pure and Custom Formulary has expanded into a variety of homeopathic and natural remedies that are sold on line and in more than 150 retail locations in eight

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Royal Tee - Out to Lunch - It's Baton Rouge

It"s Baton Rouge: Out to Lunch ·

2018/11/30

We ve all heard about the Amazon Effect and how ecommerce is seriously disrupting the retail world. Savvy entrepreneurs are figuring out how to carve a niche for themselves, whether by offering unqiue products or that special personal touch you can t get online, creating a unique shopping experience , or, by creating a whole new business model. Mark Peirce is owner of The Royal Standard, a gifts, accessories and at one time antique furniture store. Mark and his wife Krista got into the business more

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Safety First - Out to Lunch - It's Baton Rouge

It"s Baton Rouge: Out to Lunch ·

2018/11/09

Workplace accidents cost American companies some 60 billion every year. But, unlike the trajectory of most workplace costs, accident expenses are actually going down. The reason is better training and more proactive safety measures that come from the public and private sectors. Kathy Trahan is president and CEO of the Alliance Safety Council, a 60 year old agency that trains workers to meet federal OSHA regulations. Under Kathy s leadership over the past 15 years, this nonprofit organization has

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Cats and Dogs - Out to Lunch - It's Baton Rouge

It"s Baton Rouge: Out to Lunch ·

2018/11/02

Seven out of 10 American households own a pet, generally a dog or cat. This has created a huge pet care industry and unlimited opportunity for creative, animal loving entrepreneurs. It has also led to an unfortunate side effect little loved animals, particularly cats, wandering our streets. Angela Schifani is Development Director of Cat Haven, a non profit cat rescue organization that was founded in 1999 in response to a community need for comprehensive rescue, foster, and adoption services for cats

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Performance Waitr - Out to Lunch - It's Baton Rouge

It"s Baton Rouge: Out to Lunch ·

2018/10/26

"The disruption economy" refers to the fact that technology is changing the traditional constructs of our capitalist economy. Amazon is one of the most obvious examples. Uber is another. Closer to home, local companies are part of that disruption economy, changing the rules of the game for everyone. Chris Meaux is founder and CEO of Waitr, the phenomenally successful tech start up that is revolutionizing the restaurant and food service industries with its trademark food delivery app. Chris founded

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Medical Marijuana - Out to Lunch - It's Baton Rouge

It"s Baton Rouge: Out to Lunch ·

2018/10/19

In 2015, Louisiana lawmakers joined their counterparts in a growing number of states to legalize medical marijuana for a long list of diseases and disorders, including cancer, cerebral palsy, seizure disorders, epilepsy and muscular dystrophy. Today, therapeutic cannabis is opening up all sorts of new and promising business opportunities for physicians, pharmacies that can dispense marijuana, and companies that can grow it. Dr. Victor Chou founded Louisiana s first Medical Marijuana Clinic here in

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10% Happier - Out to Lunch - It's Baton Rouge

It"s Baton Rouge: Out to Lunch ·

2018/10/12

Health and wellness is big business today between 2013 and 2015, the global wellness industry grew nearly 11 percent from 3 point 3 trillion to more than 3 point 7 TRILLION dollars. And it is continuing to grow. For local entrepreneurs, that is creating a lot of opportunities but that also means there s a lot of competition. Nicole Cummins is owner of Barre 3, a boutique fitness studio that s part of a Portland, Oregon based chain with more than 130 locations around the country. Barre 3 offers a

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Silicon Bayou - Out to Lunch - It's Baton Rouge

It"s Baton Rouge: Out to Lunch ·

2018/10/05

Local Baton Rouge companies are carving out an amazing space in the tech sector. They re designing impressive software platforms and tools that are attracting worldwide attention. Steve McKinney is the Chief Operating Officer of Cell Control, a Baton Rouge company that, in 2009, came up with technology to help eliminate distracted driving. In the years since, Cell Control has become the global leader in this field by selling its services to companies big Fortune 500 companies that have huge fleets

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Advanced Signal - Out to Lunch - It's Baton Rouge

It"s Baton Rouge: Out to Lunch ·

2018/09/21

One of the chief goals of technology is to improve efficiency to make it quicker and easier to do our jobs and to make money. Baton Rouge is home to a growing number of tech companies that are coming up with software products and services that increase efficiency in a variety of sectors. Joel Costonis is CEO of Advanced Concepts and Engineering. The company s signature product is the ACE Auto Grade Laboratory. It s a mobile testing lab about the size of your average washing machine, and it

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The Leading Edge - Out to Lunch - It's Baton Rouge

It"s Baton Rouge: Out to Lunch ·

2018/09/14

South Louisiana doesn t usually get much recognition for being home to IT and biotech talent, but there are impressive start up businesses you may never have heard of that are turning heads around the country. And beyond. Casey Roussel is Executive Vice President of Cloud Gavel, a company that is revolutionizing the way law enforcement officers do their jobs. More specifically, Cloud Gavel has created software that streamlines the way officers obtain warrants in the field by enabling them to

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Framed - Out to Lunch - It's Baton Rouge

It"s Baton Rouge: Out to Lunch ·

2018/09/07

Ann Connelly is a legend in the art world. Ann is founder and owner of Ann Connelly Fine Art where she is a curator, interior designer, and consultant to homeowners and businesses. Over the past 25 years, Ann has grown her business into a gallery that today carries the works of more than 40 creatives, and as a consultancy to some of the most prominent companies and institutions in Baton Rouge, that have hired Ann to hang art on their walls. Jillian Hall is a documentary fiim maker. She also heads up

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

It"s Baton Rouge: Out to Lunch ·

2018/08/31

Every place has a history and a past, but preserving the best of it and keeping it relevant doesn t just happen, you have to work at it, through education, and preservation. Which is exactly what Stephanie s guests on Out to Lunch do every single day. Michael Desmond is an architect and scholar in the LSU School of Art and Design, with a particular expertise in the history of architecture. For the past decade, Michael has been studying the architecture of the historic LSU campus. Since receiving a

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For Sale - Out to Lunch - It's Baton Rouge

It"s Baton Rouge: Out to Lunch ·

2018/08/24

Andi Holliday is a professional home stager with a local firm called Stage Presence. Andi s been dubbed the "House Doctor," writing out design prescriptions that can sell the unsellable. Her firm offers a range of services, from full staging to less expensive walk through and written consultations, as well as "redesign" services that s where Andi uses the client s existing furniture and d cor to showcase a room s focal points. Andi s services can help sell a house that s been on the market for a

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

It"s Baton Rouge: Out to Lunch ·

2018/08/17

As the tech industry evolves and matures, all sorts of new opportunities are created for entrepreneurs, who see where existing technologies don t meet a need or don t go far enough to deliver what customers demand. But taking a good idea and developing it into the latest app one that works and then getting customers to buy it is a challenge that kills a lot of enterprising start ups before they get off the ground. Chris Jordan is the founder of Omnidek, an all in one business platform geared toward

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Principle vs Profit - Out to Lunch - It's Baton Rouge

It"s Baton Rouge: Out to Lunch ·

2018/07/27

We talk a lot about business on this show, and what it takes to be successful in business. On this edition of Out to Lunch Stephanie focuses on an aspect of business that doesn t typically get so much attention ethics. Aaron Beam is a former executive who travels around the country lecturing on ethics in business. It s a topic he knows well. In the late 1990s, Aaron participated in a 2 billion securities fraud scandal at Health South, the extremely successful Fortune 500 company he d co founded in

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