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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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Capital Region Cyber Tech - Out to Lunch - It's...

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2018/07/06

Technology plays an increasingly important role in all aspects of our lives today. The more entrenched it is in government systems, in our offices and in our home appliances the more vulnerable we are to cyber attacks. On this edition of Out to Lunch, Stephanie Riegel introduces two local experts on the subject of cyber security. One developing technology; the other trying to protect us from malware and hackers. Mo Vij is the founder and CEO of General Infomatics. It s a nearly 16 year old IT

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Downtown Fit - Out to Lunch - It's Baton Rouge

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2018/06/29

There s a lot of cool stuff going on in Baton Rouge. From the redevelopment of neighborhoods downtown and in Mid City to the young entrepreneurial culture that is fostering startup companies willing to take risk and take advantage of new technologies. Gerald Drefahl s company, Kinesics, is a homegrown, biotech start up that licenses a software program that analyzes the physical mobility of athletes, workers and other users and then gives predictive analytics into their health. In other words, the

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Consulting Baton Rouge Style - Out to Lunch - It's...

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2018/06/22

Though Baton Rouge, in many ways, is slow to change, in recent years there has been a gradual shift in the balance of power. New, young firms and new, young business leaders are taking over from the Baby Boomer generation that preceded them. One such leader is Julie Laperouse. Julie is Director of Training at Emergent Method, a management consulting firm owned and run by an ambitious group of Millennials that in just six years has grown to become one of the most sought after consulting firms in the

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Blue Women - Out to Lunch - It's Baton Rouge

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2018/06/15

Few industries in our economy today are changing as rapidly and dramatically as health care. In Baton Rouge we are far from immune to these national changes. Teri Fontenot is President and CEO of Woman s Hospital, the only independent, community owned women s and children s hospital in the country and the largest birthing and neonatal intensive care facility in Louisiana. Teri has been at the helm of Womans for more than 22 years, making her one of the longest serving hospital CEOs in the nation

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Sonic Blast - Out to Lunch - It's Baton Rouge

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2018/06/01

Ted Kergan is the largest franchisee of Sonic drive in restaurants in the state of Louisiana. Ted owns 58 Sonic locations in the central and southern part of the state. That sounds like a lot but it s just a fraction of the more than 150 Sonic restaurants Ted has developed during his nearly 40 year career. Ted Kergan is originally from Detroit. Ted began his career in 1977 as a managing partner in an Alexandria Sonic restaurant. He eventually became a partner in the operation with his brother, the

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The Two Biggies: healthcare 'n infrastructure - Out...

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2018/05/25

Nationwide, there s a lot of talk these days about two major subjects Infrastructure and health care. Specifically, how to improve and rebuild roads, bridges and other vital connections that we all depend on, and how to pay for the level of increasingly complex care that our aging population requires. Stephanie s guests on Out to Lunch are problem solvers whose locally owned companies are in the thick of these two fields and helping to forge solutions. Tim Barfield is president of CSRS, an

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Fridge Zeeland - Out to Lunch - It's Baton Rouge

It"s Baton Rouge: Out to Lunch ·

2018/05/18

We re serious about our food in south Louisiana, and food related businesses are as interesting and varied as are our own family recipes for gumbo or oyster dressing. As the food industry becomes more complex and sophisticated there are ever more opportunities for entrepreneurs to craft new business models and come up with new ways of serving an ever expanding clientele. Emliy Carlson is the Account Leader of an advertising and marketing firm devoted exclusively to servicing clients in the food

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Signature Stores - Out to Lunch - It's Baton Rouge

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2018/05/11

Local retailers give a city a sense of place, setting it apart from the next big exit off the interstate. In Baton Rouge, we re fortunate to have several much loved local retailers who, in some cases, have spent generations serving Baton Rouge shoppers with quality products. Manuel Martinez is a well known fixture in Baton Rouge for his sartorial style and for his Corporate Boulevard storefront, Martinez Custom Clothier, which sells Manuel s custom made suits, shirts and sports coats., as well as

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Hashtag Baton Rouge Too - Out to Lunch - It's Baton...

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2018/04/27

In recent months, female empowerment has become an important topic dominating the media, and the issues raised by the metoo movement have forced this country to have important discussions about how women are treated in the workplace and beyond. Here in Baton Rouge we have some incredibly strong, powerful women who have their own stories of struggles and successes to share. Dima Ghawi specializes in empowering women and helping them reach their leadership potential through the organization she

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Training Wheels - Out to Lunch - It's Baton Rouge

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2018/03/23

One of the biggest challenges in Louisiana is a lack of skilled workers in the technical trades. Companies complain about it all the time. And yet, many young people will tell you they can t find a good paying job, which is a reason so many of them leave after high school. For the past several years, the business community in south Louisiana has been focused on this dynamic. On this edition of Out to LUnch, Stephanie Riegel uncovers some promising developments in correcting this trend. Stephen Toups

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Out and About in Baton Rouge - Out to Lunch - It's...

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2018/03/16

While New Orleans gets the lion s share of attention for being Louisiana s premier tourist destination, Baton Rouge has some offerings of its own. Michael Day is General Manager of the Raising Cane s River Center, Baton Rouge s premier event facility. Built in 1977, the River Center has more than 14 thousand square meters of exhibition space, a 12 thousand seat facility for concerts, performances and sporting events, a ballroom and meeting rooms and a separate fine arts theater where the Baton Rouge

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Spoon Foodie - Out to Lunch - It's Baton Rouge

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2018/03/09

Ryan Grizzafi is the owner of The Cajun Spoon, a four year old company that makes healthful, easy to prepare box mixes of beloved Cajun dishes like gumbo, etouffe and shrimp and grits. The Cajun Spoon started out as a food truck in 2014, progressed to become a catering business, and more recently has ventured into retail. To stand out from other, established, Cajun dinner products, Grizzafi s company has adjusted its recipes to make them healthier, so they are low in sodium, use fresh, local

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Stunning Business - Out to Lunch - It's Baton Rouge

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2018/02/23

We know south Louisiana has a healthy number of budding entrepreneurs. We ve met many of them on this show over the past year. But one thing we hear over and over again is that south Louisiana doesn t have a very well developed entrepreneurial ecosystem. It s starting to change, but is it happening fast enough Arthur Cooper is on the frontlines of building that entrepreneurial ecosystem. He is the president and CEO of the LSU Research and Technology Foundation. The Foundation serves a vital purpose

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Alt Ed - Out to Lunch - It's Baton Rouge

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2018/02/09

Quality education is a challenge. It seems like many of our schools are losing ground, as public funding for education is being cut. At the same time, there s a greater emphasis on alternatives to the traditional school system and an increased interest in things that helps us think outside the box. Ashley Heard has spent a lot of time thinking about non traditional education and the charter school system. Her firm, Ashley Heard Consulting, specializes in helping nonprofit organizations that provide

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Hot Cocktails - Out to Lunch - It's Baton Rouge

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2018/02/02

Some of us find relief for our stress through exercise or meditation. Others find their salvation after a long hard day in a good strong cocktail. Either way, local entrepreneurs have found a way to build businesses around our inherent need to unwind and escape. Stefan Boone, with his wife, Mercy Kitchen Boone, is owner of Preservation Yoga, a Bikram yoga studio on Jefferson Highway in Baton Rouge. Bikram is performed in a super heated studio, sometimes upwards of 100 degrees Fahrenheit, and though

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Hydrated and Healthy - Out to Lunch - It's Baton Rouge

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2018/01/26

As Americans have become more health conscious in recent years, they ve begun to pay more attention not only to what they eat but also what they drink. That s created opportunities for local entrepreneurs, who are building businesses around healthful beverages. Ash Shoukry is the owner of The Big Squeezy, a local chain of shops that sell cold press juices and smoothies made from fruit and vegetables grown on the company s farms in California and North Carolina. Ash and his then partner opened the

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On The Air - Out to Lunch - It's Baton Rouge

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2018/01/05

We live in a media saturated world, dominated by 24 7 cable news networks and an ever growing list of social media platforms that keep us updated, informed, and inundated with more information than we could ever hope to process. How do you make sense of it all And how do you make money at it On this edition of Out to Lunch, Stephanie is joined by two Baton Rouge media experts. Cyril Vetter is a local industry veteran who got his start in a different era of telecommunications the early 1970s. In the

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Artsy Distilling - Out to Lunch - It's Baton Rouge

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2017/12/08

Not so long ago, they used to roll up the sidewalks in downtown Baton Rouge at 5 p.m, or so the saying went. And it wasn t far from the truth. Today, however, downtown is a burgeoning district, home not only to state office buildings and law firms, but to apartment complexes, restaruatns, museums and galleries and, even, a distillery. Walter Tharp is the president and owner of that distillery Cane Land Distilling Company, which makes rum and other products from sugar cane grown right across the

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TV Tommy & Mixmaster Jim - Out to Lunch - It's Baton...

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2017/12/01

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Doing Good - Out to Lunch - It's Baton Rouge

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2017/11/17

Nonprofit organizations make a huge impact in the community. With decreased government funding for badly needed social services, nonprofits are more important than ever. But assessing need, figuring out how to make the most impact, and then raising money is a challenge. There are all sorts of ways to make it work, but you have to be creative and very determined. Jennifer Maggio founded The Life of a Single Mom in 2007. The organization is based in Baton Rouge and in 10 years has become one of the

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