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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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Fit and Fitted - Out to Lunch - It's Baton Rouge

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2017/03/03

Baton Rouge is a city that loves its sports. While Tiger Football dominates the headlines, baseball has a large following too, as do soccer and basketball. And there s a vibrant and growing outdoor community, active in running, cycling, swimming and rowing. That homegrown passion for sports and athletics hasn t just resulted in some of the most die hard fans you ll meet, it s also given birth to some impressive companies. Really impressive. Local Company Marucci Sports started out making wooden bats

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Location Location Location - Out to Lunch - It's...

It"s Baton Rouge: Out to Lunch ·

2017/02/24

You don t have to spend much time driving around Baton Rouge to notice that the local real estate economy is booming. New construction is going up in the residential, commercial, multifamily and office markets. Todd Waguespack has been in the industry for nearly two decades and is the managing partner for Level Homes, a residential construction company that is developing homes in more than two dozen subdivisions in Louisiana and North Carolina. Level has been recognized by trade publications as one

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Expert Advice - Out to Lunch - It's Baton Rouge

It"s Baton Rouge: Out to Lunch ·

2017/02/17

As our economy has become more specialized, so have the consultants who come into our companies and help us improve performance, from the loading dock to the boardroom. In the digital economy it gets even more interesting consulting firms don t have to rely on local or regional clients. On this edition of Out to Lunch, Editor of the Baton Rouge Business Report Stephanie Riegel is joined by the principals of two Baton Rouge consulting firms who have clients all across the country. Robert Munson is

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Italiano - Out to Lunch - It's Baton Rouge

It"s Baton Rouge: Out to Lunch ·

2017/02/10

People in most places eat to live. Here in south Louisiana we live to eat. For those who make their living in the culinary world that means the stakes are high and the competition intense. Daniel Thompson knows this only too well. He is the executive chef and co owner of D Agostino Pasta, a Baton Rouge based company located in the Drusilla Shopping Center that makes homemade pastas and pasta sauces and is rapidly expanding its footprint in supermarkets from Lafayette to New Orleans. Daniel is a

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The Art of Influence - Out to Lunch - It's Baton Rouge

It"s Baton Rouge: Out to Lunch ·

2017/01/27

Some of us are fortunate enough to be born with a creative flair or a sense of style. Suppose you are one of the fortunate few, now you are posed with a problem how do you turn your talents into something that can sustain you Grace Emden is a Baton Rouge artist, more specifically, a makeup artist, who specializes in special effects makeup for the movie industry. Grace actually started out making beautiful, high end cakes for weddings and birthday parties and realized, after working on a movie set

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BR 3D - Out to Lunch - It's Baton Rouge

It"s Baton Rouge: Out to Lunch ·

2017/01/12

Technology has enabled us to accomplish all sorts of things that we never thought possible. And it s not only world renowned experts in Silicon Valley who are accomplishing these feats. Scientists and engineers right here in South Louisiana are creating amazing technologies and products, and building successful businesses around them. Craig Billings is co owner of Acadian Robotics, a nearly five year old company that is Louisiana s only manufacturer of 3D printers. Craig and his partner built their

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Maison Blog - Out to Lunch - It's Baton Rouge

It"s Baton Rouge: Out to Lunch ·

2017/01/06

Though the world of retail fashion has changed dramatically in the last 20 years, the art of good salesmanship never changes. And it continues to be the key to many a successful business. Hans Sternberg is something of an expert on this topic. For 30 years Hans had a successful career in retail with his family s beloved department store, Goudchaux s. Then, in the early 1990s, Hans embarked on a second career with the creation of Starmount Life Insuarnce and Always Care Benefits. Now, at age 82, Hans

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Selling Yourself - Out to Lunch - It's Baton Rouge

It"s Baton Rouge: Out to Lunch ·

2016/12/30

When you sit down to search the internet for something, you ve probably noticed the advertisers vying for your attention. What you may not be aware of is that all those helpful blogs and lists of 10 things you gotta know are often carefully crafted marketing pieces designed to draw you in. And, eventually, sell you something. In this brave new world of marketing and messaging Natalie Noel is a local expert. Natalie s firm, Tech Advocate Group, specializes in high tech marketing specifically, what we

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Goodwood and Upward - Out to Lunch - It's Baton Rouge

It"s Baton Rouge: Out to Lunch ·

2016/12/23

Real estate is one of the largest sectors of the Baton Rouge economy. In the world of Baton Rouge real estate you don t get any bigger than Mike Wampold. Over the past three decades Mike s Wompald Companies has established itself as the premier developer in Baton Rouge, with a portfolio that includes an extraordinary list of apartments, hotels, office buildings and planned unit developments. Mike s devleopment, Harveston, is transforming the landscape of the southeastern part of the parish. A few

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Marathon Traction - Out to Lunch - It's Baton Rouge

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2016/12/09

Sports today is big business in the United States, and Baton Rouge is no exception. Since 2006, sporting events that have been lured here over have generated an economic impact of more than 304m. Stephanie s guests on Out to Lunch are two of the leading lights growing Baton Rouge s sports sector. Pat Fellows is a serial entrepreneur who, among other things, created the Louisiana Marathon in 2012. In the years since, it has grown to become Baton Rouge s premier sporting event after Tiger Football

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The Classics - Out to Lunch - It's Baton Rouge

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2016/12/02

To be a great city you have to have great performing arts organizations. For nearly 70 years, the Baton Rouge Symphony Orchestra has been delightingting audiences in the Capital Region, with performances that rival those found in any major market in America. The organization s Executive Director is Cary Byrd. Cary started out as a French horn player with the symphony in the late 1990s. Since then he has helped lead the LSU School of Music, the LSU College of Music and Dramatic Arts, the Houston

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Capital Coffee - Out to Lunch - It's Baton Rouge

It"s Baton Rouge: Out to Lunch ·

2016/11/18

Next time you re in a hotel room with a little coffee maker, take a look at the individual coffee pod. There s a good chance it came from right here in Baton Rouge, headquarters of Pod Pack International. The local company manufactures and distributes single cup brewing solutions not only for hotels, but for offices, restaurants, convenience stores, and homes. And as of recently for every Taco Bell in the US. Last year, the company announced plans to expand its presence in Baton Rouge and invest

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Free Trade - Out to Lunch - It's Baton Rouge

It"s Baton Rouge: Out to Lunch ·

2016/11/11

Sometimes what makes a business interesting is not so much what it does as much as how it does it. Today, the internet and mobile platforms make it possible to do business in all sorts of new ways. Then again, the digital era has also made it possible for savvy entrepreneurs to improve on age old business models. Like the barter economy. And come up with something better. Stephanie s guests on Out to Lunch exemplify those trends. Chip Davis is president and CEO of the Trade Authority. It s a Baton

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Meet Me For Coffee - Out to Lunch - It's Baton Rouge

It"s Baton Rouge: Out to Lunch ·

2016/11/04

In today s high tech world, we re increasingly isolated from one another. And yet, in some ways it s easier than ever to make connections. On this edition of Out to Lunch, Stephanie Riegel introduces two guests who are helping us connect. One, through an app that brings people together; the other, through an organization that helps start up businesses connect and find synergies that can help them thrive and grow. Alayna Dixon is the creator of a mobile app called Redu, which enables its users to

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Tales of Graves and Landry - Out to Lunch - It's...

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2016/10/28

It is not unusual for entrepreneurs to tell you that the single biggest attribute you need to succeed in business is "passion." Even if you ve heard that a thousand times you won t fully appreciate what it means till you hear the business tales of Todd Graves and Brandon Landry. These two homegrown Baton Rouge entrepreneurs have defied the odds and the expressed wisdom of their elders to follow their dreams and act on what they knew was a good idea. Both of their companies are now powerhouse

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Sports Biz - Out to Lunch - It's Baton Rouge

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2016/10/21

You could say we re sports crazy in south Louisiana. And with good reason more professional athletes come out of Louisiana per capita than any other state in the U.S. Maybe it s our famous cuisine. Or the chemicals in our environment Whatever the reason, It s taken us a while to capitalize on one of our greatest natural resources, but that is starting to change. Our sports obsessed culture is spawning a growing number of sports related businesses. Eric Engmann is helping to lead the charge and grow

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Active Shooter Lessons - Out to Lunch - It's Baton...

It"s Baton Rouge: Out to Lunch ·

2016/10/14

There s an old proverb that says, "If you give a man a fish, you feed him for a day but if you teach him to fish you feed him for a lifetime." Learning something new changes one s perception of the world and opens so many doors. Being on the teaching end presents opportunities, too. On this edition of Out to Lunch, Stephanie introduces two entrepreneurs who are creating opportunities through education companies that are teaching clients life changing and life saving skills. Joey Comeaux is founder

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Candy Sweat - Out to Lunch - It's Baton Rouge

It"s Baton Rouge: Out to Lunch ·

2016/09/30

Many a young boy aspires to play in the NFL. But only a small percentage actually realize that dream. It s similar to how many people dream of starting their own business, graduating from the work a day world, doing something they re passionate about, and making it big. On this edition of Out to Lunch, Andre Moreau sits in for Stephanie Riegel and hosts lunch with two members of a family who have done both gotten to the NFL and started their own business, at the same time Matt Flynn is an NFL

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A Better Way - Out to Lunch - It's Baton Rouge

It"s Baton Rouge: Out to Lunch ·

2016/09/23

How many times have you thought, "There s got to be a better way" to do any one a thousand tasks Stephanie s guests on this edition of Out to Lunch had the same thought. Then they went and did something about it. And in the process created a better way to get from A to B, to publish a book, to find a job, to save your precious photos and raise money for your school. Two years ago most people in Louisiana had never heard of Uber. Today, the company that makes the popular ride sharing app is a

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Floating Guns - Out to Lunch - It's Baton Rouge

It"s Baton Rouge: Out to Lunch ·

2016/09/09

Louisiana s nickname is Sportsman s Paradise, not only because of the affinity locals here have for hunting, fishing and water sports, but because of the lush natural landscape and warm climate that make those sports possible It s the same factors that have given birth to two local entrepreneurs. Edward Daniel is the owner of Daniel Outdoors. It s an online company that sells hunting, fishing and shooting products over the internet. The company s success, up against giants like Amazon and other

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