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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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27:00

B.R's M.V.B - Minority Veteran Business

It"s Baton Rouge: Out to Lunch ·

2023/06/21

While the men and women who serve in the military make untold sacrifices to serve their country, when they come home they face a unique set of challenges – especially when it comes tt starting a business. According to the most recent statistics, in the United States today, fewer than six percent of all businesses are owned by military veterans. And of those roughly 338-thousand veteran-owned businesses, only 10% are owned by Black veterans. A handful of them are in Baton Rouge. Craig Stevens is

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27:35

High On Mushrooms Reunion

It"s Baton Rouge: Out to Lunch ·

2023/06/14

One of our favorite Out to Lunch shows, for many reasons, was a 2019 episode called High on Mushrooms that brought together two interesting, unlikely guests, whose worlds could not have been more different. Paul Charbonnet, a drone pilot and the owner of Atmosphere Drones, which shoots all sort of aerial scenes for movies, TV and a variety of users; and Cyrus Lester, co-owner of Mushroom Maggies Farm, a Saint Francisville based farmer of specialty and exotic mushrooms that Cyrus and his wife Maggie

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27:40

Yeah You Write

It"s Baton Rouge: Out to Lunch ·

2023/06/07

If you’ve ever dreamed about writing or dabbled in writing then you’ve probably engaged in that fantasy where Terry Gross or Oprah is interviewing you about your brilliant new best seller or memoir or thriller or screen play. For most of us that's just a day dream. But a rare handful of local writers are actually authors of books with titles published by legitimate publishers. How does this happen? Is there a secret to getting someone to read your manuscript? If a publisher picks it up, does it

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27:55

Your Diet Your Health & Your Backyard

It"s Baton Rouge: Out to Lunch ·

2023/05/31

We’re inundated with bad news and dire predictions about the sate of our nation and our world and, here in south Louisiana, the condition of environment, which is ever more vulnerable to climate change and global warming. Our unhealthy lifestyles are also a problem: we spend too much time in front of screens - now under the control of artificial intelligence - and we eat the wrong foods full of processed ingredients and high fructose corn syrup. But, there are signs of hope everywhere that it’s not

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28:50

Fairytale Lemonade

It"s Baton Rouge: Out to Lunch ·

2023/05/23

DIY. We all know what that means. Do It Yourself. It’s usually applied to home improvement projects. Like, “Why pay a professional to tile your bathroom when you can DIY.” Well, whether or not you can tile your bathroom as well as a tile layer is debatable, but there’s one thing that a number of people, at some point decide they just have to DIY - and that’s life. Especially work life. You can stay in your job, doing what you do, and be perfectly happy. But if you’re not happy with the way things

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27:50

Biking Barroom Balloons

It"s Baton Rouge: Out to Lunch ·

2023/05/16

Most of us spend our days at work, whether that’s at the office or in this new post-covid world, in some sort of hybrid, virtual, workspace. But whatever it is you're doing, it’s probably pretty serious and grownup. But, imagine if you spent your work day doing something totally fun and goofy! The kind of thing most people do at parties or on vacation. Stephanie Morace is owner of Balloonatics of Baton Rouge, a local business that specializes in balloon arts and entertaining. That includes

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27:30

Baton Rouge Crypto

It"s Baton Rouge: Out to Lunch ·

2023/05/09

If you’re like a lot of people, you may never have completely gotten your head around crypto currency or believed that it is a viable and inevitable replacement for traditional bullion-based U.S. dollars. When the crypto market cratered in the summer of 2022, you might have felt a little bit vindicated and assumed that the whole thing was over. A flash in the pan, just like you’ve been saying all along. Right? Well, not so fast apparently. As crypto continues its fluctuations, here in Baton Rouge

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27:40

Now You Come To Mention It

It"s Baton Rouge: Out to Lunch ·

2023/04/17

There are so many things we take for granted we don’t even much think about them: they’re part of our daily life so we may not even really pay them much attention. For example, a billboard we pass on the side of the road, or the bar of soap we pick up to wash our hands. What separates creative entrepreneurs from the rest of us is the ability to take those everyday things and come up with a way to reimagine them and make them better so they can reach more people. They're generally the kind of

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28:40

Weed Tea

It"s Baton Rouge: Out to Lunch ·

2023/04/11

Since the beginning of time, we have turned to nature to find plants and roots and fungi to calm us or pep us up, help us perform better, or take us out of our bodies and minds to some other dimension. It’s an age old tradition that continues to the present day and has given us foods, beverages, remedies, supplements and, drugs around which entire industries have been built. Randy Mire makes his living in one of those industries: medical marijuana. Randy is a pharmacist and owner of Capitol Wellness

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28:30

Mo & Dianna's Cops & Robots

It"s Baton Rouge: Out to Lunch ·

2023/03/29

Baton Rouge may be no Silicon Valley, heck it may not not even be the "Silicon Bayou" that we were hyped in the early 2000s by the tech park and economic development folks. That said, there are nonetheless some amazingly impressive companies here that are creating tech products and performing IT services in ways that are not being done anywhere else. These are not attention-grabbing cool startups with a catchy marketing hook solving some or other issue like laundry and parking (though we have those

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28:50

Lemonade & Lager

It"s Baton Rouge: Out to Lunch ·

2023/03/15

The lemonade stand has become a sort of iconic institution in the American narrative: the kid on the side of the road peddling lemonade from a pitcher. A way to make a little extra change and stave of summer boredom while also picking up a thing or two about the fundamentals of entrepreneurship. But the lemonade stand can be so much more. Not only a teaching tool but a way to help young people with disabilities learn entrepreneurship. Case in point: Sherilyn Hayward's business, Leroy's Lip Smack'n

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29:30

Fran U Mes Amis

It"s Baton Rouge: Out to Lunch ·

2023/03/08

Louisiana continues to rank behind almost every other state in the country in terms of its educational outcomes across the board – from Pre-K through post secondary. But buried under those bad stats, are some bright spots – success stories of programs and schools that are finding ways to prepare students and train them for the jobs of the future. On this episode of Out to Lunch, meet two of the leading lights of the Baton Rouge education system. Tina Holland is President and CEO of Franciscan

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28:30

Blitz!

It"s Baton Rouge: Out to Lunch ·

2023/03/01

We often lump "tourism and hospitality" together because they seem to go together, but like other conjunctive categories like "sales and marketing" or "chicken and waffles," "tourism and hospitality" is a vast umbrella under which there are a plethora of specialties. within these sub-groups, entrepreneurs have created businesses providing services in a multitude of innovative ways. Take, for example, Patrick Healey. Patrick is owner of Premium Tours and Transportation, which, among other

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29:00

Yes, It's Baton Rouge!

It"s Baton Rouge: Out to Lunch ·

2023/02/15

Anyone who’s been around Baton Rouge for a while has noticed the amazing transformation of its downtown over the past 30 years. it's a transformation that has come in large part from the planning and leadership of the Downtown Development District. In that time, the capital city has also seen growth and transformation in its hospitality and tourism sector, which is largely, though not exclusively, concentrated downtown. In recent months, the organization that oversees the tourism and hospitality

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28:00

One Rouge Lighthouse

It"s Baton Rouge: Out to Lunch ·

2023/02/08

Entrepreneurs frequently explain how they came up with a business idea to solve some sort of problem they personally experienced. This "necessity is the mother of invention" incentive is also true in the world of non-profits and purpose-driven businesses more concerned about making a difference than making a profit. Often it is during the worst of times - crises, hardships, or conflagrations and controversies - that people see opportunities to help those most in need. Or, on a grander scale, to

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29:35

Please Listen Carefully Our Menu Has Changed

It"s Baton Rouge: Out to Lunch ·

2023/01/25

Have you heard this sentence lately? “Please listen carefully, our menu has changed.” I bet you have. It seems like every place you call, from a giant multinational company to a local small business, has a phone system that for some mysterious reason has to constantly be updated. Why exactly does the menu have to change? What was wrong with the last time I called when I had to press 1 for sales and 2 for tech support? If it seems like even making a simple phone call has gotten complicated these

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28:41

Feeling Good

It"s Baton Rouge: Out to Lunch ·

2023/01/18

Everybody likes to feel good. For some people that's simply the absence of pain. For other it's chocolate cake. As consumers we all like to splurge from time to time. Even if we’re pinching pennies, there’s always going to be a special something we’ll make an exception for because it makes us feel good, mentally, physically or emotionally. If you’re that entrepreneur, who can intuit what customers need, you just might have hit on the secret to success. Liz Anderson is owner of Honey Hive Treats, a

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28:00

Rock Climbers & Acrobats

It"s Baton Rouge: Out to Lunch ·

2023/01/11

You often hear people giving business or career advice along the lines of, "Do something you love and you'll never have a bad day at work." Intuitively you just know that's not true: there's no such thing as having a great day every day, but as we've discovered over the years here on Out to Lunch, you can get pretty close. We've met people who have turned their passions for bee keeping, scuba diving, art, and may more occupations into profitable businesses. Stephanie's guests on this edition of Out

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29:30

Affordable Healthcare That Actually Is Affordable

It"s Baton Rouge: Out to Lunch ·

2022/12/06

When it comes to quality of life measures, Louisiana ranks near last in every category – especially health-related categories like life expectancy, and rates of diabetes, cancer, hypertension and heart disease. And we have some of the worst outcomes of any state in the U.S. But entrepreneurially-minded medical and health experts are trying to help address this by using new models of health care delivery, and coming up with inventive ways to engage underserved communities. Dr. Charles Sasser is a

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28:30

The One Constant is Change

It"s Baton Rouge: Out to Lunch ·

2022/11/30

The one constant in business (and in life), is change. Like most platitudes, this one also is true. You might not think things as already established and mundane as breakfast cereal or everyday signage need to change. But they do. Companies that are able to adapt to change, even if they’ve been around a long time - or start ups that can come up with a better way to deliver an old favorite - are the businesses that survive and thrive. Let's kick off the conversation by talking about something as

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