A Community Celebration of Food, Culture, & Entrepreneurial Growth The Foodie Fest at MS KICK, hosted by the Milam Street Kitchen Incubator & Community Kitchen at Southern University at Shreveport (MS KICK-SUSLA), was organized by Executive Director Monique Armand and held in Shreveport, Louisiana. As part of the culinary incubator and entrepreneur development industry, the event took place on November 22, 2025, and welcomed over 150 community members. This community celebrat

September 26, 2025 Chckvet founders Colin Hebert, Matthew Ieyoub, George Villaume and Elliott Greenwood You might say Chckvet, a startup whose software tools make veterinary practices more efficient, was born of frustration. Colin Hebert, Matthew Ieyoub and George Villaume had previously launched a web and app development company, Breach Software, which served as the web development team for Mallard Bay, the VRBO of hunting and fishing. “They really liked it, but Breach’s gro

August 21, 2025 Cremmjoy’s soft serve ice cream and frozen confections technology is roughly 18 months away from hitting the commercial market, company officials said, and disrupting a billion-dollar global industry whose technology remains frozen in time. “We will complete our Series A funding round at the end of August and will use that funding to put our machines through field trials in late 2025 and throughout 2026,” Cremmjoy Chief Development Office Danny Fields said. “W

July 15, 2025 When United Launch Alliance needs to check the foam insulation that protects its rockets from space’s extreme temperatures, the Lockheed Martin-Boeing joint venture calls on a two-person shop in Baton Rouge: Advanced Microwave Imaging (AMWI) So do The Welding Institute, one of the United Kingdom’s oldest engineering organizations; IRISNDT, a non-destructive testing firm that’s part of global risk management giant Apave Group; and the Electric Power Research Powe

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Highly competitive NSF Engines grant will provide up to $160 million to support Louisiana’s energy industry, create jobs and develop the...

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The Innovation Enterprise at Louisiana Tech University has been selected for a $1.5 million award through the U.S. Economic Development Admi

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by Gavin Kelly A basketball finds the net of a hoop standing upright in the middle of a massive industrial warehouse in Ruston....

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— Funding awarded through Regional Innovation Strategies Program National Competition — U.S. Secretary of Commerce Penny Pritzker...