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Why Startups Succeed: Ability to Adapt to Changes
WHY STARTUPS SUCCEEDAbility to Adapt to ChangesOur Target Startups and Small Businesses Innovative Ideas - Any Vertical and Industry Must be a Viable Market and Need for Product/Service Growth in Industry Valid Business Model Scalable Idea Executable Idea Existing...
EAP announces winners of the Bossier Parish Community College 2-Minute Drill
EAP announces winners of the Bossier Parish Community College 2-Minute DrillStudents at Bossier Parish Community College (BPCC) pitched their business ideas in the form of 2-minute elevator pitches for the chance to win a cash grand prize of $500. The BPCC 2-Minute...
Why Startups Succeed: Budget & Time Management
WHY STARTUPS SUCCEEDBudget & Time ManagementOur Target Startups and Small Businesses Innovative Ideas - Any Vertical and Industry Must be a Viable Market and Need for Product/Service Growth in Industry Valid Business Model Scalable Idea Executable Idea Existing...
Why Startups Succeed: Discipline & Determination
WHY STARTUPS SUCCEEDDiscipline and DeterminationOur Target Startups and Small Businesses Innovative Ideas - Any Vertical and Industry Must be a Viable Market and Need for Product/Service Growth in Industry Valid Business Model Scalable Idea Executable Idea Existing...
Why Startups Succeed: Listening to Your Market
WHY STARTUPS SUCCEEDListening To Your MarketOur Target Startups and Small Businesses Innovative Ideas - Any Vertical and Industry Must be a Viable Market and Need for Product/Service Growth in Industry Valid Business Model Scalable Idea Executable Idea Existing...
Why Startups Succeed: Timing
WHY STARTUPS SUCCEEDTimingOur Target Startups and Small Businesses Innovative Ideas - Any Vertical and Industry Must be a Viable Market and Need for Product/Service Growth in Industry Valid Business Model Scalable Idea Executable Idea Existing Business Looking to...
EAP to host Air Show Innovation Showcase
EAP to host Air Show Innovation Showcase The Entrepreneurial Accelerator Program (EAP), Bossier Parish Community College (BPCC), and the Air Force Reserve’s 307th Bomb Wing at Barksdale Air Force Base present the inaugural Air Show Innovation Showcase to...
EAP adds Centenary College to its Grand Prix university business pitch competitions. Winners announced.
GRAND PRIXCentTank university business pitch competition winners announced1st place ($3,000) - Trey Barstow, Hobbeez2nd place ($1,000) - Lila Beavers and Sarah Philyaw, Louisiana Local Art Consultants3rd place ($500) - Blake Smith, Experience in a Box The CentTank...
Why Startups Succeed: Fundraising
WHY STARTUPS SUCCEEDFundraising Our Target Startups and Small Businesses Innovative Ideas - Any Vertical and Industry Must be a Viable Market and Need for Product/Service Growth in Industry Valid Business Model Scalable Idea Executable Idea Existing Business Looking...
EAP portfolio company Asteri and Gov. John Bel Edwards announce action to bring more high-paying digital development jobs to Shreveport
EAP portfolio company Lowder Baking Company expands their market
EAP mentors Junior Achievement students in Brees Dream Foundation competition
EAP mentors Junior Achievement students in Brees Dream Foundation competition Eleven Caddo Parish high school students worked closely with several mentors to help spark their innovative ideas into real business plans. As a mentor in the Trust Your Crazy...
Mayor Perkins: BRF and EAP the innovation hub
Tech to Market brings over 150 entrepreneurs and startup businesses to North Louisiana
Tech to Market, the collaborative event of the North Louisiana Entrepreneurial Accelerator Program (NorLEAP) and Louisiana New Product Development Team (LA NPDT), brought in over 150 entrepreneurs and startup businesses looking...
BRF CEO and EAP executive director named most influential in tech and entrepreneurship in Louisiana for fourth straight year
BRF President and CEO John F. George Jr., M.D., and BRF’s Entrepreneurial Accelerator Program (EAP) Executive Director Dave Smith have been named to Silicon Bayou’s 2018 Top 100 list, which names Louisiana’s most influential people in tech and entrepreneurship. This...
EAP portfolio company announces partnership to establish all-in-one sideline replay and video breakdown solution for youth and collegiate sports
EAP portfolio company announces partnership to establish all-in-one sideline replay and video breakdown solution for youth and collegiate sports Shreveport, La. – Entrepreneurial Accelerator Program (EAP) portfolio company SkyCoach, the leading sideline replay...
University students awarded nearly $14,000 to help launch their businesses at EAP Grand Prix pitch competitions
Students at three North Louisiana universities competed for prizes and startup assistance at BRF’s Entrepreneurial Accelerator Program’s (EAP) Grand Prix, a series of university business plan competitions held in November and designed to support student innovation....
How a nurse can innovate
https://youtu.be/vYK69TVBxGw Nursing Innovation Summit for Cleveland Clinic in 2018 presented by Wayne Nix, sharing the story of how his entrepreneurial journey began, challenges encountered and motivation for other nurses.
BRF’s Entrepreneurial Accelerator Program (EAP) launches $1.2 million expansion across North Louisiana thanks to a federal grant
BRF’s Entrepreneurial Accelerator Program (EAP) has been awarded a U.S. Economic Development Administration (EDA) grant, resulting in the creation of the North Louisiana Entrepreneurial Accelerator Program (NorLEAP), which will expand EAP services to 21 parishes in...
EAP portfolio company awarded federal grant to study effects of olive oil on Alzheimer’s disease
Entrepreneurial Accelerator Program (EAP) portfolio company Oleolive has been awarded a $350,000 federal grant to study oleocanthal, a compound found in extra virgin olive oil, and its effects on Alzheimer’s disease and related dementias. The grant from the National...
Entrepreneurial Accelerator Program (EAP) Celebrates Four Years of Operation
Entrepreneurial Accelerator Program (EAP) Celebrates Four Years of Operation 10 new startup companies added to EAP’s Wall of Entrepreneurial Achievement BRF’s Entrepreneurial Accelerator Program (EAP) celebrated its fourth year of operation and successful...
EAP startup Cotton St. Farms hosts open house downtown
LSUS students and faculty invited to pitch their big ideas in Pilot Pitch competition In advance of the fall 2018 Grand Opening, Cotton St Farms hosted an Open House to showcase their downtown facility at 406 Cotton Street, celebrating various facets of downtown...
Special premiere screening announced for EAP startup Gorilla Tree Film Company’s latest feature movie
Special premiere screening announced for EAP startup Gorilla Tree Film Company’s latest feature movie Release dates, special screening announced for Shreveport-produced movie Shreveport, LA.— Gorilla Tree Film Company, a Shreveport-based film production...
EAP and LSUS business model competition winner announced
EAP and LSUS business model competition winner announced The winner of Louisiana State University Shreveport and the Entrepreneurial Accelerator Program (EAP)’s inaugural Pilot Pitch competition is Colin Moran, of Karnak, Texas, a junior Computer Science...
Six finalists chosen for EAP/LSUS Pilot Pitch competition
Six finalists chosen for EAP/LSUS Pilot Pitch competition Six finalists have been selected to move to the Final Pitch round of Pilot Pitch, the inaugural pitch competition to be hosted on the campus of Louisiana State University Shreveport. BRF’s...
Founder of EAP portfolio company to appear on Hallmark Channel
Founder of EAP portfolio company to appear on Hallmark Channel Local non-profit, PEP! The Pet Education Project has gained national attention from The Hallmark Channel. PEP! Founder, Erica Callais Falbaum will be appearing on their Home and Family...
EAP partner Segue Science Management licenses technology from ULM
EAP partner Segue Science Management licenses technology from ULM A private biomedical research laboratory in Shreveport is set to be the production site for a new University of Louisiana Monroe (ULM)-licensed technology researchers say has potential to...
LSUS students and faculty invited to pitch their big ideas in Pilot Pitch competition
LSUS students and faculty invited to pitch their big ideas in Pilot Pitch competition Louisiana State University Shreveport students and faculty who have a “big idea” could win $3,000 in an inaugural business model competition called Pilot Pitch. The new...
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