Baton Rouge Entrepreneurship Week, known as BREW, is hosting its annual business conference online next week.<\/p>\n
BREW is free and requires registration with an optional donation, but there are ticketed events during the week.<\/p>\n
It begins at 9 a.m. Jan. 19 with an overview of the past decade of entrepreneurship in Baton Rouge, since it's the 10th year in a row NexusLA has organized the conference.<\/p>\n
NexusLA's CEO Genevieve Silverman in two sessions will discuss how business innovation can shape the growth of a city, followed by how innovation in health care during the coronavirus is happening in the market.<\/p>\n
There are lightning talks, which are 5-minute speeches from regional entrepreneurs about innovation in their respective industry.<\/p>\n
Keynote speakers are Sevetri Wilson, founder of Resilia a New Orleans-based technology company that sells online tools for nonprofit organizations to track compliance and streamline charitable goals, on Jan. 19; and on Jan. 20 both Patrick Comer, CEO of Lucid, a New Orleans-based technology startup that sells a tool for market researchers, and Silicon Valley serial entrepreneur Philip Rosedale, founder of virtual reality business High Fidelity.<\/p>\n
Other events during BREW include a session about angel investing in startups, moderated by Bill Ellison of Red Stick Angels and Innovation Catalyst; an improvisation class for executives, a ticketed event hosted by Theatre BR; interactive virtual reality networking; a session about marketing, the future of entrepreneurship in Baton Rouge and an overview of Resolve, which is a recurring virtual event meant to offer open dialogue about racial equity in business.<\/p>\n
Three finalists, out of 56 applicants, are competing for $50,000 in a pitch competition on Jan. 21. Finalists include Baton Rouge-based payroll and business functions tool Omnidek; telehealth business Relief Telemed and artificial intelligence startup for bioscience Biocaid.<\/p>\n
The investor group behind the funding for the competition is Red Stick Angels, a group of accredited investors interested in high-growth businesses.<\/p>\n
Information and tickets are atcelebratebrew.com.<\/p>\n
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