The Bureau of Labor Statistics reported nearly 2.8 million non-fatal workplace-related injuries and illnesses occurred in 2017. Within the manufacturing industry, 40 percent of those workplace injuries happen in the first year of employment — with over 60 percent within the first three months of employment. The lack of proper on-the-job training — and the resulting […]
New Orleans innovation hub The Idea Village has announced a partnership with Shell to launch an accelerator program and bootcamp that will specifically support energy startups. The ENERGYx accelerator is certainly on fertile ground, as the Louisiana energy sector has a $72.8 billion annual impact on the state. “Our region has a long history with energy, and […]
After yet another guy lied to Casey Isaacson about loving dogs through a dating app, her sister Leigh Isaacson realized that these matchmaking apps had a serious gap — none of the popular apps allow you to filter to only see “dog lovers.” Leigh’s background in investigative journalism sent her down a rabbit hole of data to find out what […]
Waitr, an on-demand food delivery startup focused on the Southeastern market, has been acquired in one of the biggest technology deals to come out of Louisiana. Landcadia Holdings will purchase Waitr for $308 million and bring the formerly-private company public to trade on the Nasdaq Stock Exchange. Waitr was founded in 2013 and is based […]
Earlier this month, DXC Technology, a $25 billion IT services giant created from the Spring merger of CSC (Computer Sciences Corp) and the Enterprise Services business of Hewlett Packard Enterprise, announced their choice of location for their first U.S.-based Digital Transformation Center: New Orleans, Louisiana. The 2,000-employee Center, which will be placed in the city’s […]