Google, Deloitte and Salesforce.com… Jazz Fest of Entrepreneurship…… What an week….
Attend Friday's Introduction, Cocktail Party and Mingler
Idea Village, a leading organization in Southeast Louisiana is announcing Entrepreneur Week which will be a week-long event involving many New Orleans sites, business and major national industry leaders.
The week is scheduled for March 20-27. You will not want to miss it.
The IdeaVillage, Downtown Development District and the New Orleans Saints, along with national partners like Google, Deloitte, and Salesforce.com, will host the nation’s most entrepreneurial minds to provide strategic resources to local startups, celebrate the city’s progress, and further establish New Orleans as a nationally significant center for innovation and entrepreneurship. During the Entrepreneurship week, there will be investor presentations, business workshops, networking events, national speakers, and a media panels across the city.
On Friday March 5, from 3:00 pm to 5:00 pm, attend the “Introduction to Entrepreneurship Week”. Listen to speakers Rita Benson Leblanc of the New Orleans Saints, Tim Williamson of IdeaVillage and Kurt Weigle of the Downtown Development District (and others) who will reveal details about the upcoming Entrepreneurship Week. At this event, New Orleans New Orleans Entrepreneur Week partners and entrepreneurs will gather at the IdeaVillage for the announcement and details of the event. The event is open to the public.
Location for Friday?The IdeaVillage Officein The IP Building, 515 Girod Street between Camp and Magazine Street, 70130
THE LADIES UNDERWARE WARS CONTINUE: - - - - - They can’t even talk to men who aren’t their family or husbands, they can’t drive, so why are Saudi Women being forced to buy lingerie from male salesmen? Almost the entirety of Saudi Arabia’s sales positions are held by men, making shopping for underwear a somewhat uncomfortable experience for women. On February 13, a financial analyst and blogger from Jeddah, Reem Asaad, launched a campaign called “No to underwear salesMEN in Saudi Arabia“. She called on shoppers to boycott lingerie shops across the country until the government agreed to enforce a law which allows women to work in the shops The law, put forward by the left-leaning current labor minister, Ghazi al-Qusaibi, was passed in 2006. It specified that all lingerie salesmen should be replaced by saleswomen within a year. But faced with pressure from Saudi clerics and conservative forces opposed to women mixing with men in the workplace, the majority of shops ignored the new law. Written by
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SC may gut programs for 26,000 disabled residents - - - By JIM DAVENPORT, Associated Press Writer Jim Davenport, Associated Press Writer – Wed Mar 3, 11:24 am ET - COLUMBIA, S.C. – Lawmakers are considering cutting all services for nearly 26,000 people with disabilities as South Carolina tries to plug a $560 million budget hole……… Parents say the proposed cuts to day care programs and other services would force them to give up much-needed jobs to stay home and care for their young and adult children………. Andrew J. Imparato, chief executive of the American Association of People with Disabilities, said he is hearing horror stories about budget cuts around the country, but South Carolina is the most extreme example. Shutting down everything but federally required residential care is "the most draconian kind of thing I've heard," he said………………………………… Written by
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New Orleans Entrepreneurship? Danger! - Danger!...... Will Robinson - - - I detect a hostile alien presence ..... Quick, to the saucer before they con us out of our space go-go juice we have been harvesting that we need in order to make it to another planet!!!! Written by
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