A crowd gathers Friday (March 27) for the Big Idea pitch challenge on Fulton Street as New Orleans Entrepreneur Week 2015 draws to a close. (Photo by Dinah Rogers, NOLA.com / The Times-Picayune) The ...

With its annual Water Challenge, the Idea Village is trying to turn one of the region's most pressing issues into an economic engine. Sugarcane and shellfish are two things south Louisiana has in ...

The Idea Village has teamed with local businesses and nonprofits to develop a number of mentor programs geared at fostering start-ups in a number of emerging industries, from water management to ...

(TNS) — The Idea Village has picked a dozen companies for its annual accelerator program, an intensive four-month boot camp for budding entrepreneurs that is aimed at mentoring them toward securing ...

The Idea Village has received a $500,000 grant to expand its support programs for entrepreneurs. The New Orleans-based nonprofit support hub received the grant from the U.S. Secretary of Commerce’s ...

Penny Pritzker, the newly appointed Secretary of Commerce, dropped in on meetings with small business owners at the Idea Village as part of a countrywide listening tour. Pritzker also brought a big ...

The Idea Village has named Sally Forman, one of its original co-founders, as acting chief executive officer and will be relocating its offices to the Contemporary Arts Center in downtown New Orleans.

A presentation during New Orleans Entrepreneur Week, one of Idea Village’s core programs to attract new businesses to the city. (Photo: Facebook) “The New Orleans I returned home to was a dying city,” ...

Social Ideas Dinner Vibes Dedicated to identifying and supporting young entrepreneurs in the Greater New Orleans area, The Idea Village, a nonprofit organization, celebrated its 11th annual New ...

New Orleans Entrepreneur Week gives locals the information needed to make small businesses flourish. Updated: 10:54 AM CDT Mar 17, 2013 Idea Village, Entrepreneur Week help small businesses ...