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1 week ago | 
businessreport.com | Sam Barnes |Penny Font
Michelle Hardy had zero experience in construction when she first entered the doors of Turner Industries some 13 years ago. Today, she’s on track to become the first female chair of Associated Builders and Contractors’ Pelican Chapter, which boasts the largest compilation of industrial contractors in the state.
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2 months ago | 
businessreport.com | Sam Barnes |Oscar Tickle
Core Boiler & Mechanical Services is a relatively young player on the industrial stage, but decades old when it comes to experience. The husband-wife team of Luis and Paola Alvarado quickly assembled a seasoned team of skilled laborers and managers and turned their family-run boiler repair company into a $10 million-plus business in just six years. It was rough going in the beginning.
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2 months ago | 
businessreport.com | Sam Barnes |Oscar Tickle
It all began with a chance encounter at Drusilla Restaurant in 1991 when Mike Polito bumped into Cajun Industries’ Lane Grigsby during a construction awards ceremony. Polito was working for a New Orleans contractor at the time. “After my team came up to accept an award, Lane walked up to me and struck up a conversation,” he says. “I was taking the team to the Patio Lounge for a little celebration afterward, so I invited him and his wife to come along.
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Jan 3, 2025 | 
businessreport.com | Sam Barnes |Oscar Tickle
Lee Michael Berg has discovered the “secret sauce” to succession planning, at least for the jewelry business he founded some 46 years ago. Today, his three sons have sole ownership of Lee Mich… Continue reading this story and get ACCESS to all our content from any device with a subscription now. Get access to more than a decade of story archives. Get access to our searchable data center of TOP LISTS. Get exclusive content only available to INSIDERS.
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Jan 3, 2025 | 
businessreport.com | Sam Barnes |Oscar Tickle
A handful of forward-thinking Baton Rouge-area companies have quickly overcome any initial trepidations and are taking deep dives into the world of artificial intelligence. They’re finding parti… Continue reading this story and get ACCESS to all our content from any device with a subscription now. Get access to more than a decade of story archives. Get access to our searchable data center of TOP LISTS. Get exclusive content only available to INSIDERS.
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Oct 22, 2024 | 
shedbusinessjournal.com | Sam Barnes
Each in their own way, the leaders of today’s shed-building industry have overcome unique obstacles and taken calculated risks to become guiding forces in their companies. They often have an unrelenting internal drive to make a difference and a strong desire for growth and lifelong learning, as well as the energy and ability to inspire.
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Sep 3, 2024 | 
businessreport.com | Sam Barnes - |Sam Barnes |Oscar Tickle
At precisely 3:44 each morning, Charles Landry rises out of bed to begin his daily ritual of reading five newspapers on his iPad. Though 70, he has little time for sleep—he’s too busy pursu…Already an INSIDER? Sign in. Continue reading this story and get ACCESS to all our content from any device with a subscription now. Get access to more than a decade of story archives. Get access to our searchable data center of TOP LISTS. Get exclusive content only available to INSIDERS.
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Sep 2, 2024 | 
greymatter.com | Sam Barnes
Having the tools capable of making an immediate impact and delivering return on investment (ROI) is a huge challenge for businesses. In my capacity as Azure Solution Specialist at Grey Matter, I’m often approached by businesses looking to make the most out of their technology stack to deliver each of these results. There are many things you could potentially do to make an immediate impact with your technology stack.
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Aug 28, 2024 | 
shedbusinessjournal.com | Sam Barnes
No matter the market, a company’s image is its lifeblood. How a customer perceives professionalism, dependability, and a host of other factors can significantly impact a company’s ability to acquire and retain new business. It can also lead to its greatest challenge—training employees, from the front-office staff to the field crew to the delivery driver, on how to market the corporate brand as they interact with customers.
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Aug 7, 2024 | 
businessreport.com | Sam Barnes - |Sam Barnes |Penny Font
Regardless of where one stands on the future of electric vehicles in the U.S., most agree that a reduced dependence upon China would be a good thing. That’s the reasoning behind the U.S. Department of Energy’s November 2023 announcement that $3.5 billion from the Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act, or IIJA, would be used to boost the domestic production of EV batteries and battery materials, a market almost exclusively dominated by China. GO DEEPERIs this Louisiana’s next big industry?
