What a difference a year makes. At last year’s Burkenroad Reports Investment Conference, 33 of the 34 companies that participated posted negative returns for the preceding 12 months. This year, 28 of 33 companies posted positive returns.
Poverty and lack of access to safe, affordable lighting are two of the biggest challenges facing populations in the developing world. A startup company hopes to solve both of those problems with an innovative new product, and now, with the help of the Freeman School, it’s a little closer to achieving that goal.
The Callais family, whose businesses include marine transportation, banking and waste management services, was named the 2010 Outstanding Family Enterprise by the Tulane University Family Business Center.
Jack and Jake’s Market plans to bring locally grown food to customers in underserved neighborhoods within three days of harvest, but to achieve that goal, the company first needs a top-notch distribution system. That’s where a team of MBA students from Tulane, Loyola and UNO comes in.
Dean E. Taylor, president and chairman of Tidwater Inc., will talk about how Tidewater distinguishes itself in an increasingly commoditized business as luncheon keynote speaker at this year’s Tulane Business Forum.
The Wilson family, owners of Barriere Construction Co., received the Tulane Distinguished Entrepreneur(s) of the Year Award and Kathryn Hall-Trujillo, founding director of Birthing Project USA, received the Tulane Social Entrepreneur of the Year Award at the 2010 Tulane Council of Entrepreneurs Awards Gala.
