Baton Rouge Entrepreneurship Week sets headline speakers | Business

Dhiraj Mukherjee, co-founder of Shazam, and Felecia Hatcher, CEO of Black Ambition Prize, will serve as the headline speakers for Baton Rouge Entrepreneurship Week.

This will be the first time Mukherjee speaks in the U.S. After launching the groundbreaking music recognition app and selling it to Apple for $400 million, Mukherjee has invested in more than 250 startups.

Hatcher heads up Pharrell Williams’ program that boosts Black entrepreneurs. She has invested in more than 100 start-ups that have raised more than $95 million.

The back-to-back keynote addresses will start at 8:30 a.m. May 9 at Mid City Tower, 5700 Florida Blvd.

BREW will be held May 7- May 9 and is being put on by NexusLA, a small-business investment nonprofit. This year’s theme is “Stayin’ Alive,” and the event will have a focus on resilience, adaptability and staying power. The event will conclude with the $100,000, high-stakes pitch competition at 5:30 p.m. May 9. The winner of the pitch competition will go on to compete for a $1 million price at the Startup World Cup Grand Finale in Silicon Valley.

Registration for Entrepreneurship Week is now open, with daily passes starting at $45 and all-access passes priced at $100. For more information or to buy tickets, go to celebratebrew.com.