Baton Rouge Entrepreneurship Week aims to bring lessons, skills for entrepreneurs
BATON ROUGE, La. (BRPROUD) — The 13th annual Baton Rouge Entrepreneurship Week (BREW) has officially begun. BREW is an annual event hosted by local nonprofit, Nexus Louisiana.
The event is being hosted from Tuesday, May 7 to Thursday, May 9 at Mid City Tower, 5700 Florida Blvd. in Baton Rouge. The event is bringing in many local entrepreneurs together in a space to learn more, said local entrepreneur Kayonca Riggs.
“It gives us the tools that we need to further our businesses, develop our businesses. If we were ever struggling in a certain area,” said Riggs.
As the week of events goes on, Riggs said she looks forward to improving her business pitch, something she said will help her elevate her business.
“I am looking forward to learning more about how to pitch, how to go before investors, being able to say why my business is in need of their funding and what I would do with that funding,” Riggs said.
In regard to things special to this year, Na’Tisha Natt, director of community engagement at Nexus Louisiana, said this year’s event brings many unique opportunities.
“One of our headliners, which is the founder of Shazam, the app who sold to Apple for $400 million, he’s going to be here to share wisdom and insight on, you know, how do you take your business to the next level and stay with it,” Natt said.
“Then also, we have our high stakes pitch competition where one lucky, lucky winner will walk away with a $100,000 investment prize,” said Natt. “But it doesn’t end there. They will then go on to compete in the startup World Cup for an $1 million investment, and they will be competing with competitors or entrepreneurs from across the world.”
For people looking to attend this year’s event, Natt said registration is still open and she hopes people takeaway a sense of belonging.
“I hope that they take away that there is a sense of community here. You don’t have to do it alone,” Natt said.
For more information on the schedule of sessions and speakers, visit here.
