This week we're talking with Jason Kingston. Jason is one of the owners of Louisiana Graphics, a wrap shop founded in 2017 located in Elmwood, Louisiana. Originally a Long Islander, he began his life in New Orleans when he decided to pursue a bachelor's degree in Business Administration at Loyola University. He fell in love with the city and decided to make a life here. After graduating from college, he quickly realized that he wanted to make his own way in the world through entrepreneurship. The vinyl wrap industry is something he discovered through his friend and now business partner, Curtis Binegar, a seasoned veteran in the trade, who encouraged him to take a job at the shop he was working at. Jason could see that this industry allowed him to combine a number of his passions, and from there, it didn't take long for the pieces to fall into place. Jason and Curtis decided to go off on their own and Louisiana Graphics was born.

Bailey Rose is a boutique event planning company based in New Orleans. They are known for their belief in creating unique moments that leave a forever-lasting impression. With a team that excels in meticulous planning and a sharp eye for design details, Bailey Rose strives to turn clients' special event dreams into a reality, from the initial concept all the way through to the special day.

Leduc Entertainment is a video production company with offices in New Orleans, Atlanta, and Los Angeles. We help business owners and creatives scale their businesses through video marketing. Using YouTube, Facebook, Instagram, TikTok, LinkedIn, and Twitter, we are able to communicate your message, brand, and product in an engaging way. Your business deserves great videos!
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Ned Fasullo is a 28-year veteran of sales & marketing. Throughout his career he has worked as a trusted advisor to business owners/operators in the food & beverage, healthcare, legal, technology, construction, and industrial sectors, helping them achieve their desired business outcomes through business best practices. Due to his success, he is tapped as a public speaker for events, media interviews, sales & marketing consulting. He is most recently a published author of “The Small Book of Big Marketing” in 2017 and was a Silicon Bayou Top 100 List maker in 2012, 2013, 2014, 2015, 2016 & 2017. In his spare time, he spends time with his wife & five children, is the leader of Ned Fasullo & The Fabulous Big Band Orchestra & plays competitive tennis at Bocage Racquet Club in Baton Rouge.

Emily Crume is the director of strategy for Social Media Examiner, the world's largest social media marketing resource. Her role is to organize all strategic relationships, sponsorships, and alliances for the company. She helps businesses and brands connect with social marketers and digital influencers. Her expertise is in sales and business development and she loves to talk about how companies can achieve marketing success (ROMS), demand generation, using content to attract your next best customer, and how to find fit in your sales process.

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Laurel Hess is the founder and CEO of hampr, a tech startup that offers a platform for on-demand laundry services. With over 15 years of experience, Laurel has been recognized for her innovative approach to solving everyday problems with technology.

Under her leadership, hampr has grown to become a leading player in the laundry industry, serving thousands of customers across several cities in the US. Laurel is known for her passion for creating a positive impact through her work and has been featured in publications like Authority Magazine and Business Insider.

Beth has had a love for entertainment since her fifth-grade thespian debut as Miss Veryrich in her school play.  She has boundless energy and curiosity, so the draw to film and television was a natural evolution. As an actor, producer, choreographer, dancer, podcast host, and live event coordinator, Beth has worked at just about every level in the entertainment industry.  She has a degree from the University of Wi-Madison in Radio, Television, Film Production, and a certificate in Business Management from the Harvard Extension School, with a focus on non-profits.  She is one of the founding members of the Sirens of New Orleans and their first chairwoman. She's happily married to that guy who rides down the parade route in a recliner, with their finest productions being their three incredible daughters.

Duran Advisors was established based on the founder's nine years of experience as the owner of Sunbelt Business Brokers of New Orleans and three and a half years as an M&A intermediary with Starmont Advisors. Joel Duran has a track record of selling over 100 businesses and has worked with numerous main street and lower middle market business owners.

The company's process has evolved to focus on identifying client problems and pain points, which may not necessarily involve selling the company. Duran Advisors utilizes the latest technology to provide a transparent process for sellers to track the status of buyers' leads in real time. The company also uses Matterport® 3-D technology to enhance its business presentations, which has garnered positive feedback from buyers.

Joel Duran is passionate about his business and is committed to helping clients achieve their exit goals. Duran Advisors' approach emphasizes providing solutions that meet the client's needs and goals, rather than a one-size-fits-all approach to selling a business.

Sam Olmsted moved to New Orleans to pursue a degree in Management, with concentrations in Entrepreneurship and Finance from Tulane University. He has worked in numerous marketing agencies, including IPG Mediabrands and Momentum Worldwide, creating campaigns for Fortune 500 companies and some of the biggest brands in the world. From there, Sam performed digital marketing for a software startup that sold a no-code application development platform.

Sam is the New Orleans Managing Director at Online Optimism, a nationwide digital marketing agency, where he manages multiple team directors and assists with over 1.5 million in ad spending a year. Sam has been nationally recognized for his leadership, winning Silver in the American Business Awards for excellent management, while also being active on the Board of the American Marketing Association. Under Sam's leadership, Online Optimism won Louisiana Economic Development's Spotlight Louisiana Award for the economic contribution the company provides to the state.

Leduc Entertainment is a video production company with offices in New Orleans, Atlanta, and Los Angeles. We help business owners and creatives scale their businesses through video marketing. Using YouTube, Facebook, Instagram, TikTok, LinkedIn, and Twitter, we are able to communicate your message, brand, and product in an engaging way. Your business deserves great videos!
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Stephen Rue graduated from Loyola Law School with high grades and a driving will to succeed not only for himself but also for his clients. Stephen was hired as an associate attorney in a downtown law firm representing Lloyd’s of London and other insurance companies. After a few years, Stephen decided that representing insurance companies against victims of negligence was against his personal principles; therefore, Stephen decided to start his own law practice and help people in need.

Leduc Entertainment is a video production company with offices in New Orleans, Atlanta, and Los Angeles. We help business owners and creatives scale their businesses through video marketing. Using YouTube, Facebook, Instagram, TikTok, LinkedIn, and Twitter, we are able to communicate your message, brand, and product in an engaging way. Your business deserves great videos!
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Sidney Smith is a New Orleans native and local business entrepreneur. In 1995 he created and started Haunted History Tours, arguably the most popular tour company in the city. Haunted History offers a plethora of different tour options, daily and nightly.  - Both walking tours, as well as bus tours. Some of the tours focus on the paranormal, and others focus on different aspects of the city’s history. Ghost, Vampire, Voodoo, Cemetery, True Crime, Pub Crawls, Garden, District, French, Quarter, and more.  Haunted History Tours is the only company  to have written a best-selling book, NEW ORLEANS GHOSTS, VOODOO, & VAMPIRES.’ (HauntedHistoryTours.com). Sidney also created and produced the chilling video documentary, ‘JOURNEY INTO DARKNESS, THE TRILOGY’, used by the History Channel.  Additionally, Sidney hosted the local television show, ‘Haunted New Orleans’, focusing on different local haunted sites.  In addition to Haunted History Tours, Sydney Smith is a well-known and accomplished professional photographer of models and Rockstars.  In 2019, he published a coffee table photo book on the history of the Allman Brothers Band.