Freeman School alum Michael Leffler (BSM '91) is the founder of Mike's Amazing Foods, the upstart condiment brand that's fast becoming a national household name.
Harry Gestetner (BSM ’22) wants to help you hack your sleep.“My goal is to increase the number of minutes the world sleeps each night,” Gestetner says. “And I want to make it happen through Orion.”Orion, Gestetner’s company…
Nothing says summer like an ice cream cone, and thanks to a Freeman School of Business alumnus, New Orleanians now have another way to celebrate the season. Briggs Barrios (BSM ’14) is the founder of Super Witch, an ice…
Tulane University honored tech entrepreneur Brett A. Hurt and Glass Half Full founders Franziska Trautmann (SSE ’20) and Max Steitz (SLA ’20) as Entrepreneurs of the Year at the 2026 Albert Lepage Center for Entrepreneurship…
Exactics, a biotech startup developing rapid at-home tests for a range of infectious diseases, won first place and the grand prize of $75,000 in the 2026 Tulane Business Model Competition.
Rob Lalka, Albert Lepage Professor in Business and executive director of the Lepage Center for Entrepreneurship and Innovation, was interviewed by NOLA.com about the emergence of in-state venture capital firms that invest in…
Chris Lipp, professor of practice and director of the management communication program, contributed an article to Forbes about the importance of managing the investor-founder power dynamic when seeking capital.
Tulane University’s A. B. Freeman School of Business unveiled the results of its seventh Greater New Orleans Startup Report while announcing plans to significantly expand its annual survey of the region’s entrepreneurial…
The Albert Lepage Center for Entrepreneurship and Innovation honored its student fellows and named its 2025 Lepage Fellow of the Year at the center’s first Toast to the Future ceremony.
Rob Lalka, Albert Lepage Professor in Business, was quoted in a Newsweek story about Amazon's disclosure that founder Jeff Bezos could sell up to 25 million shares of the company in the next year
Rob Lalka, Albert Lepage Professor in Business, was interviewed by Business Insider for a story about President Trump's pressuring of Amazon to kill a plan to display tariff-related costs on product pages.
Rob Lalka, Albert Lepage Professor in Business, was quoted in an Associated Press story about Amazon's decision not to display the cost of tariffs on its product pages after pressure from the White House.
Biotech startup Exactics took home the top prize of $15,000 in cash and $2,500 in pro bono legal services during the Grand Prize Round of this year’s Pitch Friday Competition.
The Grand Prize Round of Pitch Friday, the Lepage Center for Entrepreneurship and Innovation’s annual student elevator pitch competition series, will take place on Friday, April 18, with Abode, BEEFUEL, Cloud IX, Cypher…
Rob Lalka, Albert Lepage Professor in Business, was interviewed by Forbes about the unintended consequences of X’s new labeling requirements for parody accounts.
Rob Lalka, Albert Lepage Professor in Business, was interviewed by The National Desk for a story about Meta whistleblower Sarah Wynn-Williams's testimony about the company's ties to the Chinese government.
MabLab, a student startup that produces quick and accurate test strips to detect deadly lacing agents in drugs and drinks, took home first place and the grand prize of $75,000 in the 2025 Tulane Business Model Competition.…
Tulane University honored restaurateurs Emily (BSM ’06, MBA ’13) and Alon Shaya and educator Calvin Mackie as Entrepreneurs of the Year at the 2025 Albert Lepage Center for Entrepreneurship and Innovation Awards Gala.
This year marks the 25th anniversary of the Tulane Business Model Competition. As we count down to the start of the 2025 competition, Freeman checks in with some of our past winners to find out where they are now.
Freeman School faculty members Chris Lipp and Rob Lalka are among the more than 200 acclaimed authors and thought leaders on tap for the fourth annual New Orleans Book Festival at Tulane University.
Rob Lalka, Albert Lepage Professor in Business and professor of practice in management, was interviewed by The Times for a story about Elon Musk's role in gutting the U.S. Agency for International Development.
