Louisiana and Small Business School show

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updated: July 2005

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The State of Louisiana

Statewide Small Business Resources:

1. Better Business Bureau

· Alexandria - Central Louisiana

· Baton Rouge - Eastern Louisiana

· Lake Charles - Southwest Louisiana

· Lafayette - Arcadian Louisiana

· Monroe - Northeast Louisiana

· New Orleans - Southeast Louisiana

· Shreveport - Northwest Louisiana

2. Chambers of Commerce

· Local Chambers of Commerce

· Louisiana Assoc. of Business & Industry

· Louisiana Chamber Executives (LACCE)

· Louisiana Business Leadership Network

· French- American Chamber of Commerce

3. Economic Development

· Business resources and guide

· Assoc. of Planning & Development Districts

· Area Economic Development Commissions

· Economic Development Corporation

· Regional Listings to come

· The Allies

4. Education: MBA & Professional Education

· Grambling State University

· Louisiana State University

- LSU Business and Technology Center

· Louisiana Tech University

· Loyola New Orleans Other Resources

· McNeese State University (Howell Institute)

· Nicholls State University

· Northwestern State University

· Southeastern Louisiana University

· Tulane University

· University of Louisiana - Lafayette & Monroe

· University of New Orleans (SBDC)

5. Finance:

· Louisiana Revolving Fund

· State Securities

· SBA Preferred Lenders (for all 28 banks)

- Hibernia National Bank

- JP Morgan (once BIDCO)

- Whitney National Bank and others

· SBIC

6. Government:

· First Stop

· Louisiana Small Business Development

· Louisiana Partnership

· Louisiana Small Business Assistance

· Export Assistance

· SBA, SBDC, SCORE

· Workforce Development
More to come

7. Press:

· Business Report (Baton Rouge)

· Biz New Orleans

· Louisiana Technology Journal

· Press Association

8. Other - Regional Resources

· Incubators

Much more to come

Broadcast times in Louisiana

What's on in your neighborhood?

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Cities of Louisiana	Stations	Air Time
Alexandria (176)	KLPA	2:30 PM Sundays
Baton Rouge (95)	WLPB	2:30 PM Sundays
Lafayette (124)	KLPB	2:30 PM Sundays
Lake Charles (175)	KLTL	2:30 PM Sundays
Monroe (135)	KLTM	2:30 PM Sundays
New Orleans (42)	WLAE	To be announced
Shreveport (81)	KLTS	2:30 PM Sundays
Click on a station to go to Louisiana Public Television's website. USA Satellite: PBS Virtual 543 NETA 13/30S 1630-1700 (4:30pm EST) Saturdays

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Demographics of Louisiana

Est. Population: 4.5M (US Census data)
Est. Small Businesses: Around 700K
Our Targeted Viewers: 160,000 per week*
Targeted online profiles: 35,000 owners
Targeted TV profiles: 7000 owners.

Out of the 4.5 million people in State of Louisiana, SmallBusinessSchool will seek to have no less than 160K* viewers per week. We will focus on identifying 35,000 small business owners and profiling as many as 7000.

This show only considers those businesses that have been recommended from within their communities. Though this selection criteria is our guideline, we rely mostly on the small business advocates listed on these pages .

*10% of all small business owners is over 70,000. 1% of the general population is 45,000 people. 1% of the employees of small business is about 25,000 people and 10% of the unemployed and underemployed is about 30,000 people.

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