A business pitch competition put on by the Lafayette Economic Development Authority in partnership with other agencies claimed two Excellence in Economic Development awards. The Elevate Entrepreneurship Pitch Competition, a program also put on by Opportunity Machine...
This summer, Opportunity Machine, in an effort to bridge the gap between academic learning and industry innovation, offered seven computer science students from the University of Louisiana at Lafayette hands-on experience working with three Lafayette-based technology...
FlyGuys, the Lafayette-based reality data capturing tech company, launched a software platform to connect customers seeking data with those who offer the services in an online marketplace. The platform will allow customers to place orders for specific data collection,...
Lafayette, LA, is a land of opportunity, as startups are met with a strong business environment that’s primed to help them grow. A sturdy pillar in the region is Opportunity Machine (OM), an organization whose mission is to support and elevate early-stage technology,...
Downtown Lafayette, LA, has made impressive changes over the past few years, revitalizing the area and creating a live-work-play lifestyle that is attractive to residents and businesses alike. And the improvements aren’t slowing down. With multiple incentives for...
Opportunity Machine Member, hampr, and Opportunity Machine Alumni, FlyGuys, were recently recognized in The Tech Tribune's 2024 Best Tech Startups in Louisiana list. An excerpt from the list is included below: The Tech Tribune staff has compiled the very best tech...
LAFAYETTE, LA – One Acadiana (1A) is thrilled to announce the winner of the Small Business Challenge, an initiative aimed at fostering small business growth, while bolstering vibrancy and foot traffic in Downtown Lafayette. After an intensive selection process, Korey...
Last semester, Dryve, a locally founded navigation app that helps parents find food fast along a particular route, joined forces with UL Lafayette senior computer science students Devin Barras and Mark Coniglio through a new community partnership between...
A former Waitr executive, Joe Stough describes that company’s most successful era like this: It was a blue ocean. It’s a business term that describes what amounts to the perfect conditions for a new business: virtually no competition, high demand and nothing keeping...
hampr, the peer-to-peer on-demand laundry marketplace, today announces the launch of its commercial vertical, providing businesses with flexible outsourced laundry options. Business owners who use hampr won't find themselves trapped in rigid, long-term contracts....