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FlyGuys Unveils New Headquarters in Downtown Lafayette Along with New Branding to Accommodate Massive Growth in 2024
FlyGuys, a nationwide reality data capture tech startup, unveiled their new headquarters in downtown Lafayette at a ribbon cutting ceremony today. The move comes as the next step in their expansion, continuing a wave of momentum for the company following a $10 Million...
1A Announces Small Business Challenge Winner
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...
UL Lafayette Students ‘Dryve’ App Development for Local Startup
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...
Meet the CEO of this growing Lafayette tech company that is poised for significant growth
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...
Opportunity Machine Launches New Program, Bringing in Technical Support and National Mentors to Support Local Startups
Opportunity Machine (OM) recently announced the launch of its new Builder Program 2.0, an initiative designed to support the rapidly growing startup community in Acadiana. The program will empower local tech startups that have progressed beyond the initial stages of...
On-Demand Laundry Marketplace hampr Announces Commercial Offering to Support Businesses
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....
How Opportunity Machine nurtures entrepreneurs in Cajun country
In Louisiana’s heartland, big dreams are brewing. Aspiring founders across Acadiana bayou country are hatching ideas for software apps, medical devices, festival products, and more. They’re driven to build businesses, create jobs, and make an impact right in their own...
High-Flying Success: FlyGuys Soars with $10 Million Series A Funding to Revolutionize Reality Data Capture and Drive Job Creation
FlyGuys, a reality data-capturing technology company based in Louisiana, announces the triumphant closing of its Series A funding round, securing a remarkable investment of $10 million. This substantial financial boost is poised to catalyze relentless innovation,...
OM Member Spotlight: How US Frame Factory Founders Use J.I.T. Manufacturing to Run their Business Lean
Picture this: It's a regular Monday evening, around 4:43 PM, and 24 year old Mateo Atwi is winding down at his warehouse. Suddenly, his phone lights up with an area code from eastern Pennsylvania. The next thing you know, steel coils from Ohio are rolling into the...
Lafayette is putting out more successful startup companies. There’s a reason why.
There was plenty at stake for Shawn Johnston and Jordy Davidson. They had their idea for a business that Johnston, a longtime chiropractor, had first thought of 15 years ago. The two worked on it for two years, often on their lunch breaks. Now they were trying to...
