The NXT Entrepreneur

Aaron Hogan is the CEO & Founder of Eye Wander Photo. Eye Wander is a content creation house in Baton Rouge, LA specializing in Portraits, Weddings, Senior Shoots, Commercial Photos, Art Prints, and Photo + Video Booths for events. Aaron started Eye Wander as a project while in school at LSU. His main mission ever since has been to capture life the way he sees it; through light and emotion. Th...

Henry Overton is the President and Co-Founder of TurnKey Solutions. TurnKey is a full service IT company that performs day to day help desk tasks and 24/7 cyber security. They have locations in Dallas, New Orleans, and Baton Rouge with 16 employees. Henry has been fixing computer issues ever since he received his first computer when he was 13 years old. After meeting his business partner and CEO,...

Kelsey Campion, Chief Sequin Officer of Fringe + Co, completely derailed her master plan of being a Forensic Psychologist for a life she describes as more fulfilling. Her journey began when she purchased her first very old vintage sewing machine; once she created her first product she never looked back. Kelsey doesn't create anything that she doesn’t love herself and truly enjoys creating mom...

 Felix Sherman Jr. is the Owner of The Ambrosia Bakery. Ambrosia Bakery was started by his parents, Felix and Cheryl Sherman, in 1993 - that is nearly 30 years of serving award winning cakes to the Baton Rouge Area. Cheryl’s passion for cake decorating went from being a hobby to selling cakes to her neighbors and later on become a highly successful business thanks to the help from her husband. Fel...

Aaron Montgomery is Founder & CEO of OURAY and President of HYDERA. Ouray is an environmental remediation business providing global emergency response and chemical services headquartered in Denver. They have multiple locations including Denver, Peru, Singapore, and a new location in Hammond, LA. Aaron's customers refer to his company as "The Easy Button" because they are highly...

Anna Dearmon Kornick is the Founder & Time Management Coach of ADK Strategies, LLC and Host of the It's About Time Podcast. Anna formed her LLC before she was sure what she wanted to do under the name ADK Strategies. It did not take her long to realize that she had a passion for time management. She recognized that there was a need to support busy professionals that were overwhelmed and s...

Nathan Ourso is the Founder & Owner of Oasis Spaces. Nathan is a Baton Rouge Native who graduated from Louisiana State University with a degree in construction management. Along with the help from his wife, Taunia, he started Oasis Spaces about 9 years ago with the main mission to enhance outdoor living spaces. Today they offer much more under the umbrella of custom living: custom homes, pools...

Rolfe McCollister is the Founder & Former Publisher of the Greater Baton Rouge Business Report for 40 years and CEO of McCollister & Associates. There are so many things Rolfe has done and continuing to do for the city of Baton Rouge. Rolfe explained what it is like to work in the media business, describing it as a sprint; you run, run, run, - publish and repeat. He said he absolutely LOVE...

Sanjay Juneja, M.D. is the Chief of Oncology Service at Baton Rouge General Medical Center, Hematologist & Medical Oncologist at Mary Bird Perkins Cancer Center, Founding Partner & Chief Medical Officer of Oncology at Doctorpedia, Co-Founder & COO at MedFluencers, Host of the Target Cancer Podcast and so much more! Dr. Sanjay's current resume is INSANE! He has his hands in so many...

Stan Levy is the Founder and CEO of SASSO. SASSO is a branding and advertising agency with locations in Baton Rouge, New Orleans, Atlanta, Austin, and San Diego. Stan begin his career learning from top industry leaders such as iHeartMedia, Ticketmaster and Dreamworks. In this episode he discusses the importance of good branded content and understanding how to create a strategy to use it. Digital m...

Michael Mathews is the Owner of The Backpacker Outdoors. Under this operation, there are two store locations - Baton Rouge & Lafayette, an eCommerce store - backpackeroutdoors.com, a travel company - Backpacker Tours/Ski Trips, and another storefront location coming soon to Mandeville. This company was founded by Michael's father and was later passed on to him, along with his love for adv...

Dwayne Sanburn, Founder, Owner, and Artistic Director of The 13th Gate, lives and breathes Halloween. The 13th Gate has been haunting the area for 29 years. It is an incredible representation of interactive theater that has 150 actors, 12 make up artists + interns, costume designers, stage managers, security, maintenance crews, and more! See the production for yourself; you can buy tickets to the...

Kiran Chawla is the Founder of the news outlet Unfiltered with Kiran. It is incredible what Kiran has done in just one year! She has created a news outlet people can trust built on the whole truth. Kiran has over 12 years of experience reporting in the Baton Rouge area. In this episode she talks about her journey and how she stands up to anyone that gets in the way of her mission, delivering the t...

Mike Hogstrom is the Founder, as well as a Designer and Developer of Onsite Design. Mike describes himself as a tornado, a whirl wind that still has a hand in every piece of his business. His parents instilled in him from a very young age a strong work ethic. In fact, he told a story about how every day in the morning there would be an index card with a list of tasks for him to do, on top of his d...

Cindy McGhee is the Founder at NextGen Tax Services. This woman is a force of nature that is rapidly climbing to the top using rhythm (not balance) to structure her work/life flow. Cindy is also an advocate for helping women entrepreneurs thrive in business. In doing so she created a podcast to inspire and educate women looking to move their business to the next level in their entrepreneurial jour...

Alex Lobodiak, President of True North Ventures, Head of Sales and Business Development at GeoSafe, and Chapter Director of Startup Grind Tulsa, is a true asset to the Tulsa community. The biggest advice Alex had for young entrepreneurs is to always be receptive on feedback. When you have a self awareness about yourself and are able to process that information in a positive way, that is when you a...

Olivia Stewart is the C.O.O of Oxbow Rum Distillery, previous named Three Roll Estate. Oxbow Rum Distillery is the only single estate distillery in Louisiana. The process of making rum is fascinating; the true definition of both art & science. What sets them apart is that they use the ingredients from their sugarcane farm to cultivate their rum process. Olivia told us in this episode that the...

Chef John Folse, Founder and Owner of the Chef John Folse Company, is not someone who dwells on the impossible. He is always focused on the next adventure and chases the next opportunity. Anyone can go online and find Chef John Folse’s long list of achievements and business ventures. But his heart and crowning glory belongs to The Culinary Institute at Nicholls State University. What an inspiratio...

Jordy is the Owner of Effemm Digital Media and the Host of The Jordy Culotta Show. The Jordy Culotta Show is a digital sports talk show built for the ultimate sports fan. Listen daily Monday through Friday from 7am – 9am on Youtube, Facebook, Apple Podcast, or find them at jordyculottashow.com. Effemm Digital Media is a media group that can help businesses with video production, broadcasting, soci...

Maranda is the Owner, Client Relations + Media Director at Octagon Media. She is also the Owner of W.H.W Real Estate & Property Mgmt, which was named after her father. Octagon Media is a full service advertising agency and marketing firm here in Baton Rouge, LA. Maranda like most entrepreneurs is a highly skilled problem solver that loves what she does. Her parents instilled in her from a youn...

These two fun, high-energy artists are the owners of The Blue Room, a multi-media company based in New Orleans. Kate is a full on creative that works with all different types of mediums: painting, jewelry marketing, digital graphic campaigns, interior designing, and more! She graduated from California State University, Fullerton starring as Perdita in The Winter’s Tale. Kate believes that you shou...

Craig Stevens is the Founder & President of Genesis 360, LLC. Genesis 360 is a full-service facility maintenance company composed of four divisions: Construction, Building Maintenance, Grounds Maintenance, and IT Services (NEW). Craig has achieved many outstanding awards over the last couple of years including the LED - Leadership Growth Award for Louisiana, Baton Rouge Business Report - Compa...

Al Moreau III is the President of Moreau Physical Therapy. This year Moreau Physical Therapy is celebrating 45 years of service to this community. Dominating the South Louisiana area, there are a total of 21 Clinics with more on the way. On average, Al told us they typically have 40,000 patient visits per year. THAT IS INCREDIBLE! Subscribe to hear more stories from Engaging Entrepreneurs www.yout...

 Dr. Shamieh is a Minimally Invasive Spine Surgeon and Medical Director at AVALA Health. AVALA has multiple locations in Hammond and Covington with the vision to expand into the South Shore and beyond. The #1 focus of this company across the board is quality care; AVALA is the first class of healthcare. Subscribe to hear more stories from Engaging Entrepreneur's www.youtube.com/channel/UCaeun...

Grant is the CEO of 1 Percent Lists. This full service real estate brokerage company is built to provide more value to their clients and allows them to keep more of their equity in their house. 1 Percent Lists was created to break the standard cycle of real estate and formed a disruptive model to “give the people what they want” by only charging 1% for the list costs. Everyone loves a good discoun...