The Patty-G Show

At Prescriptions To Geaux, you can always expect the staff to handle your prescription needs, with the customers experience being a big priority.  Owner, pharmacist, and operator, TJ Woodard of Prescriptions to Geaux, joins us for tonights episode.  We will be talking about the way TJ decided pharmacy school was the path he wanted to take, TJ’s simple, yet effective ways of running his store and h...

In this week’s episode, we have Meryl Kennedy, CEO of 4 Sisters and a Rice Farm.  Meryl and her team currently operate their company on their father’s rice farm, founded in 1964 in Mer Rouge, Louisiana.  Due to being raised at and falling in love with her father’s farm, she eventually took over the family business.  Meryl talks about life growing up on a farm in North East Louisiana, some of her c...

Luis Molina and his father started Habana Port Cigar Merchants 13 years ago in August, 2010. Habana Port has the largest and most diverse selection of cigars in the state of Louisiana.  Due to being a tobacconist and advocate for the cigar consumer, their prices are the lowest one can find in Louisiana!  Luis’ father saw an ad for a part-time sales associate at a local cigar shop.  Because of this...

What exactly is millwork? Don’t worry; Chad Foster, CEO and President of Gator, has you covered! At Gator, they do woodwork, cabinetry and specialty items for residential and commercial buildings. You can see their work in places such as Jinya Ramen Bar, the LSU Arboretum, LSU’s Communication Academic Center for Student Athletes, Walk-On’s, St. George Catholic Church, Pennington Biomedical and so...

Tabitha Miller left her career in Instrumentation to follow her passion for spreading joy to those in her community through face painting and balloon decor! In the beginning, she performed at restaurants and events, showcasing her art in the medium of face painting. With the emergence of Covid, her face painting took an abrupt halt; however, the pandemic did bring a silver lining. Many people at t...

Steven Davis, once a self-proclaimed “trouble child,” changed his ways and eventually opened up Facilities Maintenance Management — a turnkey maintenance and construction company. However, the road to his success started out rocky. His first business took a hit with the 2008 recession and, unfortunately, never bounced back. He closed the business and eventually paid the bank and his vendors back a...

After graduating from LSU with a degree in Finance, Nick Speyrer—CEO & Founder of Emergent Method —struggled to find which path he wanted to venture down in the business world. After working for firms in Atlanta and New York, Nick decided it was time to move back to Baton Rouge in 2007. Four years later, he founded Emergent Method with the goal of helping companies of all industries try to get...

For Tom Cox, who worked in a country club and had an interest in all things technology, an online business selling golfballs seemed like the perfect match. However, creating an online business 28 years ago presented some unique challenges. For one, e-commerce wasn't yet a thing, and then there was the ".com crash" of 2000. So when Tom, Owner and Founder of Golfballs.com, told his Father that he wa...

Initially wanting to open a ski store in Baton Rouge after organizing LSU’s very first ski trip in the ‘60s, Michael Matthews’ father quickly realized that the market for ski apparel and equipment in Louisiana wouldn’t last long. Instead, he opted to open up a store that serviced all things outdoors, from camping and fishing equipment to apparel and accessories. However, keeping the passion he had...

Jim Urdiales has been working in and around the restaurant industry since he was eight years old. After telling himself he wouldn’t go into the business two generations of his family went into, a voice called him back and told him to open a restaurant serving Louisiana-Mexican-based cuisine. After an arduous first year in business and many obstacles to overcome, Jim accomplished his goals early an...

Being let go from 12 different sales positions might have discouraged the average person, but Edward Keith “EK” Navan used this time to help pursue his true passion - creating businesses. EK is a consummate entrepreneur who adopts a beginner’s mindset and always asks, “Why?” After opening the Regymen in 2016 with the hope of simply getting people up and moving, EK came to the realization that heal...

Founded in 1957 as a brick and salvage company, Holmes Building Materials is now a 4th generation building materials company in Baton Rouge and Denham Springs. After taking his Dad’s advice of having work experience outside of the family biz, Matthew ended up in Shreveport; however, after a few years, he eventually found his way back to the homefront in 2011. Going from a brickyard company, where...

What does the Fourth of July and Covid have in common? It’s the perfect time to launch a business! At least, that’s what the Founder of LA Custom Kayaks, Brock Miller, did. In the summer before his junior year at LSU, Brock launched a business fueled by his passion for being outdoors and, more specifically, on the water. With the rise of the popular social media app Tik Tok, Brock started posting...

Get your candles and books ready as we close out 2022 with a flame. This week we are joined by the owners of Truly Haute, Lauren & Rachel. Two ladies on fire for their business and doing everything they can to take it to the next level year over year. After wanting to do something different in their lives, Lauren & Rachel started working at Truly Haute back some 10 years ago. At the time i...

It can be tough for any family business to be passed down from one generation to the next. For Letterman's they've been around since the 1940s and still continuing to grow and flourish. This week on The Patty-G Show, we had the pleasure of sitting down with a good friend of ours, Steven Perret. He is the owner of Letterman's, a family owned reprographics company that can handle any project your co...

Typically whenever you go out to eat at a restaurant you are given a single plate for your meal and if there are sharable dishes everyone will have their own smaller plate to pass around. For Misti and Brumby Broussard, they wanted to mix that up a bit. With a California background via the movie industry and then the high end furniture business, they have been around a few different restaurants. F...

Whenever you need something taken care of, often times you like to do it yourself. However, there are certain tasks that we just cannot do on our own. It requires the help of external parties whether that may be employees or even outside consultants. This week we are chatting with Beverly Haydel, founder of Sequitur Consulting. With a career that has brought her all over the country, she now focus...

Have you ever walked into a room and were just taken back in time to a place that you knew before. That is a similar feeling to what you can expect to experience when you walk into BR.Cade. They have taken what some might define as historic pieces of gaming devices and turned them into a business. What started out as a hoppy for Casey of collecting arcade games has turned into a flourishing busine...

Giving back to the community should be important for us all. Taking lessons we've learned from other places should give us a new insight into how things can operate. For our guest this week, Daryl Cohen, all of these play a significant role in how he owns and operates his businesses. Originating in the basketball scene, Daryl is quite the athlete. Taking his skills across the pond to go play on th...

Every now and again we find ourselves in need of some time off. Whether we do that in the form of a long walk or relaxing at our home in the evening with family. However, there might be sometimes in which we need more than that. This is where our guest for the week comes into play. The Relaxation Company is a COVID built business that has seen continued success week over week, day over day. Initia...

This week we are stepping in stride with Niraj Vora, Co-Founder of The Stride Shop. The Stride Shop is a local physical therapy clinic focused around runners and tailoring to their specific needs. What brings a certain level of uniqueness to The Stride Shop is the fact that they are out of network. This means they may have a little higher price tag, but they focus on that next level concierge serv...

This week on The Patty-G Show, we had the honor of sitting down with Glenn Withrow and Hallie Todd. Two Louisiana transplants that made the shift from Southern California way of life to be a part of the Baton Rouge community. Working in the film industry as both actor/actress Glen and Hallie were always looking as they traveled to film at possible locations to call home. While filming in Baton Rou...

This week we sat down with the walk on himself, Brandon Landry. Founder of Walk On's Sport's Bistreaux, quickly closing in on 70+ locations across the US, Brandon has built a household name for his brand through serving good food in a family friendly atmosphere. Starting the concept for the restaurant on a back of a napkin with his co-founder, they still hold true to the founding principals of mak...

This week on The Patty-G Show, we sit down with Colleen Waguespack to learn about her journey of one venture turning into two successful businesses over the course of time. Colleen Waguespack first and foremost is an interior designer who set out in the corporate world designing office spaces and corporate headquarters. After a stint in DC, she and her family made the decision to move back to Loui...

This week on The Patty-G Show, we are joined by Chad Guzzardo of Centurion Construction Management. Growing up in an entrepreneurial household, Chad knew that someday he would operate his own business. Along the way this adventure took him to Florida, Colorado, then back to Baton Rouge. It was back in his hometown that he decided it was time to take the leap and go out on his own and build somethi...