Twenty-five south Louisiana small business owners have been selected for the second class of the Shell LiveWIRE business accelerator program.
The program is a collaboration with the Louisiana Small Business Development Center that aims to build and support companies across 13 parishes: Ascension, Assumption, East Baton Rouge, West Baton Rouge, Iberville, Jefferson, Lafourche, Livingston, St. Charles, St. James, St. John the Baptist, St. Mary and Terrebonne.
Entrepreneurs selected for the program are:
- Lori Butler, founder and CEO, A Happy You Counseling Services
- Tatiana Alaniz, founder, A1 Nola Notary
- Kyle Nugent, founder and CEO, A Cut Above Lawn & Landscaping
- Ynohtna Tureaud, owner, Anointed Hands Trichology Center for Hair Loss
- Ana Batista Borden, owner and principal architect, AMB2 Architecture
- Jonathan Floyd, founder and CEO, Box of Care Gift Co.
- Christopher Switzer, owner, Bayou Trimlight
- Joycelyn Johnson, founder and CEO, Campus Safety Solutions
- Sebastian Ortiz, owner and industrial engineer, Building Brewers Construction
- Thrissa Every, owner, Every Way Insurance Agency
- Jennifer Loftin and Karla Coreil, co-founders and designers, Chapeaux
- LaDarby Landry-Williams, founder and CEO, Germ Slayers Cleaning & Maintenance Solutions
- Charles Daniel, founder and president, Geaux Ride
- Gregory Guarisco, founder, Guarisco Marketing
- David Decuir, CEO and president, iCAN Technologies Inc.
- J.J. Thomas, executive chairman and CEO, Indigo Insurance & Wealth Builders
- Paul Laugand, owner and manager, It’s Playtime NOLA
- Octavia "Via" Fortier, founder, Nola E-Comm
- Latasha Glass, founder, Phoenix Prodigy Consulting Firm
- Channing Parfait, founder and owner, Propel Learning
- Rocky Ortego, president and founder, Red Bison Services
- Tishia Boldene, founders and co-owner, Squeezy Fresh
- Alycia Johnson, owner, Sweet Kraving Donuts
- Terence King, owner and director of operations, The TAK Group