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Episode #160 – Customization, Cabinetry, Casework, Oh My – Gator

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…

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Episode #160 - Customization, Cabinetry, Casework, Oh My - Gator
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Episode #159 – Rubber Air With Lots of Flair – Animated Art Baton Rouge Balloon Decor

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;…

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Episode #159 - Rubber Air With Lots of Flair - Animated Art Baton Rouge Balloon Decor
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Episode #158 – Pay It Back, Then Pay It Forward – Facilities Maintenance Management

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…

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Episode #157 – Singular. Unequaled. Extraordinary. – Emergent Method

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…

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Episode #157 - Singular. Unequaled. Extraordinary. - Emergent Method
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Episode #156 – Let’s Par-Tee – Golfballs.com

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….

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Episode #155 – A Trip to the Mountains – The Backpacker

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…

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Episode #154 – But First, Tequila – Mestizo

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…

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Episode #153 – Look Good, Feel Good, Do Good – Regymen & The Covery

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…

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Episode #149 – Your Branding Can Be Everywhere – Letterman’s

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…

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Episode #149 - Your Branding Can Be Everywhere - Letterman's
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Episode #148 – All About The Atmosphere – BLDG5

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…

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