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The 14th Annual New Orleans Entrepreneur Week (NOEW) has a brand new accomplice and a brand new location for its 2025 occasion.

The Middle for Entrepreneurship and Neighborhood Improvement (CECD) at Loyola College’s Faculty of Enterprise will host the occasion March 24-29, 2025. Loyola’s enterprise faculty will crew up with The Concept Village to co-produce an annual celebration that brings collectively startup founders, trade consultants, enterprise leaders, and extra to share data throughout innovation, expertise, entrepreneurship and construct important financial connections throughout the Gulf South area.

There shall be a week-long collection of keynote speeches, panel discussions, workshops, pitch competitions, and networking alternatives geared toward empowering entrepreneurs and strengthening regional collaboration. Final yr, NOEW partnered with the New Orleans Guide Pageant at Tulane College, and occasions have been held all through town at Tulane College and Gallier Corridor. NOEW 2024 drew 5,400 attendees.

“Our partnership with Loyola will create much more alternatives for our metropolis’s entrepreneurial group to thrive,” stated Jon Atkinson, CEO of The Concept Village. “As co-producer and host, Loyola brings modern school, energetic college students, and management in entrepreneurial schooling. The partnership strengthens the pure connection between schooling and enterprise and lays the groundwork for long-term financial development within the Gulf South,” he stated.

Dr. Bobby Savoie, Dean of the Loyola College New Orleans Faculty of Enterprise, stated the enterprise college is “uniquely positioned to guide the subsequent part of NOEW.”

“Our emphasis on experiential studying aligns seamlessly with NOEW’s mission, and we’re thrilled to accomplice with The Concept Village to convey this occasion to our campus,” stated Savoie, who was lately named Dean after serving on an interim foundation. “Collectively, we intention to institutionalize its influence inside the native and regional group, making a sustainable platform for innovation and entrepreneurship.”

Loyola will showcase its Middle for Entrepreneurship and Neighborhood Improvement, which is an award-winning hub for entrepreneurial exercise throughout Loyola’s campus and an important hyperlink to the New Orleans entrepreneurial group. On the CECD, college students and group members alike develop their expertise to show concepts into worthwhile ventures and community with startup founders.

“NOEW has all the time championed entrepreneurship by and for New Orleans,” stated Sam McCabe, director on the CECD. “Bringing the occasion to Loyola offers a pure platform for college kids to interact in real-world experiences and showcases our metropolis’s thriving entrepreneurial ecosystem to a wider viewers.”

The Concept Village champions innovation and entrepreneurship in New Orleans and all through the Gulf South. Since its founding in 2000, The Concept Village has supported over 18,000 entrepreneurs with mentorship, teaching, and entry to capital. Alumni corporations have generated greater than $2 billion in regional financial influence.
For updates on registration, audio system, and programming bulletins for NOEW 2025, join the e-newsletter at www.noew.org.