
Entrepreneur Support Organization
What is an ESO?
Our ESO supports entrepreneurs and small business owners in undercapitalized regions, industries, and communities. We build capacity, connectivity, and community across entrepreneurs, nonprofits, investors, universities, philanthropies, corporations, and other ecosystem stakeholders to ultimately drive the successful launch, growth, and scale of innovation-driven small businesses


Our Goals
Accelerate the growth and maturity of innovation-based entrepreneurship in Louisiana ecosystems and across the United States.
Strengthen the Louisiana and southern state innovation ecosystems by catalyzing and/or strengthening capacity, connectivity, and community between entrepreneurs, nonprofits, investors, universities, philanthropies, corporations, and other ecosystem stakeholders.
Increase the pipeline and success of innovation-driven entrepreneurs and small businesses in accessing the necessary capital and other resources to advance their growth, driving entrepreneurial dynamism in their ecosystem.