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25 Louisiana Entrepreneurs Selected for Shell’s 2024 Business Accelerator

April 24, 2024 — On April 16, Shell USA, in collaboration with the Louisiana Small Business Development Center, named the 25 entrepreneurs selected from 13 Louisiana parishes who comprise the 2024 Louisiana cohort of Shell’s flagship enterprise development program, Shell LiveWIRE. The global program, now in its second year in Louisiana, works as a business accelerator and aims to strengthen the local economy by giving Louisiana entrepreneurs free access to knowledge, skills, networks and resources that can help their businesses and communities.

Shell LiveWIRE’s 2024 Louisiana cohort features a diverse class of entrepreneurs, whose businesses span a range of industries: architecture, beauty, construction, fashion, food and beverage, health, insurance, landscaping, hospitality, security, and more.

Read the full announcement here.