Continuing Education

Our educational systems, from pre school through the graduate
level, are in a constant process of evolution and, in many ways
improvement, as pedagogy becomes more sophisticated and curricula
become more specialized in response to an ever more complex
world. And yet, in some ways we’re not at all keeping up and our
schools and universities are falling short of how they need to be
preparing students to succeed in the 21st century. But those gaps
can also create opportunities for entrepreneurs and others to
step in and help address unmet needs.   


Joshua Anderson is founder of Accelerant Education, a Baton
Rouge-based company that develops software specifically designed
to help high school students learn computer science and computer
programming.


Joshua started Accelerant when he realized that only about half
of the high schools in Baton Rouge have computer science
programs. Joshua understands the value of a computer science
education: he is a self-taught software engineer and a graduate
of LSU’s Flores MBA program. He also directs StartupGrind Baton
Rouge, a community of entrepreneurs and intrapreneurs. 


Marina Biragova is Executive Director of the Technology and
Entrepreneurship Clinic at Southern University Law Center here in
Baton Rouge. The clinic assists under-represented entrepreneurs
across the state with their business formation and structuring,
intellectual property, and compliance issues.


Marina is also an Intellectual Property attorney and a small
business advocate, with a specialty in technology and business
law. She is a graduate from Pyatigorsk Institute of Economics and
Governance School of Law, which is in southwest Russia, as well
as the LSU Law Center. 


Out to Lunch is recorded live over lunch at Mansurs on the
Boulevard. You can find photos from this show by Erik Otts at
itsbatonrouge.la.


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