The leading official of the Palette Northshore experience Amanda Delaup wants to help direct the success of each individual member of the new St. Tammany Center for Entrepreneurs.
“My role is to support the individual member, whether they are in business only themselves or have a 50 work force,” she said. “We are a comprehensive store, with a stop for anyone who wants to create or grow.”
Palette, a member -based center for entrepreneurs, will open later this spring at the BLVD 201 holiday, Covington. It will serve as a multi -goal work space, networking site and the education center for northshore residents seeking to start or grow businesses.
Delaup first sought palettes of interest to become a member, but after learning that they were looking for someone to lead the organization, its passion to help individuals succeed in business.
“The more I heard about it, the more I wanted,” she said. “When businesses are going well, communities do well. Helping businesses and business people bloom, it will have a general impact for all those who live here. “
She said her father introduced the concept of supporting community -based businesses.
“He was always a business lawyer in the community, even serving as president of the Chamber of Commerce at one point. He taught us that part of our responsibility is to make the community we choose to live to be the best we can life.
A local Shreveport, Delaup graduated from the University of Alabama with a bachelor’s degree in Marketing and Management and Master of Business Administration. She began her career in college athletics, serving as a commissioner with the South Atlantic Conference as a younger woman of a NCAA conference to date.
She moved to Birmingham to help organize Golf’s collegial tournaments, where she met her husband, Andy, a New Orleans locals.
The Coupleifi returned to New Orleans, where she owned later sold an exclusivity of Certapro Painters.
After receiving a pause from the business world for several years to focus on twin girls, Claire and Davi, Delaup launched a advisory company and key speakers to help business owners succeed. She talks about topics including networking, marketing, brand construction, time management and achieving a vision.
She said her passion to help others succeed is what prompted her desire to be at the top of the palette.
“Even if you just want to grow up with a small margin, I want to be there to help. If you’re on sale and just want to grow a little every month, we’ll help you get there. If you want to scal Massive, I want to offer that support.
Membership in the Palette organization involves the use of community work space, access to educational programs and network events, along with links with community partners of the organization serving as mentors. Memberships begin with $ 50 a month.
Delaup said she collaborates with organizations across St. Tammany that exist to support businesses, creating relationships with subjects, including St. Tammany and Nortshore Women Entrepreneurs.
She said she predicts that co-organizing network events, partnerships for seminars and workshops and sharing ideas between groups to be a way that the palette can be integrated with existing business support programs throughout the north.
She said the palette offers a unique opportunity, even for smaller businesses.
The US Small Business Association generally classifies a business as small to 50 or less employees. Delaup said 80% of Small Businesses of St. Tammany have 10 or fewer employees.
“This little little one can really use significant resources and connections in an affordable way,” she said. “When I realized how accessible the palette programs would be, especially for the small small businesses, I was amazed,” she said.
She said those who usually work from home can benefit from the energy and buzz that will be found in the space of palette collaborators. “There’s something to surround yourself with other people.”
For information on the palette organization, visit Palettenorthshore.com.