Mike Katz
@MBKatz
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Investor at @benson_cp. Passionate about entrepreneurship (mostly technology), food (namely peanut butter), and economic development (primarily the Gulf South).
New Orleans, LA
Joined January 2009
Gayle Benson's Faubourg Brewing inks deal aimed at building regional craft beer powerhouse
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Faubourg Brewing Co., the New Orleans-based brewery purchased five years ago by Tom and Gayle Benson, has merged with three other regional breweries owned by an Alabama private equity firm
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I’m proud to be a dyslexic thinker – excited that from today you can join me in adding “Dyslexic Thinking” as a skill to your @LinkedIn profile. @Dictionarycom will also be adding this as an official term: https://t.co/k3BFE7aPpA
#dyslexicthinking @MadeByDyslexia
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Gayle Benson selected to receive The Times-Picayune Loving Cup
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When Gayle Benson was growing up in a modest house in Algiers, she regularly saw her mother give to the Catholic Church even when money was tight in the family
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A Louisiana-based tech company just became the state's first "unicorn," meaning it sold for more than $1 billion.
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Lucid, a darling of New Orleans' nascent tech sector, has become Louisiana's first "unicorn" company, selling for just over $1 billion to a Swedish technology firm in a big victory
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🚨 New program alert🚨 Build coding & creativity skills by joining Girls Who Code, a weekly Zoom club for 6th - 12th graders to learn about computer science in a fun & safe environment. It all kicks off Monday, September 27! Info & registration here: https://t.co/hWasASjnNY
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Former President Bush, "So much of our politics has become a naked appeal to anger, fear and resentment...On America’s day of trial and grief, I saw millions of people instinctively grab for a neighbor’s hand and rally to the cause of one another. That is the America I know."
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20 years after the terrorist attacks on September 11, 2001, we remember the Hoyas and friends affected by the events and honor the heroes who sacrificed their lives. The Healy bells will ring 20 times at 8:46 a.m. today – the time when the first plane hit the north tower.
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.@POTUS and @LouisianaGov walking from Marine 1 after surveying hurricane damage in Louisiana.
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Although @Benson_CP has temporarily relocated to the @GleagueSquadron’s office in Birmingham, Alabama, we very much remain open for business. Our mission is to identify and partner with the best entrepreneurs in our region and that work will not stop.
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Having full hospital beds means lack of care for everyone. When you wear a mask & get vaccinated, you're doing it to protect yourself & to lighten the load at our hospitals so kids like Walker Beery can get the treatment they need. Get vaccinated. #lagov https://t.co/entUZ4arEG
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Parents of child fighting cancer have concerns over COVID issues in New Orleans
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Pope Francis has described basketball as “a sport that lifts you up to the heavens” during an audience with members of the Italian Basketball Federation.
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He made the remark during an audience with members of the Italian Basketball Federation.
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I’m sorry but I can’t believe I competed a double pike on vault
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Our Vice President of Bio, Innovation & Special Projects @JeanetteWeiland was honored to present an award to our friend and colleague @LowryCurley of @AxoSim during the virtual @JAneworleans City Stars Soirée yesterday. Watch the recap (17min mark) here: https://t.co/UVqiSZ73hg
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