Mission
The Lepage Center is a center for entrepreneurial activity at Tulane, for knowledge about entrepreneurship in New Orleans, and for innovation in the Gulf South and beyond.
Vision
The Lepage Center will lead the effort to establish New Orleans as one of the greatest entrepreneurial ecosystems in the world. Our work will be in service to Tulane University’s overall purpose to create, communicate, and conserve knowledge in order to enrich the capacity of individuals, organizations and communities to think, to learn, and to act and lead with integrity and wisdom.
Statement of Purpose
“There is a real need for research in the best practices of entrepreneurship and growing a business. But it is also important to bring that expertise back into the wider community — both the under-served and well-served — to help entrepreneurs and innovators in New Orleans and the Gulf South achieve their goals and thrive.” - Albert Lepage
History
In April of 2015, Albert Lepage announced that he was donating $12.5 million to the Freeman School to establish a new center dedicated to the study and practice of entrepreneurship. Today, the Albert Lepage Center for Entrepreneurship and Innovation oversees and coordinates all of the business school’s entrepreneurship efforts, including the Levy-Rosenblum Institute for Entrepreneurship & Innovation (LRI), the Tulane Business Model Competition, and the Tulane Family Business Center.
