Backed by LSU Innovation Park's EDA BRIDGE program and a $200K FUEL grant, Renovigo is revolutionizing carbon fiber with a carbon-negative process.

For startups, the first step to finding a solution is selecting the right problem. Soon-to-be entrepreneur Charles Beam had compiled a list of 20 possibilities to which he could apply his skills as an LSU computer science graduate. The biggest involved finding the right opportunities for federal contractors.

Truth Diagnostics got its start, and its name, because the startup's partners believed in a better business model: a boutique lab with personalized services for physicians and smaller clinics and transparency in customer relations.