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re: What's the most successful company founded by someone who went to LSU?

Posted on 8/12/26 at 9:13 pm to
Posted by jizzle6609
Houston
Member since Jul 2009
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Posted on 8/12/26 at 9:13 pm to
Seriously?
Posted by dblwall
Member since Jul 2017
2110 posts
Posted on 8/12/26 at 9:13 pm to
That's easy



Posted by 225Tyga
Member since Oct 2013
20147 posts
Posted on 8/12/26 at 9:13 pm to
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raising canes


Went to Georgia
Posted by LSUAlum2001
Stavro Mueller Beta
Member since Aug 2003
49205 posts
Posted on 8/12/26 at 9:21 pm to
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raising canes


Episcopal HS
UGA grad
Posted by Schmelly
Member since Jan 2014
16698 posts
Posted on 8/12/26 at 9:23 pm to
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Yes, went to UGA where zaxbys is based. Sometimes you don’t have to create the idea, just find something you think you can do better.


Bailey’s >>>> Canes

IYKYK
Posted by LSUAlum2001
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Member since Aug 2003
49205 posts
Posted on 8/12/26 at 9:38 pm to
Canes being right there at the North Gates was the difference in winning the mid 90s chicken finger war in BR.

Posted by SingleMalt1973
Member since Feb 2022
25870 posts
Posted on 8/12/26 at 9:52 pm to
Raising Canes but in true LSU fashion Todd stole the concept down to,the sauce from Guthries. A company that originated in Alabama.
Posted by Everyday Is Saturday
Member since Dec 2025
2766 posts
Posted on 8/12/26 at 9:58 pm to
I love jabs between SEC teams. Makes it fun. But that corn dog thing is minor leagues.

Do better, hater.
Posted by busbeepbeep
When will then be now?
Member since Jan 2004
19563 posts
Posted on 8/12/26 at 10:05 pm to
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Canes being right there at the North Gates was the difference in winning the mid 90s chicken finger war in BR.

that and all the Baileys employees trading free chicken for beer?
Posted by armytiger96
Member since Sep 2007
3200 posts
Posted on 8/12/26 at 10:17 pm to
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IYKYK


IK
Posted by TigersnJeeps
FL Panhandle
Member since Jan 2021
2967 posts
Posted on 8/12/26 at 10:19 pm to
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Raising Canes but in true LSU fashion Todd stole the concept down to,the sauce from Guthries. A company that originated in Alabama.


My wife and I are AU alums and we both said that when we tried Raising Canes for the first time a couple of weeks ago. They recently opened in Pensacola - busy whenever we drive by.
Posted by Antib551
Houma, LA
Member since Dec 2018
1466 posts
Posted on 8/12/26 at 10:20 pm to
MMR gotta be right there close if not already surpassed, especially lately with the rise of data centers
Posted by rph1
Baton Rouge
Member since Aug 2013
182 posts
Posted on 8/12/26 at 10:54 pm to
I don’t think these people graduated from LSU.
Posted by PGAOLDBAWNevahBroke
Member since Oct 2025
786 posts
Posted on 8/12/26 at 10:58 pm to
Dudley DeDildo
Posted by O
Mandeville
Member since Oct 2011
6817 posts
Posted on 8/12/26 at 11:44 pm to
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I don’t think these people graduated from LSU.


None of us baws went to LSU State University. We buy the jerseys from Walmart to go tailgate for the games.
Posted by Ben Hur
Baton Rouge, LA
Member since Feb 2013
1020 posts
Posted on 8/13/26 at 3:59 am to
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Raising Canes but in true LSU fashion Todd stole the concept down to,the sauce from Guthries. A company that originated in Alabama.


So what if he did? He scaled operations up to what it is today, which Guthrie’s was never going to do.

This is similar to cab drivers whining that Uber stole their business. Fried chicken baskets are not intellectual property.
Posted by ChestRockwell
In the heart of horse country
Member since Jul 2021
8061 posts
Posted on 8/13/26 at 4:29 am to
Ha ha. Good one
Posted by Ace Midnight
Between sanity and madness
Member since Dec 2006
96515 posts
Posted on 8/13/26 at 4:38 am to
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Mr Jim Bernhard


RIP and the company is Shaw Group.
Posted by tigeraddict
Baton Rouge
Member since Mar 2007
15250 posts
Posted on 8/13/26 at 5:15 am to
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RIP and the company is Shaw Group.


He was responsible for both Shaw and what is now ENFRA

Posted by elprez00
Hammond, LA
Member since Sep 2011
31752 posts
Posted on 8/13/26 at 5:40 am to
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He was responsible for both Shaw and what is now ENFRA

He’s done more that that.

IIRC, the founders of Turner, Performance, and Shaw all graduated LSU in the same class and same major.
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