I’m a French business strategist and entrepreneur based in New Orleans, working across business development, brand strategy, community activation, and digital systems. I love identifying opportunities, turning ideas into structured action plans, and building lightweight tools and workflows that help organizations generate meaningful activity with limited resources. Alongside hospitality and creative-community experience, I build AI-enabled processes, websites, and funnels to improve productivity and reduce repetitive work. I also support professional audiences through practical training (including Canva/ChatGPT workshops), and I’ve contributed to hands-on growth work such as positioning, client journeys, and content strategy that drove strong organic reach.…

Maison Chou

I’m a French business strategist and entrepreneur based in New Orleans, working across business development, brand strategy, community activation, and digital systems. I love identifying opportunities, turning ideas into structured action plans, and building lightweight tools and workflows that help organizations generate meaningful activity with limited resources. Alongside hospitality and creative-community experience, I build AI-enabled processes, websites, and funnels to improve productivity and reduce repetitive work. I also support professional audiences through practical training (including Canva/ChatGPT workshops), and I’ve contributed to hands-on growth work such as positioning, client journeys, and content strategy that drove strong organic reach.…

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I’m a French business strategist and entrepreneur based in New Orleans, working across business development, brand strategy, community activation, and digital systems. I love identifying opportunities, turning ideas into structured action plans, and building lightweight tools and workflows that help organizations generate meaningful activity with limited resources.

Alongside hospitality and creative-community experience, I build AI-enabled processes, websites, and funnels to improve productivity and reduce repetitive work. I also support professional audiences through practical training (including Canva/ChatGPT workshops), and I’ve contributed to hands-on growth work such as positioning, client journeys, and content strategy that drove strong organic reach.

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Language

French
Fluent
English
Advanced
Spanish; Castilian
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Work Experience

Community & Event Activation at bdffrnt
September 1, 2026 - Present
Contributed to a creative community space through event concepts, communication strategy, promotion, and audiovisual storytelling, supporting 4+ events since September 2026.
Co-Founder & Strategy Lead
January 1, 2024 - Present
Built and co-led a hospitality-focused strategy and go-to-market approach for launching a coffee-shop placement in New Orleans. Contributed to opportunity identification, brand positioning and communications, event and workshop concepts, and AI-enabled workflows and automation. Also supported internal capability building through practical training and lightweight toolkits.
Business Development at Fisheye (Fisheye)
January 1, 2024 - Present
Strategic business development in New Orleans, supporting growth through opportunity identification and structured execution. Worked on B2B outreach and early pipeline development that contributed to securing the brand’s first coffee-shop placement in New Orleans within the first three weeks of collaboration.
Co-Founder at Bespoked Hospitality
January 1, 2024 - Present
Work across strategy, content, funnels, automation, and digital touchpoints for a client-facing creative consultancy. Build content direction and messaging aligned with brand voice and audience journey.
Coaching & Facilitation at Independent & Volunteer
January 1, 2023 - Present
Conduct one-on-one conversations focused on clarity, perspective shifts, confidence rebuilding, and decision-making while practicing careful listening and feedback.
Business Development, New Orleans at Maison Chou
January 1, 2019 - Present
Developed strategic direction for an ecosystem connecting personal brand, podcast, social media, newsletter, and complementary offers.
Business Strategist | Community Activation, Brand & Digital Systems at PB
January 1, 2019 - Present
Helped transform 15+ years of hospitality expertise into a structured consulting business with defined positioning, offers, and client journeys. Led strategic direction across business development, brand positioning, digital touchpoints, and growth initiatives. Built internal systems, AI-assisted workflows, automations, websites, and funnels designed to reduce operational workload and improve scalability. Contributed to content strategy generating 600K+ organic Instagram views in 2026.
Business Strategy & Consultant (Hospitality)
January 1, 2019 - Present
Helped transform 15+ years of hospitality expertise into a structured consulting business with defined positioning, offers, and client journeys. Lead strategic direction across business development, brand positioning, digital touchpoints, and growth initiatives. Build internal systems including AI-assisted workflows, automations, websites, and funnels to reduce workload and improve scalability. Contributed to content strategy generating 600K+ organic Instagram views in 2026.
Independent Artist - Music & Visual Storytelling at Self-employed
January 1, 2019 - Present
Create independent music and develop visual content around artistic identity, mood, lyrics, and audience connection. Experiment with audiovisual formats, captions, performance ideas, and storytelling around original creative work.
Creative Strategist & Multimedia Producer at Independent / Client Projects
January 1, 2019 - Present
Create and edit social media content for personal and client projects, adapting pacing, captions, and structure to each platform. Lead audiovisual projects across video, music, and scripting, translating mood and narrative into visual ideas.

Education

DUT TC at IUT of Nice
January 1, 2015 - January 1, 2017
DUETI at VIVES Business Academy
January 1, 2017 - January 1, 2018
at DUT Nice Côte d'Azur
January 1, 2015 - January 1, 2017
Business Academy Program at VIVES Business Academy
January 1, 2017 - January 1, 2018
at DUT Nice Côte d'Azur
January 1, 2015 - January 1, 2017
at VIVÉS Business Academy
January 1, 2017 - January 1, 2018

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Industry Experience

Media & Entertainment, Professional Services, Education, Retail, Travel & Hospitality, Non-Profit Organization