December 03, 2012 – NOLA.com

A New Orleans entrepreneur who started a company that uses algae to create synthetic oil is one of 13 people internationally to win acceptance to the Kauffman Global Scholars Program for 2013. The program will send Brandon Iglesias, founder of a firm called ReactWell, to universities and think tanks in Boston, Chicago and Silicon Valley, where he will study business skills and make contacts to advance his enterprise.