It’s New Orleans: Out to Lunch

Hosted ByPeter Ricchiuti

OUT TO LUNCH finds the country's most entertaining finance professor Peter Ricchiuti conducting business New Orleans style: over lunch. Each week Peter invites guests from the New Orleans business world to join him, sometimes for fine dining others for pizza. From CEO's to startups, managers, musicians, biomed needle-movers, Silicon Bayou success stories and entrepreneurs of all stripes put aside the elevator pitch and the talking points and actually enjoy themselves. It's business, New Orleans style.
You can also hear the show on WWNO 89.9FM.

The Swimming Game – Out to Lunch – It’s New Orleans

According to the reputable Henry J Kaiser Family Foundation, right around twenty percent of the population of the United States is under 15. That’s a sizeable market. You don’t have to look very far to see the marketers of stuff that kids like trying to sell it to them. Mostly food and toys. Which demonstrates that we don’t change all that much as we grow older.

But there are other businesses aimed at kids that aren’t exploitative, and can be a part of a child’s development. Peter Ricchiuti’s guests on today’s show are in those kinds of businesses.

marshall love

Marshall Love is co-owner of Love Swimming, where thousands of New Orleanian kids learn to swim.

jeremy henson

Jeremy Henson is co-owner of +1 Gaming, where thousands of New Orleanian kids learn to socialize and compete off the sports field.

Childs play is big business.

peter ricchiuti

Photos at Commander’s Palace by Alison Moon.