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.

Forget About Work – Out to Lunch – It’s New Orleans

There are times in your life when things go right. Whether it’s good luck, good timing, or good management, you just need to celebrate. The simplest way to do that is to throw a party. A few drinks, some food, the right people – and to top it all off some helium balloons with racy adult sayings guaranteed to make everybody laugh.

Where would you get helium balloons with racy adult sayings from? The answer is the specialty adult balloon company, Badass Balloon Co And guess what? It’s right here in New Orleans.

Desiree Ontiveros

Desiree Ontiveros, the founder of Badass Balloon Co, joins Peter Ricchiuti on this edition of Out to Lunch.

Keely Crowder

When things go really right, you can take an exotic, luxury vacation. For that you can call on Peter’s other lunch guest today, Keely Crowder. Keely has a luxury travel agency called Travel Like A Diva.

Keely Crowder, Desiree Ontiveros

Both Keely and Desiree turned their backs on traditional occupations to start up their businesses. Are they having fun yet? The next time you think every great idea has been thought of and there’s nothing new under the sun, think of Badass Balloon Co and Travel Like a Diva.

Photos at Commander’s Palace by Alison Moon.