Out To Lunch - New Orleans Business Podcast

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.

Community and Crime – Out to Lunch – It’s New Orleans

March 22, 2018 Out to Lunch Comments Off on Community and Crime – Out to Lunch – It’s New Orleans

We’ve all seen those lists that appear from time to time that say New Orleans is the most crime-ridden city in the country that nobody in their right mind would want to live in. On the other hand, those of us who live here not only enjoy an enviable quality of life, we’re also one of the places that people from other cities above us on the list most want to visit.

It’s in this unique climate – where community and crime are strange bedfellows – that we’re simultaneously growing businesses as different as Inhab and WatchSystems.

Inhab is designing, selling, and building houses – including a complete new community in Algiers, called Patterson Point. WatchSystems is a north shore based business that tracks sex offenders. Not just in New Orleans, but nation-wide.

Mike Bertel from Inhab

Mike Bertel

On this edition of Out to Lunch, Peter Ricchiuti is joined by the owner of Inhab, Mike Bertel.

Mike Cormaci from Watch Systems

Mike Cormaci

And co-founder and President of Watch Systems, Mike Cormaci.

Peter Ricchiuti

Peter Ricchiuti

Mike Cormaci, Mike Bertel

Mike Cormaci, Mike Bertel

Photos taken over lunch in the wine room at Commander’s Palace by Alison Moon.