ino

Blend In and Stay Out The Sun – Happy Hour – It’s New Orleans

If you’re a white person in the U.S. you might tend to think of other races as being, of themselves, monolithic. However, if you’re a member of a race with non-white skin hues you are more attuned to the finer shades of skin color that make you lighter or darker than other people of your…

Read More

The Franchise Option – Out to Lunch – It’s New Orleans

When you think of a business that’s based on franchising, you probably think of places like Subway and McDonalds. But there are many more. There are over 750,000 franchise outlets in the U.S. Some of them might surprise you. Like Barre 3. They’re workout studios that combine ballet barre with yoga and Pilates.  There are 3…

Read More

Sucka’s Ready to Blow – Happy Hour – It’s New Orleans

On this Happy Hour, Julia Elizabeth Evans learns that you can be an artist, a philosopher, a daughter, a sister, a business person with your own production company, and a film maker on the way to world renown, and yet all a bunch of guys around a table want to know is what it’s like…

Read More

Looking Good – Out to Lunch – It’s New Orleans

When you’re starting your own business you often hear two pieces of advice. “Do something you love.” And, “use your personal experience to better understand your business.” Linsey Lamba used her personal experience as a technology consultant in Seattle, working with Microsoft, to go into business for herself. Making skincare products. Linsey explains her transition…

Read More

Residual Limb Wannabe – Happy Hour – It’s New Orleans

A “residual limb” is the bit of your own leg or arm that’s still attached to your body after the rest of it’s been amputated. Kevin Gardere lost most of his left leg as the (eventual) result of a drunken car wreck that propelled his car into somebody else’s house at 1am and propelled him…

Read More