There are plenty of fascinating things to discover about Rob Steinberg among them his major role in the Oscar winning movie 12 Years a Slave and his storied roles in big time TV shows, but for some reason drinks this conversation zeroes in on the gay Puerto Rican guy who showed up after Rob wrecked…
Read MoreOver the last few years the word “disrupt” has found its way into the American business vocabulary. Disruption occurs when a new company with a new way of doing things changes business as usual. Amazon, for example, has disrupted retail. “Disrupt” does not necessarily mean “destroy”. Amazon has hurt some brick and mortar stores, but…
Read MoreLook up in the sky! It’s a pelican. It’s a plane. No! It’s Travers Mackel, and he’s not up in the sky, he’s at Wayfare for Happy Hour. Traver’s isn’t just an award winning reporter for WDSU. He’s also worse at golf than you’d expect, being that his father was a professional golfer. But Traver’s…
Read MoreIn the New Orleans entrepreneurial community there’s a conversation that comes up fairly regularly. It’s speculation about who’s going to be the first company in the new wave of startups to break out. To hit the big time. To be our version of Google, Facebook, or Twitter. One of the company names that surfaces near…
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