One of the knocks against New Orleans as a place to start up a business is that we can’t be all that great or we would have produced a Google or Facebook or some sort of spectacular big-bucks success by now. But, despite what you might think, not everybody wants to be a billionaire. Some…

You don’t have to be the host of a business show to hear good ideas for making money. I bet you’ve heard a few. Maybe you’ve even had a few. Getting your business idea to actually happen though, well, that’s not always so easy. Sometimes it’s a matter of having enough cash to kick off with….

There are 500 million people on Instagram. It’s the world’s biggest social media site behind Facebook. Instagram reportedly grew by 100 million users over the past 12 months. Business people wrestle with a simple question: How do you turn this captive audience into customers? On this edition of Out to Lunch we meet the person…

There is, apparently, more than one way to skin a cat. You might imagine, however, that choices become more limited if you think about how many ways you could shuck an oyster. Or buy a steak. Well, time to expand your imagination. Peter’s guests on today’s Out to Lunch have found new ways to shuck oysters. And…

Of the many things that divide us, there is one thing that unites us all. We all get sick. So it’s ironic that healthcare is one of the most divisive issues in the country. While political arguments about healthcare seem to be stuck in an endless loop, healthcare technology continues to advance.    At New Orleans’…