In 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…

New Orleans is one of the country’s most popular tourist destinations. There is no specific reason – there’s no amusement park or beach – but like other great cities – Paris, Manhattan – people come here to spend time just living like we do. Ironically, we herd them into the French Quarter and down Bourbon…

A few years ago, for most of us start up was a verb it was something you did to a car. These days it’s a noun. A startup is a new business, typically based on a new and untested idea. One of the toughest things about a startup, the noun, is the verb starting it…

Human beings love doing things in groups. It starts off with fun birthday parties when we’re kids, and goes all the way to desperate attempts to have fun at conferences – which is why so many of them come to New Orleans. While folks are here at a conference, Teddy Nathan’s company, Cresecent City Connections,…

Self styled “Emperor of the Universe” entertainer Ernie K-Doe used to say that besides New Orleans being the birthplace of jazz, he was pretty sure everything came from New Orleans. When you tell people that grocery giant Whole Foods started here in New Orleans – on Esplanade Avenue – you generally get the same response…