Rather than trying to replicate the playbook from coastal hubs, New Orleans is building infrastructure that plays to local strengths: industry access, capital efficiency, and founder retention.
The U.S. Latino entrepreneurial community is strong and growing. From 2007 - 2019, the number of Latino-owned businesses increased by 34% while the number of White-owned businesses fell by 7%.
While Latinos
Those in startups often talk about The Flywheel Effect, a phrase coined by the American author Jim Collins as a way to describe how momentum builds by accumulating small wins over time. Cities
Louisiana startups have a new place to pitch after Tulane University launched a $10 million fund this month. The fund is designed specifically to invest in women and minority-led ventures across the state.
In 2020, the Hypepotamus team wrote that it would be a good idea to keep an eye on Sevetri Wilson, a New Orleans tech entrepreneur and founder of nonprofit business intelligence platform Resilia.
