Meet the Founders and Builders Powering New Orleans
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.
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Now Is The Time For Latino Startups
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 are starting small businesses at a faster rate than any other group, there is still a noticeable
This is your sign to check out the New Orleans tech scene
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 looking to grow as a tech hub talk about the need to spin that flywheel faster in
Tulane University's New $10M startup fund set to bolster women- and minority-led businesses Across Louisiana
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.
The $10 million comes partially from a new state-wide small business growth initiative and a financial matching
New Orleans-based Resilia Makes History With $35M Series B
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.
All eyes are certainly on Wilson this week as she makes history. Resilia’s new $35 million
CONTRIBUTOR THOUGHTS: Beads, Bourbon Street, and…the Blockchain?
Mardi Gras. Jazz Fest. Wedding parties.
As a celebration destination, New Orleans cannot be beat. But as natural hatchery for Web 3 businesses?
That, too. And I’ll tell you why.
New Orleans, like many places in the South, has a unique culture that appeals to the creatives of the
These New Orleans entrepreneurs are piecing together a business opportunity, one glass bottle at a time
People may open a wine bottle to celebrate a work win. But for co-founders and recent Tulane University graduates Franziska Trautmann and Max Steitz, a shared bottle of wine sparked an entirely new business concept, aptly named Glass Half Full.
The two were frustrated that the bottle of wine they