Fast Company: Why You Should Start a Company in New Orleans
- March 8th, 2010 /
Fast Company interviewed me for part 8 of their series “Why you should start a company in….” where they have been profiling the best startup cities around the country. It was a privilege to speak on behalf of so many great entrepreneurs in New Orleans.
If you haven’t seen it, why not give it a read. Here are my thoughts on “Why New Orleans is different or better than other cities?”
In a lot of ways, New Orleans is the city for our times, it fits the post-financial-crisis world. We dealt with our knockout blow in 2005 and the people here literally have rebuilt and re-imagined the city. We are ahead of the rest of the country that is just now dealing with the financial crisis. We’re already well into recovery and growth mode, so it’s an exciting time. There’s something kind of magical that’s going on right now and it’s that gelling at the very beginning of an uprising where things really become a movement.
This really is a great time to start a business in New Orleans. Here are a few places to dig a little deeper:
- Taylor Davidson wrote a post cataloging the startup scene in January.
- To dig into the tax incentives for businesses, check out my wiki, and LED’s site.
- Hot right now are the 2nd Net2NO SXSW road trip, the Google Fiber initiative, and Entrepreneurs Week
- One of the things I mentioned in the interview is a challenge around the lack of startup capital in New Orleans, this is something we’re working on too
I’d love to hear your thoughts on what makes New Orleans such a great place to start a company right now.
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