Many New Orleanians are familiar with e-commerce in the United States, but how many can say they traveled to another country, without speaking the language, and started a successful e-commerce business? Peter Ostroske started the fashion brand olook in Brazil that delivers up-to-date accessories– shoes, purses, and jewelry– at prices that are fifty percent less [...]
Every year, SXSW attracts a , “unique convergence of original music, independent films, and emerging technologies.” This year the conference and festival will run from March 8th to 17th, 2013. On March 10th, the HATCH Startup Pitch will take place. HATCH is looking for 12 revolutionary startups to pitch in front of a panel and [...]
New Orleans has something new on the tech horizon, the first ever Tech Ambassador Program via 504ward. The program is searching for New Orleanians that have connections to techies outside of the city and will hopefully be able to bring that talent here. Technology companies can also participate by signing up here. Applications for the [...]
Just in time for NFL kickoff, WhoDats.org launches so you can keep track of Saints-related tweets in real time. The site allows you to view tweets in a grid format, which visually depicts each tweet along with the profile pic of the person who tweeted it. You can also view the tweets in a map [...]
Naked Pizza, the New Orleans-based good-for-you pizza chain, is opening the doors of their first New York City location today. They shouted out last night on their NYC Twitter account, “Done crossing the “t”s. All we gotta do is dot the “i” in pizza! Here we come NYC! TOMORROW!” According to co-founder Robbie Vitrano, the [...]
New Orleans expat Nathan Rothstein, co-founder of NOLA YURP (Young Urban Rebuilding Professionals) Initiative and one of Gambit Weekly’s “40 Under 40,” has teamed up with Boston businesses to support local community projects. His newest startup, Swellr, helps connect community members to the needs of education projects by shopping at local businesses. The students of [...]
Skillshare, the startup founded by NOLA expat Mike Karnjanaprakorn that soft-launched in New Orleans last week, announced today that they have closed on their $3.1 million Series A of venture financing, led by Union Square Ventures and Spark Capital. Previously the company raised a $550,000 round of seed funding from Founder Collective and SV Angel, [...]
