1. Chris Schultz Chris Schultz is the most honestly passionate and down to earth supporter of entrepreneurs you might ever meet. He co-founded Launch Pad and Launch Pad Ignition, and founded Voodoo Ventures, Flatstack, and TribeCon. Before that, he started several other companies to various levels of success and failure. His own experiences, support, and [...]
After a successful inaugural year, Launch Pad Ignition is back and will begin accepting applications for its accelerator program tomorrow, December 15, 2011 through January 15, 2012. With a mission to incubate the best tech startups in the country, this New Orleans-based TechStars partner accelerator program leverages the expertise of its mentorship community to improve the [...]
Launch Pad Ignition is preparing to open applications for their 2012 class. Interested start-up founders and the public are invited to an information session on Tuesday, December 6th, 2011 from 5:30 – 7:00 pm. This will be the second year of Launch Pad Ignition, a member of the TechStars Accelerator network founded by Chris Schultz, [...]
It’s been a week and a half since TribeCon 2011 and I wanted to offer the world a few tidbits of the community magic that took place on October 27th, 2011. I was a very small part of the team behind TribeCon this year and I didn’t get to watch every presentation, but I learned [...]
The Silicon Bayou has been buzzing with tech and entrepreneurial news. Here are the top posts posted in the past seven days: Entrepreneurs give a toast to alcohol with The Drink Show premier: For three local entrepreneurs, alcohol and the culture behind it has created new business opportunities. Andrew Larimer, Kyle Williams, and Britt King [...]
Today, Chris Schultz sent out a personal newsletter announcing the 2011 TribeCon will be his last at the helm. TribeCon kicked off in 2009 as the official conference alongside the Voodoo Music Experience. Now in its third year of existence, TribeCon continues to bring together a passionate group interested in the fuzzy border between the [...]
RubyConf, the official annual International Ruby Conference (RubyConf) is returning to New Orleans for the second year in a row this weekend. The conference is taking place at the Astor Crowne Plaza in the French Quarter. Speakers begin today, Thursday, September 29th and officially end on Saturday, October 1st. RubyConf is highly anticipated by a [...]
By Ryan Murphy Last night’s Net Squared New Orleans (Net2NO) monthly meet-up featured local entrepreneurs Neel Sus (Susco Solutions and Touch Studios), Chris Schultz and Peter Bodenheimer (Voodoo Ventures and Flatsourcing) sharing the web applications they use in their businesses. The crowd also shared their recommendations, and Ron Domingue, Interactive Strategist for Naked Pizza, was pulled into the presentation [...]
Tribecon is a one day conference focused on building strong communities and leveraging online tools to create powerful movements. Tribecon was first organized by Chris Schultz (Voodoo Ventures, Launchpad) and Tiffany Starnes (FSC Interactive) in 2009 as an interactive conference alongside the VOODOO Music Experience. This year the theme of the conference is “Unplugged” and it [...]
The Downtown Development District (DDD) recently launched a new website, Downtown NOLA Works. The site features successful and eclectic business people, service providers, creative entrepreneurs and residents. According to the DDD website, “[Downtown NOLA Works] profiles the people behind some of our city’s most successful companies and initiatives, and lets them tell you directly why Downtown [...]
