New Orleans was recently named by Inc. Magazine as the “Coolest Start Up City in America.”
The city is attracting a convergence of brazen entrepreneurs at the forefront of social impact and innovation. The focus on local small business development here is being spearheaded by events like the Second Line Interactive Conference, which is tasked with bringing together some of the world’s best and brightest innovators.
The conference is a great place to demonstrate how technology can be applied to create new markets and foster sustainable development. The organization’s platform is designed to facilitate conversation and generate exposure for the city and the exciting start up businesses taking shape there. As the global economy changes rapidly, more traditional government and social ventures are forced to innovate as well or die a slow but eventual death.
