It's New Orleans: Out To Lunch

Chris Cuadrado is upending the great NOLA tradition of waiting for snoball season and then waiting on line in the burning heat for a snoball with his revolutionary [Snoballs To Go][link1]. David Bergeron moved into the historic McKenzie's Bakery where he's making his own history with ice cream store [Creole Creamery][link2]. [link1]: http://snoballstogo.com/ [link2]: http://www.creolecreamery.com/

In a city known for fine restaurants, [Commander's Palace][link1] is both a legend and ever-evolving enterprise, as revered among chefs and service industry workers as it is by the dining public. Cousins Lally Brennan and Ti Martin share the Commander's culture. [link1]: http://www.commanderspalace.com/

New Orleans health company [Bioceptive][link1] is developing a product that could change the lives of millions of women around the world. COO S.K. Khurana and investor Tamara Kreinin, recently retired Executive Director for Women and Population at the United Nations Foundation, explain. [link1]: http://www.bioceptive.com/

Mary Lee Murphy from [City Year][link1] and Kendra Jones Morris from [Rural Revolution][link2] both left careers in the business world to devote themselves to entrepreneurial ventures that make the world a better place. [link1]: http://www.cityyear.org/neworleans.aspx [link2]: http://www.ruralrev.com/collections/nola

Wes Ratcliff from [NOLA Motorsports Park][link1] and Max Materne from [The Transportation Revolution New Orleans][link2] give lunch an adrenaline surge. [link1]: http://www.nolamotor.com/ [link2]: http://ttrno.com/

Kenneth Purcell's [iSeatz][link1] is the engine that drives online booking for American Express Travel, Delta, Orbitz and more, from right here in New Orleans. Gary Solomon's [The Solomon Group][link2] lights up the Superdome, and that's just for starters. [link1]: http://iseatz.com/ [link2]: http://www.solomongroup.com/

[Mignon Faget][link1] discusses her controversial Stop The Violence gun pin, Brent McCrossen talks about the digital music revolution and his part in it with [audiosocket][link2]. [link1]: http://www.mignonfaget.com/ [link2]: https://www.audiosocket.com/

New Orlean's most original thinkers: Arman Sadeghpour, co-founder and CEO of [Theodent][link1] the chocolate toothpaste and Sean Simone co-founder of [Yellow Jacket][link2], the cell phone case that's also a 650k volt stun gun. [link1]: http://www.theodent.com/ [link2]: http://www.yellowjacketcase.com/

Czar of the [Idea Village][link1] revolution Tim Williamson talks about what it takes to make it in NOLA biz with role model and rock guitarist, [Turbosquid][link2] CEO Matt Wisdom. [link1]: http://ideavillage.org/ [link2]: http://www.turbosquid.com/

Adrian Simpson from [New Orleans Ice Cream][link1] and Danielle Boyce Batten from [Cool Brew Coffee][link2] are making an allied assault on the nation. [link1]: http://neworleansicecream.com/main/ [link2]: http://www.coolbrew.com/

How's this for proof of concept? Taylor Royle from Brad Pitt's [Make it Right][link1] foundation rode out Isaac in the Lower 9th. Peter Couhig from [Resource Environmental Solutions][link2] builds big businesses and saves acres of wetlands. [link1]: http://www.makeitrightnola.org/ [link2]: http://res.us/

[Dirty Coast][link1], [Dear World][link2], and [Bideo.com][link3] all grew out of the dark days of Katrina. In the wake of Isaac, company founders Blake Haney, Robert Fogarty, and Pike Barkerding assess where they are today, and where we are as a city. [link1]: http://www.dirtycoast.com/ [link2]: http://dearworld.me/ [link3]: http://www.bideo.com/

"I Tweet therefore I am." With apologies to philosophers, if your company is not on social media you're invisible. [Megan Hargroder][link1] and [Will Scott][link2] explain the new universe. [link1]: http://conversations.be/ [link2]: http://www.searchinfluence.com/

Jason Nicosia, founder of [Connect for a Cause][link1], auctions off lunches with movers and shakers for charity. Michael Angle, founder of [Giftmeo][link2], brings people together to share the gift of giving gifts. [link1]: https://www.connectforacause.com/ [link2]: http://giftmeo.com/

Don Harding, co-founder of [Cool Fruit Sensations][link1], credits his wife with the big idea that launched them to sudden success. Rob Nelson, President of [Elmer's Chocolate][link2], carries on the tradition of being the oldest family-owned chocolate company in the country. [link1]: https://www.facebook.com/pages/Cool-Fruit-Sensations/126918554011615 [link2]: http://elmerchocolate.com/

Personal shoppers and assistants, once the province of Hollywood stars, are now affordable thanks to Kay Morrison's [The Occasional Wife][link1] and Mehmet Ergelen's [Bluebag][link2] [Link1]: http://www.theoccasionalwife.com/ [Link2]: http://lovebluebag.com/

Jessica Blanchard turned her back on international finance and came home to New Orleans to found [Balance Yoga and Wellness Studio][link1]. [Mackie Shilstone][link2] never left home and from New Orleans has turned himself into an international sports training phenomenon. [link1]: http://www.balanceyogawellness.com [link2]: http://www.mackieshilstone.com/

Erick Lewko, National Sales Director of [Old New Orleans Rum][link1], and Craig Cordes, co-founder of [Cordina][link2] cocktails to go, sit down for a fun-fueled rum and daiquiri birthday lunch with Peter Ricchuitti. [link1]: http://www.neworleansrum.com/ [link2]: http://www.bigeasyblends.com/