It's New Orleans: Out To Lunch

A few years ago, for most of us start up was a verb it was something you did to a car. These days it's a noun. A startup is a new business, typically based on a new and untested idea. One of the toughest things about a startup, the noun, is the verb starting it up. The main obstacles are figuring out the best way to go about it, and how to pay for it. One place startups turn to to start up is an Angel Investor. Having an Angel Investor is kind of like having a successful uncle who believes in you enough to give you some capital and guidance. Mike Eckert is Vice Chairman of the nationwide Angel Capital Association and chairman of the local NO LA Angel Network. Mike has had some experience in starting up companies. Among them he started The Weather Channel, and was its CEO for 14 years. If you've already got a business and you'd like to grow it, Knud Brthelsen s company Connect and Trade can show you how. Knud can tell you, as he says in the title of his new book, How New Technology lets Anyone Market and Sell