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Out To Lunch: Social Impact

Chet Overall
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It's New Orleans

 

New Orleans neighborhoods aren't like the rest of the country. Where else can you live on an expensive street that has potholes that can swallow a 5-year-old? Where the streetlights are out but the traffic cameras work perfectly. And there's a street you’re never quite sure what the name is because it’s never had a sign.

Stepping into this rich tapestry of communities is Neighborlynx, a company that puts all the information about your neighborhood online in one convenient location.

One thing we’re not big on in New Orleans is change. So this might not be the obvious place for a company called Commit Change. But Commit Change seems to be committed to being here. And changing the world.

Neighborlynx CEO Kelly Conatser is Peter Ricchiuti's guest today on this edition of Out to Lunch.

One thing we’re not big on in New Orleans is change. So this might not be the obvious place for a company called Commit Change. But Commit Change seems to be committed to being here. And changing the world.

Chief Marketing Officer Jason Nicosia joins Peter to explain his plan for global domination. And he’s pretty convincing.

In the entrepreneur segment of the show today, Peter introduces Peter Jacobson, co-founder of Wedocracy, the so-you're-getting-married app. Hear a longer conversation about Wedocracy with the two Peters, Jason, and Kelly here.

Peter Ricchiuti is the finance professor you wish you had back in college! His insight and humor have twice made him the top professor at Tulane University's A.B. Freeman School of Business. After a successful career on Wall Street, Ricchiuti served for five years as Assistant State Treasurer and Chief Investment Officer for the State of Louisiana. There he skillfully managed the State's $3 billion investment portfolio.