The Big Idea
Meet the 19 New Orleans-based startups participating in the 1st annual Big Idea, presented by IBERIABANK, the culminating event to New Orleans Entrepreneur Week 2012.
Entrepreneur Spotlight
A.M.P.S.
www.ampsnola.com
WHAT IF: What if New Orleans grew all of the salad greens and vegetables that its citizens consume?
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Be Well Nutrition: http://drinkiconic.com/
WHAT IF: What if Be Well Nutrition was a household name synonymous with a healthy lifestyle and our products could be found in refrigerators across the US?
Bissap Breeze
www.bissapbreeze.com
WHAT IF: What if by offering the highest quality of beverages available, we could help people live longer, healthier, more pleasurable lives and help keep the performing arts alive?
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Bluebag, LLC
www.lovebluebag.com
WHAT IF: What if we could bring the world’s largest and most loved Home Furnishings Store (IKEA) to small and medium sized markets such as New Orleans?
ChapterSpot
www.chapterspot.com
WHAT IF: What if all organizations built a private social network for their members?
Connect for a Cause
www.connectforacause.com
WHAT IF: What if you could have lunch with top business executives and VIP’s while supporting a good cause at the same time?
Like Connect for a Cause on Facebook
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Classroom Blueprint
www.classroomblueprint.com/
WHAT IF: What if teachers could have instant access to best practices in classroom setup and design from around NOLA, the nation, and the world?
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Dash
techbydash.com/
WHAT IF: What if instead of scribbles on a clipboard, teachers could instantly translate a fleeting thought to call a parent into a playlist in their phones and further increase impact on student performance?
DesignerSocial
www.designersocial.com
WHAT IF: What if you could buy authentic luxury designer goods for a fraction their retail value safely on the Internet? What if you could sell the things you no longer need or use instantly- with the click of a button from your phone?
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Dig*It
WHAT IF: What if using your smart phone to manage your healthcare were as easy as managing your finances while preventing thousands of Americans from dying prematurely due to poor medication adherence?
giftmeo
www.giftmeo.com
WHAT IF: What if you could use your social network to get multiple people to pitch in a micro-gift toward a common friend or loved one?
Kinobi
www.kinobi.co
WHAT IF: What if new teachers could get meaningful feedback on lessons and tactics whenever they’d like?
LiaMolly
www.liamolly.com
WHAT IF: What if we could bring the art of knitting back to the USA starting right here in New Orleans with one small design company?
NOLACajun.com
www.nolacajun.com
WHAT IF: What if we could ship New Orleans culture to everyone’s front door, anywhere around the world?
Like NOLACajun.com on Facebook
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MATTER L3C
www.matternola.com
WHAT IF: What if biodiesel glycerin soaps, made locally & sustainably in the shape of a beautiful bird, could clean hands while also helping to clean the legacy left behind from the Gulf Coast oil disaster? ?
SOLarchitect
WHAT IF: What if every homeowner in America could quickly and accurately assess how much solar energy their home could produce, how much solar panels would cost them, and how long to expect to see a return on their investment, without ever talking to a human being?
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Tierra Resources
www.tierraresourcesllc.com
WHAT IF: What if there was a way to give industry the opportunity to invest in wetland restoration to offset their emissions and gain billions of dollars for wetland restoration to make Louisiana sustainable?
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unawkward
unawkward.com
WHAT IF: What if there was a simple way to meet new people and make plans with friends online to have a blast together offline.
Volnado
www.volnado.com
WHAT IF: What if entertainers had their own platforms to create and share interactive experiences with their fans? What if this platform’s revenue model fixed the current broken economics of the entertainment business?
