Partnerships
The Idea Village collaborates with a global network of partners throughout the Season, which allows for incredibly robust support of the New Orleans entrepreneurial community.
Partners in the 2013 Entrepreneur Season included innovative individuals and corporations such as Google, Blackstone Charitable Foundation, Penny & Jim Coulter, Kevin Clifford Family, Greater New Orleans Foundation, Harrah’s, IBERIABANK, Jones Walker, The Booth-Bricker Fund, Brees Dream Foundation, Chase, Goldman Sachs 10,000 Small Businesses, JP Morgan, Chaffe McCall, LLP, Downtown Development District of New Orleans, French Market Coffee, NOLA Media Group, David Oreck, Tulane University, TPG Capital, 4.0 Schools, Baker Donelson, Baldwin Haspel, Ernst & Young, Foundation for Louisiana, MassMutual, salesforce.com, Silverline, Urban League of Greater New Orleans, Wells Fargo, Margaret & Ken Beer, Ella West Freeman Foundation, Faith Savage & Michael Gollner, Leslie & Scott Jacobs, Elly & Merritt Lane, Hugh Uhalt, Diane & Alan Franco, Jordan Marye, TDF Foundation, Jennifer & Doug Walner, Ginny Wise & Kevin Wilkins, and government agencies such as the Delta Regional Authority, Economic Development Administration, and Office of Community Development-Louisiana Recovery Unit.
The Entrepreneur Season has also become a platform for New Orleans ecosystem partners to collaborate throughout the year to support the local entrepreneurial community. 2013 Entrepreneur Season “Ecosystem Partners” included: 4.0 Schools, 504ward, Abstraction Ventures, Creative Alliance of New Orleans, Downtown Development District, GNO Inc., Goldman Sachs 10,000 Businesses, Good Work Network, Jefferson Parish Economic Development Commission, Launch Pad, Louisiana Cultural Economy Foundation, New Orleans BioInnovation Center, New Orleans Business Alliance, New Orleans Startup Fund, Propeller, South Coast Angel Fund, Tulane University, and Urban League of Greater New Orleans.
