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 2012 Entrepreneur Season included: Google, Economic Development Administration, Office of Community Development , Hearst Foundations, Chase, The Coleman Foundation, Goldman Sachs 10,000 Small Businesses, Greater New Orleans Foundation, Harrah’s, IBERIABANK, Jones Walker, JPMorgan, Kevin Clifford, Penny & Jim Coulter, Brees Dream Foundation, Downtown Development District of New Orleans, New Orleans Hornets, French Market Coffee, Foundation for Louisiana, Tulane University and Rosamary Foundation, 4.0 Schools, Baker Donelson, Delta Regional Authority, Ernst & Young, Limousine Livery, Salesforce.com, Silverline, Mary Freeman Wisdom, Jones Family Foundation, Leslie and Scott Jacobs, Elly and Merritt Lane, and Jeffery Silverman.
The Entrepreneur Season has also become a platform for New Orleans ecosystem partners to collaborate throughout the year to support the local entrepreneurial community. 2012 Entrepreneur Season “Ecosystem Partners” included: 4.0 Schools, Abstraction Ventures, Collaborative for Enterprise Development, Downtown Development District of New Orleans, GNO, Inc., Goldman Sachs 10,000 Small Businesses, Launch Pad Ignition, Louisiana Technology Council, New Orleans Bio-Innovation Center, New Orleans Business Alliance, New Orleans Startup Fund, New Orleans Tourism Marketing Corporation, SENO, Southcoast Angels, Teach for America, Tulane University, and Urban League of Greater New Orleans.
