Big Easy Ideas

The first turn of the flywheel takes the most effort. When Lucid exited to Cint in late 2021 for $1.1 billion, it became New Orleans’ first ‘unicorn’ startup – but founder Patrick Comer is determined that it won’t be the last. The New Orleans startup community is starting to gain momentum, however, Comer argues that the hardest part of entrepreneurship isn’t the business idea, or raising capital, or attracting talent. It is convincing yourself that you CAN do this -- that you have the capacity, the skills, and the worthiness to achieve great things. And that belief isn’t just with the founder, it is within the team and across the community around them. That’s what we’ve been working to build, change, and foster in NOLA for 20 years. How do we sustain it for the next 20 and what could that mean for the future of an exceptional place like New Orleans?

Welcome to the Big Easy Ideas podcast, recorded live at New Orleans Entrepreneur Week (NOEW), Big Easy Ideas is a thought leadership podcast focused on startups, innovation, entrepreneurship,  technology, and culture. You’ll hear from a diverse range of successful business leaders, startup founders,  investors, culture bearers….and more!

Big Easy Ideas features a host of industry-specific expertise – from entrepreneurship, to climate tech, to Web3, and more - to inspire founders at all stages across New Orleans, the Gulf Coast, and beyond.

Join us at the intersection of innovation & culture.