Creative Industries Summit

featuring the

Downtown NOLA Arts-Based Business Pitch

As a Strategic Partner of the Idea Village for the 2017 Entrepreneur Season, the Downtown Development District along with CANO and LCEF will host the fifth annual Creative Industries Summit featuring the Downtown NOLA Arts-Based Business Pitch during New Orleans Entrepreneur Week 2017, the premier annual business festival, on Monday, March 20.

The Pitch event is aimed at identifying and supporting entrepreneurs that have an arts-based project or product that benefits the Downtown Development District, that is preferably scalable and is situated in the creative, architecture, technology, digital media or film/entertainment fields.

The DDD and other partners will provide a prize package valued at over $40,000 to the winner that will consist of numerous hours of professional legal, accounting, Public Relations and marketing services and cash.

The winner will be the pitch/presentation that best embodies the spirit and culture of Downtown New Orleans in a sustainable project.

Location: Contemporary Arts Center, 900 Camp St., Cox Stage

Schedule:

• 11am CANO Panel – International Leaders Report on worldwide Creative Commerce Trends
• 12pm – Lunch
• 1:15pm LCEF Panel – The Win/Win of Cultural Entrepreneurship – Putting Your Passions to Work
• 2:30pm – 4pm – Downtown NOLA Arts-Based Business Pitch

Arts-Based Business Pitch Finalists

NOLA DNA – Delivers history on demand by unlocking a unique archive of 1885-1929 newspapers: providing access via locus based media platforms.

Gigsy LLC –  Sells enterprise level photo and video service products and facilitates a paid apprenticeship for talented New Orleans youth.

OperaCréole – Dedicated to preserving and performing the operatic works of people of color, especially 19th Century N.O. composer.

Two Girls One Shuck – Traveling Oyster Bar! Catering services providing fresh shucked raw and grilled oysters throughout the city.

Young Artist Movement – First city-wide youth mural program, engaging youth, artist and communities in sustained public art and place making.

Panels

CANO: International Leaders Report on worldwide Creative Commerce Trends

Meet the leaders, and learn from the best strategies in other states and cities. Hear about UNESCO’s research into worldwide creative industries trends. Learn how the Arts and Science Council in Nashville that has linked two disciplines to build a strong community coalition. Hear from a leading innovator in marketing creative producers, Eric Morgan.  Learn how you can become a leader in our city’s initiatives to make New Orleans the international cultural center it has always aspired to be.

LCEF: The Win/Win of Cultural Entrepreneurship – Putting Your Passions to Work

What does it take to be successful in the creative industries?  Hear from three businesses at three different levels of success. Ethel Williams of Cocoa & Cream Mobile Food and Catering will share her experience going from mom and phlebotomist to launching a successful food truck business and she’ll share tips on how to take advantage of resources available.  Publisher, gallery owner and entrepreneur Steve Martin will talk about creating Art+Design magazine, whose readership spans 12 countries. Hear from Domain Companies Principal, Matt Schwartz, about their unique business model which incorporates arts and culture. This New York-based company is making a huge impact in New Orleans, from the artsy Ace Hotel, to residential developments, and to The Shop, a shared workspace at the Contemporary Arts Center.

Other sponsors for this year’s pitch include Postlethwaite & Netterville, Jones Walker, Wisznia, beta, Corporate Realty, Domain Companies and The Shop.

Click here to Register for the event.