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May 4, 2016

An Open Letter to the New Orleans Tech Community

This letter appeared in Startup Southerner and Silicon Bayou News on April 28, 2016. Over 18 percent of young people in New Orleans are referred to as “opportunity youth” — young adults aged 16–24 years who are disconnected from work or school. Tulane’s Cowen Institute for Public Education Initiatives estimates…

Opportunity Youth

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Nov 12, 2015

A Newsworthy Story From Yale

By Rob Lalka, Partner at Medora Ventures — I have been hearing all the latest buzz about student life at Yale, but today I experienced something the media often doesn’t cover. It left an impression that will stick with me. A Yale junior pitching at the Yale Entrepreneurial Institute shared that his company, The Releaf Group, is on…

Yale

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Aug 29, 2015

Hurricane Katrina: 3 Objects of the Storm and 3 Objectives of Service

Hurricane Katrina: 3 Objects of the Storm and 3 Objectives of Service This article by Medora Ventures Co-Founder and Partner Rob Lalka originally appeared in the Aspen Institute Blog on August 28, 2015. Today is the tenth commemoration of the landfall of Hurricane Katrina. This article is adapted from remarks that were delivered at an event hosted yesterday at Propeller, a New…

Hurricane Katrina

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Hurricane Katrina: 3 Objects of the Storm and 3 Objectives of Service
Hurricane Katrina: 3 Objects of the Storm and 3 Objectives of Service

Aug 25, 2015

5 development lessons from Hurricane Katrina

5 development lessons from Hurricane Katrina This article by Medora Ventures Co-Founder and Partner Rob Lalka originally appeared in the World Economic Forum Agenda blog on August 24, 2015. I live in New Orleans, a city back in the news this week due to the 10th commemoration of Hurricane Katrina. …

Hurricane Katrina

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5 development lessons from Hurricane Katrina
5 development lessons from Hurricane Katrina

Aug 22, 2015

New Orleans Advocate Letter to the Editor: Jefferson Davis statue is an outdated relic of the past

New Orleans Advocate Letter to the Editor: Jefferson Davis statue is an outdated relic of the past This article by Medora Ventures Co-Founder and Partner Rob Lalka originally appeared in The New Orleans Advocate on July 18, 2015. I have followed with great interest your coverage of the debate over Confederate symbols, and when I read about Mayor Landrieu’s call to rename Jefferson Davis Parkway after Dr…

Confederate Flag

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New Orleans Advocate Letter to the Editor: Jefferson Davis statue is an outdated relic of the past
New Orleans Advocate Letter to the Editor: Jefferson Davis statue is an outdated relic of the past

Aug 22, 2015

Why Century-Old Statues Could Inhibit New Orleans’ Next Century Of Entrepreneurship

Why Century-Old Statues Could Inhibit New Orleans’ Next Century Of Entrepreneurship This article by Medora Ventures Co-Founder and Partner Rob Lalka originally appeared in NewsOne on June 26, 2015. Symbols Matter. Words Matter. That’s what one local entrepreneur, Frank Scurlock, reminded us of when he paid for skywriting during Jazz Fest. New Orleanians looked heavenward to find clouds shaped as peace…

Confederate Flag

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Why Century-Old Statues Could Inhibit New Orleans’ Next Century Of Entrepreneurship
Why Century-Old Statues Could Inhibit New Orleans’ Next Century Of Entrepreneurship
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