You’ve probably had this experience: You go to a great restaurant; you really like it and you go back regularly. But there’s hardly anybody in there. Ever. The even stranger thing is, the restaurant across the street is not nearly as good, but it’s always busy. Why is that? Well, there may be a number of…

Here in Acadiana there’s one thing we can all agree on. No matter what our politics, our age, our ethnicity, or anything else that separates us, the one thing we all have in common is a love of Cajun food. You don’t have to be Cajun or even raised in Acadiana to be an expert…

Here in Acadiana there s one thing we can all agree on. No matter what our politics, our age, our ethnicity, or anything else that separates us, the one thing we all have in common is a love of Cajun food. You don t have to be Cajun or even raised in Acadiana to be…

If you listen to this show and you’ve made it all the way to the end, you’ve heard Peter Ricchiuti say, “Our Acadiana business consultants are Pete Prados from Innov8 Acadiana, Zack Barker from the Opportunity Machine, and Dr Blake Escudier.” Pete, Zach and Blake all do great work helping people launch new businesses. But…

There was a time when you could go out to lunch and ask somebody at the table, “What do you do?” and you could be pretty confident you’d understand the answer. These days things aren’t quite so simple. Take, for example, Peter’s guests on today’s show: Tom Allsup and Will Labar. Will has a pretty…

We hear a lot about how manufacturing in the United States has declined over the past couple of decades. And we hear an equal amount of talk about various plans to bring it back. Some parts of the Acadiana economy are tied in to the national economy. And some, well, just aren’t. Like Faulk’s Game Calls….

If you’re at home right now, maybe you’ve got some yogurt in the refrigerator. If you’re in the car, you might have a pen in the cup holder. Probably one of those free pens you got from a bank, or an insurance company, or the plumber. And if you’re at your desk, you more than…

If you re at home right now, maybe you ve got some yogurt in the refrigerator. If you re in the car, you might have a pen in the cup holder. Probably one of those free pens you got from a bank, or an insurance company, or the plumber. And if you re at your…

There have always been people who believe the end of the world is just around the corner. Like people who say that honking at a red light makes it turn green, eventually they’re going to be right.   When the end of the world gets here, if you happen to be home in Acadiana, make…

As we have seen once again, as a result of the catastrophic rain and floods in recent weeks,  one of the hallmarks of life in Acadiana, including business life, is an awareness of the importance of giving back. Both during times of urgent need, and in times of less urgency, one effective way of returning…