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Podcast: Office Hours with David Meltzer
Episode: Michael Hecht, Charlie Parrino, Dr. Rob Fazio, Ulf Arnetz
Description: Michael HechtUnder his leadership, GNO, Inc. has been named a “Top Economic Development Organization in the United States” by Site Selection magazine. He says the past year in Nola may make a bigger impact than the last 15 years of rapid startup growth. New Orleans has experienced nearly $3B in exits over the last year--including the first post-Katrina 'unicorn' Lucid acquired for 1.1B and Levelset, acquired for $500M - making it the second largest construction acquisition in US history.Charlie ParrinoHe founded JRI Cards in 2019 with his two sons, which they initially star...