Live from New Orleans: New Nonprofit Funds and Advises Small Businesses
Before Katrina hit, New Orleans hosted 115,000 small businesses. According to some estimates, as many as half may never open again. DesireNOLA, a tax-exempt nonprofit organization launched in early September, is providing cash grants, as well as pro bono consulting services from newly graduated MBAs to those that have. To date, it has awarded, or…