INNOVATORS Gold Award - New Orleans City Business

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Introduction
Innovators favor eco-friendly,
technology-based practices
Christian Moises
Associate Editor
GREEN IS THE COLOR of the 2008 Innovator of the
Year program.
BK Products, the overall Innovator of the Year for
its filters that save energy in refrigerators and air conditioners,
keeps the air cleaner and helps produce
last longer. Six other companies honored this year
have made environmentally friendly practices the
main focus of their business model.
Technology also continues to drive how New
Orleans companies do business, with many of this
year’s honorees going to Web-based systems as their
main way of interacting with clients.
Despite a flow of large businesses out of the area
over the past several years, many new — and creative
— companies have established roots in New Orleans.
New Orleans CityBusiness recognized 50 of those
businesses in its 2008 Innovator of the Year program
for their innovative products and services based on
their forward thinking.
Criteria such as key innovation, years on the marketplace,
2007 sales and client base were considered
in the selection process.
An increase in nominations over the 2007 program
is very encouraging and proves New Orleans
remains a creative place to foster new ideas.
Twenty-five Innovators are recognized this year
for their proven success in the marketplace and their
creative approach to business. They range from
antique sales going high-tech to recycling frying oil
for potato chips to save money and resources.
The eight honorees selected as Medical
Innovators have either created new systems or
invested in technologies to improve the region’s
health in the most cost-effective and least invasive
ways possible.
Eight nonprofits were recognized for introducing
methods to assist our area’s unique culture. They
allow people not only to thrive but to come together.
This year’s nine On the Brink honorees have
shown entrepreneurial hope and impressive starts.
They are on the radar with the potential to have a
profound impact on the business landscape.
CityBusiness honors each of them not only for
their innovative contributions to the marketplace but
for their commitment to the New Orleans area.
Congratulations to the 50 honorees of
CityBusiness’ Innovator of the Year 2008 program.•
6A 2008 Innovator of the Year