Performance Waitr - Out to Lunch - It's Baton Rouge

"The disruption economy" refers to the fact that technology is
changing the traditional constructs of our capitalist economy.
Amazon is one of the most obvious examples. Uber is another. Closer
to home, local companies are part of that disruption economy,
changing the rules of the game for everyone. Chris Meaux is founder
and CEO of Waitr, the phenomenally successful tech start up that is
revolutionizing the restaurant and food service industries with its
trademark food delivery app. Chris founded the company in 2015 from
his home town of Lake Charles and the company took off on a growth
trajectory that cutlimated in May of 2018, with Texas billionaire
Tillman Fertitta Houston Rockets, Landry s Seafood restaurants,
Golden Nugget Casino buying into the company for 308 million,
including 50 million in cash. The deal will take Waitr public and
give it enough capital to continue its rapid expansion around the
country. Josh Cauley is President and founder of Performance Mods,
an e commerce start up that ships auto parts to customers in a
fraction of the time it would normally take. Josh started the
company in 2016, when he was still a student at LSU. In the two
years since, it has disrupted and revolutionized the auto parts
industry, getting products directly from suppliers to customers
within one to three days of an order being placed online, a
fraction of the weeks or months it typically takes in the auto
parts industry. Photos over lunch at Mansurs on the Boulevard.

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