Meet Me For Coffee - Out to Lunch - It's Baton Rouge

In today s high tech world, we re increasingly isolated from one
another. And yet, in some ways it s easier than ever to make
connections. On this edition of Out to Lunch, Stephanie Riegel
introduces two guests who are helping us connect. One, through an
app that brings people together; the other, through an organization
that helps start up businesses connect and find synergies that can
help them thrive and grow. Alayna Dixon is the creator of a mobile
app called Redu, which enables its users to connect with someone
they ve actually seen and might like to meet. It s like a mobile
dating web site, but instead of browsing through bios and pictures
of strangers, you re searching for a guy or a girl you ve actually
spotted in an elevator or walking across campus or at the gym. And
if that person has the app, too and here s the key to its success
then you re able to find them and make contact. Alayna and her mom,
Marcelle, created the app after one missed opportunity. They rolled
out the product earlier in 2016 a first time venture for a stay at
a home mom and a recent college graduate. Matthew Wiggins helps
local tech entrepreneurs like the Dixons turn their great ideas
into products and bring them to market by helping them meet other
entrepreneurs and potential investors. Matthew Wiggins is one of
the local Baton Rouge organizers of One Million Cups, a national
nonprofit organization that is designed to educate, engage and
connect entrepreneur. The group meets every week to hear a
presentation from one or two start ups. The rest of the time,
Matthew is a consultant with the Louisiana Business and Technology
Center where he is managing a new prototyping center called
Protostripes. Photos at Mansurs on the Boulevard by Ken Stewart.

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