December 10, 2025 – Being from New Orleans, it’s common to see professionals who have moved away come back for personal reasons. But I recently caught up with a founder over coffee who refreshingly told me something different: “Did you know founders in the Southeast are more capital efficient than those from the West Coast?”
That line stuck with me. Not because “capital efficiency” is now the buzzword of the moment, but because it confirmed something I’ve felt for a long time but never quite put into words: Founders in the South have always been building the way investors are realizing is much more impactful than previous strategies. Translation: What’s new to investors has been our operating reality for years. And that gap? That’s the opportunity.