When you’re starting a new business, every consultant will tell you, rule number one is - make sure your business solves a problem that people want solved. That last part of the sentence is considered to be vital. If you don’t have a product that people are looking for, you’ll never sell it and your business will never work.

Then, of course, there’s the exception to the rule. For example, dehydrated cocktail mixes that allow you to make a delicious bar-quality cocktail on top of a mountain, on a desert island, or in a foreign country where they don’t know how to make a good Old Fashioned.

Those dehydrated cocktail mixes are made right here in Lafayette. They’re called Leisuremann’s Cocktail Mixes. You might not have woken up this morning, or any morning, thinking, “I wonder where I could buy a dehydrated cocktail mix to take on vacation,” but it’s one of those strange things that once you know about it, you wonder why nobody thought of it before.

One of the people who did think of it is the co-owner of Leisuremann’s Cocktail Mixes, Cliff Couvillion.

Besides dehydrated cocktail mixes, there are many other things in life you can live without. They include gelato, sorbetto, coffee, wine, croissants, gluten-free baked goods, and brunch.

However, if you decide your life would be a lot better if you didn’t live without any of those things, you can find them all in downtown Lafayette at the stylishly re-vamped café and wine bar, Carpe Diem.

The owner of Carpe Diem is Liz Payne.

This show was recorded live over lunch at Chopsticks restaurant in Lafayette. You can find photos from this show by Lucius Fontenot and more, here.

When you&rsquo;re starting a new business, every consultant will tell you, rule number one is - make sure your business solves a problem that people want solved.&nbsp;That last part of the sentence is considered to be vital. If you don&rsquo;t have a product that people are looking for, you&rsquo;ll never sell it and your business will never work.
Then, of course, there&rsquo;s the exception to the rule.&nbsp;For example, dehydrated cocktail mixes that allow you to make a delicious bar-quality cocktail on top of a mountain, on a desert island, or in a foreign country where they don&rsquo;t know how to make a good Old Fashioned.
Those dehydrated cocktail mixes are made right here in Lafayette. They&rsquo;re called Leisuremann&rsquo;s Cocktail Mixes.&nbsp;You might not have woken up this morning, or any morning, thinking, &ldquo;I wonder where I could buy a dehydrated cocktail mix to take on vacation,&rdquo; but it&rsquo;s one of those strange things that once you know about it, you wonder why nobody thought of it before.
One of the people who did think of it is the co-owner of <a href="https://www.leisuremanns.com/">Leisuremann&rsquo;s Cocktail Mixes</a>, Cliff Couvillion.
Besides dehydrated cocktail mixes, there are many other things in life you can live without.&nbsp;They include gelato, sorbetto, coffee, wine, croissants, gluten-free baked goods, and brunch.
However, if you decide your life would be a lot better if you didn&rsquo;t live without any of those things, you can find them all in downtown Lafayette at the stylishly re-vamped caf&eacute; and wine bar, <a href="https://www.facebook.com/CarpeDiemCafeWine/">Carpe Diem</a>.
The owner of Carpe Diem is Liz Payne.
This show was recorded live over lunch at <a href="https://www.chopstickslft.com/">Chopsticks</a> restaurant in Lafayette. You can find photos from this show by <a href="http://www.lafphoto.com">Lucius Fontenot</a> and more,<a href="http://bit.ly/2glteaux"> here</a>.

OUT TO LUNCH Business over lunch. Each week Christiaan invites guests from Acadiana's business community to join him. Beyond the foundations of the Acadiana economy - oil, cuisine, music - there is a vast network of entrepreneurs, small businesses, and even some of the country's largest companies who call Acadiana home. Out to Lunch is the cafeteria of the wider Acadiana business community. You can also hear the show on KRVS 88.7FM.

OUT TO LUNCH Business over lunch. Each week Christiaan invites guests from Acadiana's business community to join him. Beyond the foundations of the Acadiana economy - oil, cuisine, music - there is a vast network of entrepreneurs, small businesses, and even some of the country's largest companies who call Acadiana home. Out to Lunch is the cafeteria of the wider Acadiana business community. You can also hear the show on KRVS 88.7FM.

OUT TO LUNCH finds The Current Publisher and Editor Christiaan Mader conducting business Acadiana style: over lunch. Each week Aileen invites guests from Acadiana's  business community to join her. Beyond the foundations of the Acadiana economy - oil, cuisine, music - there is a vast network of entrepreneurs, small businesses, and even some of the country's largest companies who call Acadiana home. Out to Lunch is the cafeteria of the wider Acadiana business community. You can also hear the show on KRVS 88.7FM.

It's Acadiana: Out to Lunch

OUT TO LUNCH Business over lunch. Each week Christiaan Mader invites guests from Acadiana's business community to join him. Beyond the foundations of the Acadiana economy - oil, cuisine, music - there is a vast network of entrepreneurs, small businesses, and even some of the country's largest companies who call Acadiana home. Out to Lunch is the cafeteria of the wider Acadiana business community. You can also hear the show on KRVS 88.7FM.

OUT TO LUNCH Business over lunch. Each week Christiaan Mader invites guests from Acadiana's business community to join him. Beyond the foundations of the Acadiana economy - oil, cuisine, music - there is a vast network of entrepreneurs, small businesses, and even some of the country's largest companies who call Acadiana home. Out to Lunch is the cafeteria of the wider Acadiana business community. You can also hear the show on KRVS 88.7FM.

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