New Orleans is making its mark as an entrepreneurial hotbed, with multiple incubators fostering business ideas into fledgling companies. Success stories have emerged from the likes of Idea Village, 4.0 Schools and the BioInnovation Center.

A steadily growing list of locally spawned startups -- Kickboard, Dinner Lab and Lucid (formerly Federated Sample) to name a few -- is bolstering the city's reputation.

Image: MobileQubes, which provide a temporary, rechargeable power source for smartphones and tablets, is one of four Louisiana companies to receive financial backing from the NO/LA Angel Network. (Julia Drapkin)