Nick Spinazze, the first winner of the Louisiana Start Up Prize, debuted his Lynxus app last week at Cohab.

“The purpose of Lynxus is to see an event as it happens from the perspective of someone there, to step into their shoes for a moment. It’s about satisfying curiosity, so in that respect I see us closer to Google Search than to a social media platform like Facebook. We aren’t really a news app either because we focus on user generated content.”

Nader’s candles:

Edward Nader of Nader’s Gallery releases his candle collection.

The Edward Nader Collection of candles comes in two foundations: bright and dark.

“They burn beautifully – perfectly flat, they burn evenly and they throw lovely. The throw is nice – it’s not overpowering, it’s a good, solid steady fragrance throw,” Nader said.

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