It's Baton Rouge: Out To Lunch

During the COVID-19 pandemic, while many of us were working remotely through 2020 and perhaps felt like we were putting our lives on pause, ambitious entrepreneurs were plowing ahead with their hopes, dreams and business plans. In the case of Stephanie's two guests on this edition of Out to Lunch Baton Rouge, this perseverance has turned out extremely well. Cool Heads Jack Karavich is owner of Tigeraire, a sports technology start-up founded at LSU’s Innovation Park that has developed an in-helmet airflow system for use in sports helmets, construction hardhats, and military helmets. This high tech head wear utilizes a small device that leverages the air vents in a helmet using a small battery, a couple of tubes and a tiny fan. It enables air circulation that keeps athletes and other wearers cooler, drier, safer, and better able to perform. Jack developed the helmet-cooling technology in partnership with LSU which has since licensed the product for its football team. Several other universities, including