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Show Notes Host: Dan Hugo Summary: We talk a lot about the Entrepreneurial Innovation Ecosystem, the so-called Startup Scene, and sometimes Hollywood 2.0 and Global Innovation Hub and a few other things, but it occurs to me after mentioning how little coverage any of this gets in our local press, that those who are not checking the box for Entrepreneur may have no idea what goes off the strip. Lin...

Show Notes Host: Dan Hugo Summary: The Halo Effect, Warm Introductions, Low Attention, Lack of Recognition and Celebration, is the Entrepreneurial Innovation Ecosystem benefiting from The Velvet Rope? Links Caffe Genius Hompage https://caffegenius.org HOST Profile Page Linking Everything https://www.buymeacoffee.com/danhugo LVGEA EDAWN Joint Effort Announcement https://lvgea.org/lvgea-news/edawn-a...

Show Notes Host: Dan Hugo Summary: If you have heard a few episodes of this program, you know I tend not to appreciate labels like “Tech Scene” and “Startup Scene,” they are so over-used but they do have a time and a place in some contexts. Okay then, let’s make an entrepreneurial innovation scene. Links Caffe Genius Hompage https://caffegenius.org HOST Profile Page Linking Everything https://www....

Show Notes Host: Dan Hugo Summary: It is Halloween, yes, but today is also another anniversary of Nevada joining the Union, becoming another of these United States. A State Holiday, so we will try to keep it brief on this special day. Links Caffe Genius Hompage https://caffegenius.org HOST Profile Page Linking Everything https://www.buymeacoffee.com/danhugo Nevada Day https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki...

Show Notes Host: Dan Hugo Summary: It is late in the year to get Initiative 2025 back on track, but we can transition into a second in-person cohort of the Genius Roundtable by starting out online, like we used to back in the pandemic days! Links Caffe Genius Hompage https://caffegenius.org HOST Profile Page Linking Everything https://www.buymeacoffee.com/danhugo Community of Practice https://en.w...

Show Notes Host: Dan Hugo Summary: If you caught our episode of this program last week (which you can do at any time), you may have noticed interchangeable use of Cohesion and Coherence in the context of a City as a System, also the title of that episode. Today, let us tease those two terms apart. Links Caffe Genius Hompage https://caffegenius.org HOST Profile Page Linking Everything https://www.b...

Show Notes Host: Dan Hugo Summary: A region, a city perhaps, which is moving toward diversification is more likely to be successful doing so if it can maintain coherence. What does that mean, and why should this sound familiar? Links Caffe Genius Hompage https://caffegenius.org HOST Profile Page Linking Everything https://www.buymeacoffee.com/danhugo Why Some Cities Thrive While Others Struggle: N...

Show Notes Host: Dan Hugo Summary: Solopreneur, something that has come up only infrequently but going solo is not unpopular, and is in fact something to consider very seriously here in Greater Vegas as the Ecosystem orients itself. Do you solopreneur? Links Caffe Genius Hompage https://caffegenius.org HOST Profile Page Linking Everything https://www.buymeacoffee.com/danhugo What is a Solopreneuer...

Show Notes Host: Dan Hugo Summary: Every once in a while I remember that I, too, am an Entrepreneurial Innovator in our Entrepreneurial Innovation Ecosystem here in Greater Vegas, and who better a guest to have at the end of September than yours truly? Links Caffe Genius Hompage https://caffegenius.org HOST Profile Page Linking Everything https://www.buymeacoffee.com/danhugo

Show Notes Host: Dan Hugo Summary: Last week we covered what I describe as The Problem, which applies to our Entrepreneurial Innovation Ecosystem at large here in Greater Vegas. This week, having skipped Startup Week 2025, I have reasons and ideas for the next one. Links HOST Profile Page Linking Everything https://www.buymeacoffee.com/danhugo HOST Buy Me an Update https://www.buymeacoffee.com/dan...

Show Notes Host: Dan Hugo Summary: Consider this another in an intermittent series on how a vibrant Entrepreneurial Innovation Ecosystem might emerge from one that might be languishing… Links HOST Profile Page Linking Everything https://www.buymeacoffee.com/danhugo HOST Buy Me an Update https://www.buymeacoffee.com/danhugo/posts HOST KoFi Solo https://ko-fi.com/danhugo/posts Caffe Genius Hompage h...

Show Notes Host: Dan Hugo Summary: Some believe and will tell you that First Mover Advantage is the secret to success, they might even implore you to drop everything in pursuit of your idea. What if instead, you take an existing idea and innovate around that? Links HOST Profile Page Linking Everything https://www.buymeacoffee.com/danhugo HOST Buy Me an Update https://www.buymeacoffee.com/danhugo/p...

Show Notes Host: Dan Hugo Summary: There was a time when being in Stealth Mode was cool, mysterious, maybe even interesting once the veil of secrecy was lifted. I am wondering out loud if we are back to something like that in Vegas, with the more interesting endeavors maybe staying below the radar? Links HOST Buy Dan A Coffee https://www.buymeacoffee.com/danhugo HOST Buy Me an Update https://www.b...

Show Notes Host: Dan Hugo Summary: No, this is not an episode about Marxism, it is some pondering of the bifurcation of Greater Vegas into those who make claims about what goes on, and those who feel it. Maybe some familiarity with Marx would come in handy. Links HOST Buy Dan A Coffee https://www.buymeacoffee.com/danhugo HOST Buy Me an Update https://www.buymeacoffee.com/danhugo/posts HOST KoFi So...

Show Notes Host: Dan Hugo Summary: The future of Greater Vegas is Fun Economy, Hollywood 2.0, BioTech Research, and of course The Next Silicon Valley. Has anyone asked the people living here what they think? Links HOST Buy Dan A Coffee https://www.buymeacoffee.com/danhugo HOST Buy Me an Update https://www.buymeacoffee.com/danhugo/posts HOST KoFi Solo https://ko-fi.com/danhugo/posts What Nevadans W...

Show Notes Host: Dan Hugo Summary: The Visitor and Convention numbers for our Destination Oasis in the Desert are off, and this is just making the mainstream press beyond Nevada, and even beyond the US. These are harbingers for international and domestic tourism both quite important to the Greater Vegas Economy… Links HOST Buy Dan A Coffee https://www.buymeacoffee.com/danhugo HOST Buy Me an Update...

Show Notes Host: Dan Hugo Summary: Tourism decline and the numbers around that are making local and even global news given the role the Greater Vegas region plays in the tourism and entertainment industries but how are things in general? You will need to roll up your sleeves. Links HOST Buy Dan A Coffee https://www.buymeacoffee.com/danhugo HOST Buy Me an Update https://www.buymeacoffee.com/danhugo...

Show Notes Host: Dan Hugo Summary: Chaos is a strong word, but many headlines, claims, and even strategic and impactful decisions are based on data, and we do not always know where it came from or when, and a Smart City should be Smarter about that. Links HOST Buy Dan A Coffee https://www.buymeacoffee.com/danhugo HOST Buy Me an Update https://www.buymeacoffee.com/danhugo/posts HOST KoFi Solo https...

Show Notes Host: Dan Hugo Summary: My Own take on how to proceed with startup ideas and more in the Greater Vegas Entrepreneurial Innovation Ecosystem. Links HOST Buy Dan A Coffee https://www.buymeacoffee.com/danhugo HOST Buy Me an Update https://www.buymeacoffee.com/danhugo/posts HOST Dan´s Ko-Fi https://ko-fi.com/danhugo HOST KoFi Solo https://ko-fi.com/danhugo/posts

Show Notes Host: Dan Hugo Summary: I have spoken about a rolling introspection effort, at the very beginning of this episode season in fact, but it is time to take a more detailed look at why this is important, in general and specifically here in the Greater Vegas area. Links HOST Buy Dan A Coffee https://www.buymeacoffee.com/danhugo HOST Buy Me an Update https://www.buymeacoffee.com/danhugo/posts...

Show Notes Host: Dan Hugo Summary: The Fourth of July is interesting this year, does it still apply? Well that is not a question we can tackle here, but given the day I wonder if the Entrepreneurial Innovation Ecosystem favors Independence over Collaboration and Elevation in early stages. In other words… Links HOST Buy Dan A Coffee https://www.buymeacoffee.com/danhugo HOST Buy Me an Update https:/...

Show Notes Host: Dan Hugo Summary: I am going to spoil this right up front, another ecosystem study that does nothing but feed some notion that everything is fine en route to The Next Silicon Valley located right here in the Global Innovation Hub that is the Greater Vegas area. Yipes. Links HOST Buy Dan A Coffee https://www.buymeacoffee.com/danhugo HOST Buy Me an Update https://www.buymeacoffee.co...

Show Notes Host: Dan Hugo Summary: A little mini-rant on the Entrepreneurial Innovation Ecosystem as it is today, and as it may be for a while, unfortunately. Links HOST Buy Dan A Coffee https://www.buymeacoffee.com/danhugo HOST Buy Me an Update https://www.buymeacoffee.com/danhugo/posts HOST Dan´s Ko-Fi https://ko-fi.com/danhugo HOST KoFi Solo https://ko-fi.com/danhugo/posts

Show Notes Host: Dan Hugo Summary: The Fun Economy is important, trademark-worthy as well, but there is more than this going on here in the Greater Vegas area. The challenge is discovery, and it is not made easier when resources available to locals and visitors point overwhelmingly toward Fun and not toward the rest of the story… Links HOST Buy Dan A Coffee https://www.buymeacoffee.com/danhugo HOS...

Show Notes Host: Dan Hugo Summary: The Regular 2025 Nevada Legislative Session ended on Monday this week, without either of the proposed and so-called Film Tax Credit bills making it, which means Hollywood 2.0 might not happen just yet. In the mean time, though, we still have our Fun Economy, even in these challenging times… Links HOST Buy Dan A Coffee https://www.buymeacoffee.com/danhugo HOST Buy...