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Show Notes Host: Dan Hugo Summary: It is one thing to say we want innovation and entrepreneurship to thrive in the Greater Vegas area, it is another completely to make it happen. But can we actually make it happen, or does it happen when it can? Links HOST Buy Dan A Coffee https://www.buymeacoffee.com/danhugo HOST Dan´s Ko-Fi https://ko-fi.com/danhugo Clark County Innovation District https://busin...

Show Notes Host: Dan Hugo Summary: Can an Entrepreneurial Innovation Ecosystem be embedded in, or be elevated and cultivated by, a City-scale Entrepreneurial Innovation Platform? As with most things, it depends, and in this case, it depends on the people… Links HOST Buy Dan A Coffee https://www.buymeacoffee.com/danhugo HOST Dan´s Ko-Fi https://ko-fi.com/danhugo City as a Startup https://www.cityas...

Show Notes Host: Dan Hugo Summary: The Greater Vegas area is one known for a somewhat-transient population and certainly anyone you might meet here is from someplace else. This makes for an always-blending mix of personalities and expectations when it comes to our Entrepreneurial Innovation Ecosystem. Links HOST Buy Dan A Coffee https://www.buymeacoffee.com/danhugo HOST Dan´s Ko-Fi https://ko-fi.c...

Show Notes Host: Dan Hugo Summary: The post-game show where we run down some of the aftermath of the Formula One race from November 2023 and where things might go next. An onion with many layers. Links HOST Buy Dan A Coffee https://www.buymeacoffee.com/danhugo HOST Dan´s Ko-Fi https://ko-fi.com/danhugo Las Vegas Grand Prix named most successful 2023 F1 race https://www.ktnv.com/news/las-vegas-gran...

Show Notes Host: Dan Hugo Summary: There is co-working in the Greater Vegas area. There is co-working space. There are coffee shops and other casual venues, and plenty of free wifi. Yet we need more co-working in Greater Vegas if we are going to enable our Entrepreneurial Ecosystem. Links HOST Buy Dan A Coffee https://www.buymeacoffee.com/danhugo HOST Dan´s Ko-Fi https://ko-fi.com/danhugo “Co-work...

Show Notes Host: Dan Hugo Summary: A system of any kind can operate in several modes, at least one of these may include use of Feedback to moderate and control the system, to guide it in the specified or desired direction. Sometimes a system is said to be Open Loop if there is no use of this feedback, if there is feedback at all… Links HOST Buy Dan A Coffee https://www.buymeacoffee.com/danhugo HOS...

Show Notes Host: Dan Hugo Summary: Is there a comma missing in the title? Maybe, maybe not. Either way, there are things to say as we kick off 2024. Links HOST Buy Dan A Coffee https://www.buymeacoffee.com/danhugo HOST Dan´s Ko-Fi https://ko-fi.com/danhugo F1 Good for Some… https://thenevadaindependent.com/article/indy-gaming-f1-a-boon-for-the-strip-a-bust-for-downtown-casino-revenue Total success...

Show Notes Host: Dan Hugo Summary: A few projects have been in flight for 2023, at long last we can get down to work for 2024, as we shall describe herein… Links HOST Buy Dan A Coffee https://www.buymeacoffee.com/danhugo HOST Dan´s Ko-Fi https://ko-fi.com/danhugo George Santayana well-known quote about The Past https://en.wikiquote.org/wiki/George_Santayana Introduction to Community of Practice fr...

Show Notes Host: Dan Hugo Summary: Working from Vegas, whether you are based in Greater Vegas or if you do the cool thing and leverage our evolving Innovation Destination resources, has its pros and cons. Let us SWOT it Out! Links HOST Buy Dan A Coffee https://www.buymeacoffee.com/danhugo HOST Dan´s Ko-Fi https://ko-fi.com/danhugo Jared on SWOT https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XfB0g_JDIds HBR on SW...

Show Notes Host: Dan Hugo Summary: Entrepreneur in Residence. This is someone (or someones) who not only know the ins and outs of entrepreneurship, but they are familiar with the ecosystem enabling, or hampering, entrepreneurial efforts. Seek them out, or considering being one. Links HOST Buy Dan A Coffee https://www.buymeacoffee.com/danhugo HOST Dan´s Ko-Fi https://ko-fi.com/danhugo Wikipedia EiR...

Show Notes Host: Dan Hugo Summary: So-called Solopreneurs exist, and the challenges are real. Having a cofounder, building a team, or maybe even investing in others is often a question of personality, culture and fit. This is true in life, too… Links A great 3-signal test (Medium Members-only unfortunately) https://medium.com/entrepreneur-s-handbook/the-3-success-signals-venture-capitalists-are-lo...

Show Notes Host: Dan Hugo Summary: The Fun Economy is real, resilient, and not easily reproduced elsewhere. Rather than placing it at risk, why not lean into our many resources for visitors and add Innovation Destination to our Destination City offerings? Links LV Startup Week 2023 https://lvstartupweek.com Global Entrepreneur Week 2023 https://gewvegas.com LV Convention and Visitors Authority Res...

Show Notes Host: Dan Hugo Summary: The Formula One Race has passed, a winner won, and now we will learn over time how this addition to our Fun Economy benefits, or costs, local businesses and individuals. The mid view is just after the race, but before real numbers come out so that assessments can be made, which will be the third and final part of this examination… Links Caffe Genius complete Epsi...

Show Notes Host: Dan Hugo Summary: There is a common misconception that some sort of Tech Scene is a priority in the Greater Vegas area. If you are entrepreneurial, and you are focused on Tech Innovation, there are some good reasons to be in or near Vegas, but not all of them are. Keep it F1un. Links No Circus https://www.independent.co.uk/f1/f1-lewis-hamilton-las-vegas-grand-prix-b2448100.html Ar...

Show Notes Host: Dan Hugo Summary: A few updates… DTP Retrospective surveys are just about ready (no, really, give a listen), the next Genius Roundtable, the mirror survey for current EIE, and more! Links Community of Practice https://www.wenger-trayner.com/introduction-to-communities-of-practice/ Desert Wind Coffee Roasters https://www.desertwindcoffee.com/ FillOut https://fillout.com Empowering...

Show Notes Host: Dan Hugo Summary: Looking back at the Downtown Project so that we might look forward to a strong and vibrant Entrepreneurial Innovation Ecosystem is something I have talked about for about two years now, and some do not think it is an important undertaking; but history is how we learn not to repeat everything… Links Caffe Genius Home https://caffegenius.org Looking Back to Move Fo...

Show Notes Host: Dan Hugo Summary: The Federal Government has selected 31 Innovation Hub locations around the US to advance the cause. Congratulations to the Greater Reno area getting on the list for Energy Storage technology innovation, thanks in no small part the discovery of a galactic Lithium deposit. Links https://www.eda.gov/news/press-release/2023/10/23/biden-harris-administration-designate...

Show Notes Host: Dan Hugo Summary: This is a program about optimism, and so in this episode, some ideas to tackle moving forward and upward, for all of us who are Impressarios or who might like to be in and around Greater Vegas. Our local media does not talk about this stuff so much, so we will! Links News is losing favor https://news.yahoo.com/silicon-valley-ditches-news-shaking-190436179.html NP...

Show Notes Host: Dan Hugo Summary: AB77 and the Governor´s campaign promise to make Nevada Number One! Is Nevada going to lead the way across the state enabling Entrepreneurs? Maybe, maybe not. Links https://thenevadaindependent.com/article/new-initiatives-propel-entrepreneurship-in-nevada https://www.edawn.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/04/Final-Empowering-Entrepreneurship-Nevada-Ecosystem-Assessmen...

Show Notes Host: Dan Hugo Guests: Oliver, Martin, and Sean Summary: Any Innovation Hub needs multiple Ideation Hubs… places where people can exchange ideas, test them out, get feedback, and feel safe and confident doing so. This is where Innovation begins, sometimes at a cool coffee shop where everybody knows your name. Links Desert Wind Coffee Roasters https://www.desertwindcoffee.com/ Caffe Cent...

Show Notes Host: Dan Hugo Summary: a funny thing happens when you look at a similar vertical focal area as a component of an Entrepreneurial Innovation Ecosystem and you compare that vertical across two ecosystems. Things that make you go Hmm.

Show Notes Host: Dan Hugo Summary: Group Think, Common Knowledge Effect, we all know what it is, but do others whom our decisions impact? Do we know for certain? Links https://www.reviewjournal.com/business/thousands-of-california-businesses-have-fled-golden-state-for-las-vegas-2719945/ https://www.vegasbusinessdigest.com/las-vegas-ranks-2-destination-for-ex-san-francisco-residents-in-2022/ https:...

Show Notes - Host: Dan Hugo - Summary: What can we do over the next ten years to enable a rich and formidable Entrepreneurial Innovation Ecosystem in and around Southern Nevada? Links - https://www.lvcva.com - http://caffegenius.org - https://innovateforvegas.org

Show Notes Host: Dan Hugo Summary: Dunbar´s Number is the approximate number of close connections we humans can maintain. In theory, anyway. What is close, and what does this number mean, and why does it matter? Let´s talk about it… Dunbar What? Robin Dunbar, British anthropologist, measured primate brain size and attempted to correlate that with social engagement reach (ie how many apes are you h...

Show Notes Host: Dan Hugo Summary: Many will say they are Building Community. What does that even mean? If the effort requires provision of free victuals, perhaps you are building a bread line. Consider instead, enabling the growth and flourishing of culture, an Innovation Culture for example, that exists between free lunches and cocktails. Community Building Find a common need, want, gap, and dec...