Caffe Genius Impressarios

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...

Show Notes Host: Dan Hugo Summary: Las Vegas will not be the next Silicon Valley, most obviously because we do not make chips here (nor should we). How about Utah, how about Arizona? This is a seed episode to prompt some discussion the future about real comparison between places and what those places might become down the road. About the Silicon Silicon Valley got its name from actual silicon, and...

Show Notes Host: Dan Hugo Summary: Municipal and Community Communication, those words sound so similar, could there be a reason why? Yes, but our Smart City does not do this well. Let´s change that. Communication, Discovery, Elevation Knowing what is happening and how each item might relate to any other, and to you, is critical in a noise-filled era where social media has taken over with their own...

Show Notes Host: Dan Hugo Summary: communication and third party platforms, two different motivations diametrically opposed? As LinkedIn? When we speak of real communication, Facebook and TikTok got off the train a long way back. LinkedIn is often touted as the largest social media platform for business and professionals so we pick on them first When we consider city-scale communication and ecosys...

Show Notes - Host: Dan Hugo - Summary: Does the Greater Vegas area have a healthy and vibrant Entrepreneurial Innovation Ecosystem? Let us discussion which parts may be lacking, and more importantly, how we might address these missing pieces. Entrepreneurial Innovation - They are not necessarily a single thing, but they do go great together. - Entrepreneurialism is sometimes about starting a busin...

Show Notes - Host: Dan Hugo - Summary: It is important to examine where we have been to be better-prepared for where we are going. Or as many have already forgotten, “Those who cannot remember the past are condemned to repeat it.” – George Santayana, The Life of Reason, 1905. The Downtown Project - Dan Hugo was a spectator, always looking in and hanging out, but never lifting anything heavy. - Day...

Show Notes - Host: Dan Hugo - Summary: A follow-up to The Axis of Innovation, should we be building an Innovation Hub, or an Innovation Destination in Southern Nevada? Can we Conjure Innovation? Recapping The Axis - Does Southern Nevada Have a Culture of Innovation? - Does Southern Nevada have Innovation Infrastructure? - If we build it, do they come? Who are they, anyway? Clinics and Fusion Cente...

Show Notes - Host: Dan Hugo - Summary: The Axis Powers, or the Axis around which an Innovation Hub might rotate? A bit of both, perhaps. First a Story about Phoenix - Economic Diversification FTW! But which ways to go? - Electronics Assembly, Semiconductors, Government Contracting (and Tourism) - Strangely, the executives with stakes in existing foci, after traveling the world to study other place...

Show Notes - Host: Dan Hugo - Summary: We sometimes say or hear said, that one´s eyes are bigger than one´s stomach, especially when visiting a buffet. Might the same be said of regional innovation and entrepreneurialism? Innovative Entrepreneurialism - Two great tastes that go great together! - Need not be coincident, but they often are - Any one person might have this trait (or traits?) but is t...