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When a City Gets to Heal: The Downtown Project and Entrepreneurship in Las Vegas
April 2, 2013 in Other Than That - news, business & other nonsense, Uncategorized | Comments (0)
Contempt Prior to Investigation: How Setting Aside Preconception Leads to Serendipity
August 22, 2012 in It is what it is - opinion column, Other Than That - news, business & other nonsense | Comments (0)
Funny.
I wrote this headline right after completing a trip to Vegas that would turn out changing my life.
It would appear, however, the inertia that has plagued my blog writing over the years took over and while my life went through a tectonic shift – something...
People Making Change: Andrew Forsthoefel
August 15, 2012 in Personalities & Profiles | Comments (0)
When he graduated college in the spring of 2011, Andrew Forsthoefel felt restless. He had many ideas about what he wanted to do, the mark he wanted to make on the world. So he did what any self-respecting young man would do. In October 2011...
People Making Change: Augusta Scott
August 15, 2012 in Personalities & Profiles | Comments (0)
In the world that is Zappos culture, much is emphasized with regards to the individual. It’s a company that lauds its employees for their uniqueness, empowers people at every level to take ownership and make decisions and, above all, encourages people to push their boundaries...
People Making Change: Michael Cornthwaite
August 14, 2012 in Personalities & Profiles | Comments (0)
Amidst the increasing bustle that is downtown Las Vegas at the corner of 6th and Fremont streets sits a building adorned with a large neon sign. It reads “Emergency Arts”. Equal parts coffee shop, co-working, geek resource library and gallery space – the central cog...
People Making Change: Natalie Young
August 14, 2012 in Personalities & Profiles | Comments (0)
Ah, serendipity. To be honest, that’s not really a word that I’d ever have expected to be using in conjunction with Las Vegas, but after spending this week here my perspective has shifted. That is largely, if not entirely, due to meeting people precisely like...
Eager Entrepreneurship: A Saturday Morning Seminar
August 4, 2012 in It is what it is - opinion column, Other Than That - news, business & other nonsense | Comments (0)
After about 20 years in the tech sector, having attended pretty much any and every event there is, and having produced/helped produce my fair share of others, there are a few things that one learns when it comes to planning events & talks in Silicon...
Flora and Fauna, Part 2: Farmers’ Market to First Friday
August 4, 2012 in It is what it is - opinion column, News & Events, Other Than That - news, business & other nonsense | Comments (1)
The heat. Without question that is the first thing every one mentions when I tell them of this journey to visit The Downtown Project in the dead of summer.
“How can you possibly go to Las Vegas in August?” (Well, I was invited…)
“Isn’t going to Vegas in...
Flora and Fauna, Part 1: Perspectives From Wandering Downtown Las Vegas
August 3, 2012 in It is what it is - opinion column, News & Events, Other Than That - news, business & other nonsense | Comments (1)
To describe Las Vegas as hot in August is a bit like saying Mt. Everest is a kind of tall mountain. It’s a colossal understatement, to say the least. Saying it’s hot doesn’t even begin to cover the sensation of being hit with a hair...
It Takes a Village to Raise a City
August 2, 2012 in News & Events, Other Than That - news, business & other nonsense | Comments (0)
Downtown Cocktail Room - by day the offices of The Downtown Project
Next on the agenda after returning from the Zappos tour was a meet-up with Andy White from the Vegas Tech Fund and one of the leading players driving The Downtown Project.
Returning from Zappos about...
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