• Host: Dan Hugo
• Summary: This has been on the wish list for too long, the time has come to cast aside the pile that is LinkedIn and commence the journey out into the world wide internets, where the algorithms are different, the velvet rope not present.

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• Deprecation https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Deprecation

• Host: Dan Hugo
• Summary: Somewhere between what is objectively true and what we seem to want to believe is subjectively true is sometimes called hype. This by way of a first pass at Transforming Las Vegas Into A Financial Center by Dr Daniel Chi and Amin Asadi of UNLV…

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• Transforming Las Vegas Into A Financial Center https://papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.cfm?abstract_id=6533259
• SWOT https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/SWOT_analysis
• Article about Lost in Austin book https://thehill.com/homenews/4907909-lost-in-austin-book-development-affordability-traffic-water/

• Host: Dan Hugo
• Summary: If we were to name three most-definitely-not-blind mice, these in the title could work. Or we could simply examine these three ways of looking at, well, anything, but especially our Entrepreneurial Innovation Ecosystem and its surroundings…

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• Visibility (sort of) https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Visual_perception
• Transparency https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Transparency_(behavior)
• Observability https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Observability

Show Notes

• Host: Dan Hugo
• Summary: A somewhat sensational title, this is not really proof so much as a few examples, but of what Motivated Reasoning is and how it can be used effectively… in Greater Vegas. (Correction: Las Vegas population is closer to 680K not 580K -dh)

Links

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• Las Vegas ranks Number 2 WorldWide in Startup Activity https://www.reviewjournal.com/business/entrepreneurs/las-vegas-ranks-no-2-in-world-in-startup-community-activity-3837252/
• Las Vegas leads the US in Tech Employment Growth for 2026 https://www.reviewjournal.com/business/las-vegas-to-lead-nation-in-tech-employment-growth-in-2026-per-report-3823979/
• Population and Migration PER CAPITA https://www.reviewjournal.com/business/housing/nevada-is-the-standout-californias-affordability-crisis-continues-to-drive-relocation-3791527/
• Telephone Game End https://www.gamblingnews.com/news/state-of-nevada-leads-us-in-population-growth-for-decades/
• Telephone Game Mid https://www.reviewjournal.com/business/housing/nevada-is-americas-fastest-growing-state-report-says-3839095/
• Telephone Game Start https://www.visualcapitalist.com/ranked-u-s-population-growth-by-state-1970-2025/
• Broken Link https://crowdfundcapitaladvisors.com/downloads/2023-best-cities-and-states-for-startups/
• TED Julia Galef https://www.ted.com/talks/julia_galef_why_you_think_you_re_right_even_if_you_re_wrong
• The Scout Mindset by Julia Galef https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Scout_Mindset
• Motivated Reasoning https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Motivated_reasoning
• Bad News https://www.8newsnow.com/news/nevada-ranks-last-in-nation-for-mental-health-care-access-umc-doctors-warn-crisis-growing/

• Host: Dan Hugo
• Summary: Difficult to locate just yet, but the LVGEA has published some plans that seem to match the Key Industries we have mentioned previously (the associated web page on the LVGEA website no longer there), as a way forward for continuing Economic Diversity efforts. But where will the water come from?

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• Post-2026 Water https://www.usbr.gov/ColoradoRiverBasin/post2026/index.html
• Report on LVGEA Strategic Plan https://www.ktnv.com/news/new-strategic-plan-a-roadmap-to-the-future
• Lost in Austin (report on book) https://thehill.com/homenews/4907909-lost-in-austin-book-development-affordability-traffic-water/

• Host: Dan Hugo
• Summary: Technically this is a plural wrong numbers scenario, but that doesn’t sound as good for a title. If you have not consumed Episode 0166 of this program, “Show Me Data,” the links from that episode might come in handy, though today is not so much about the published numbers, only that they are the wrong numbers to wait on. Got it?

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• LVCVA Tourism Tracker (Research) https://www.lvcva.com/research/
• UNLV CBER Economic Dashboard https://cber.unlv.edu/economic-dashboard/

• Host: Dan Hugo
• Summary: The to-do list continues to grow, attempts to reach out are diversifying, and being Entrepreneurial and Innovative still take a lot of work, will this all be worthwhile?

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• Host: Dan Hugo
• Summary: A few observations about some things that appear to be missing in action, either not to be found, or not easy to discover. Both are problematic in different ways, and both can be solved, or addressed, with a modicum of effort from a small, interested crowd.

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• Host: Dan Hugo
• Summary: Content creators in and around Greater Vegas are getting a real workout, declaring Vegas Dead, Vegas Not Dead, and anywhere in between, based on anecdotal in-person crowd size assessments, person-on-the-street commentary, and various reports on visitor statistics, revenue and loss numbers, and a variety of statements made by a variety of people. We need to break out the probes and do some debugging…

• Caffe Genius Homepage https://caffegenius.org
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• Show Me Data - Episode 0166 https://creators.spotify.com/pod/profile/caffe-genius-impressarios/episodes/Episode-0166-Show-Me-Data-e3iosv9/a-ackkapn
• Goodhart in Vegas - Episode 0152 https://creators.spotify.com/pod/profile/caffe-genius-impressarios/episodes/Episode-0152-Goodhart-in-Vegas-e3e3nck/a-acebps2
• What Are Vegas KPIs and OKRs ? - Episode 0146 https://creators.spotify.com/pod/profile/caffe-genius-impressarios/episodes/Episode-0146-What-Are-Vegas-KPIs-and-OKRs-e3c9o47/a-acc1sv6
• Cohesive Coherence or Coherent Cohesion - Episode 0138 https://creators.spotify.com/pod/profile/caffe-genius-impressarios/episodes/Episode-0138-Cohesive-Coherence-or-Coherent-Cohesion-e39lqeh/a-ac7dtcq
• City as a System - Episode 0137 https://creators.spotify.com/pod/profile/caffe-genius-impressarios/episodes/Episode-0137-City-as-a-System-e39bjgd/a-ac70hub

• Host: Dan Hugo
• Summary: Not a pivot, more a pre-production observation and integration into the other thing I need to launch, to make it all make sense. Be the impressario!

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