Caffe Genius Impressarios

By Caffe Genius

Caffe Genius is all about thinking outside the box, from Experimental Meetup Colaboratories to Pitch Workout Rooms to the Genius Roundtable and more; the idea is to consider seriously the Entrepreneur... more

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August 22, 2025Episode 0130: The Vegas Bourgeoisie
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 Solo https://ko-fi.com/danhugo/posts
The Bourgeoisie https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bourgeoisie
The Proletariat https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Proletariat
Published LVCVA Research Data https://www.lvcva.com/research/
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41min
August 15, 2025Episode 0129: Reality Check
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 Want To Do https://www.rgj.com/story/news/2025/08/13/survey-shows-mismatch-between-jobs-nevadans-want-and-jobs-nevada-has/85643730007/
The Actual Survey Report (pdf) https://cber.unlv.edu/wp-content/uploads/2025/08/Job-Seeker-Report-Final.pdf
Report Homepage (with interactive crosstab for the survey data) https://cber.unlv.edu/economic-forecasts-and-research/
LVGEA Key Industries rundown https://lvgea.org/key-industries/
Formula One Small Business Lawsuit Resolved https://news3lv.com/news/local/las-vegas-grand-prix-reaches-settlements-with-three-small-businesses-lawsuit-court-race-motorsports-battistas-stage-door
Confidence Interval on Wikipedia https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Confidence_interval
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1h 8min
August 08, 2025Episode 0128: Destination Known
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 https://www.buymeacoffee.com/danhugo/posts
HOST KoFi Solo https://ko-fi.com/danhugo/posts
LVCVA Research https://www.lvcva.com/research/
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43min
August 01, 2025Episode 0127: Transparency
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/posts
HOST KoFi Solo https://ko-fi.com/danhugo/posts
UNLV CBER Dashboard https://cber.unlv.edu/economic-dashboard/
LVCVA Research https://www.lvcva.com/research/
LVGEA City Check https://lvgea.org/city-check/dashboard/
LVGEA Key Industries https://lvgea.org/key-industries/
City of Las Vegas Open Data https://opendataportal-lasvegas.opendata.arcgis.com/
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39min
July 25, 2025Episode 0126: Data Chaos
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://ko-fi.com/danhugo/posts
Las Vegas is Number One https://www.reviewjournal.com/business/entrepreneurs/las-vegas-no-1-for-early-stage-startups-in-the-us-study-says-2762294/
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30min
July 18, 2025Episode 0125: Strategy
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
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51min
July 11, 2025Episode 0124: Ecosystem Introspection
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
HOST Dan´s Ko-Fi https://ko-fi.com/danhugo
HOST KoFi Solo https://ko-fi.com/danhugo/posts
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34min
July 05, 2025Episode 0123: Ecosystem and Independence
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://www.buymeacoffee.com/danhugo/posts
HOST Dan´s Ko-Fi https://ko-fi.com/danhugo
HOST KoFi Solo https://ko-fi.com/danhugo/posts
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29min
June 27, 2025Episode 0122: Yet Another Ecosystem Report
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.com/danhugo/posts
HOST Dan´s Ko-Fi https://ko-fi.com/danhugo
HOST KoFi Solo https://ko-fi.com/danhugo/posts
The Lincy Report https://www.unlv.edu/announcement/lincy-institute/startup-ecosystem-southern-nevada-growth-energy-and-emerging
Direct PDF Link https://digitalscholarship.unlv.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=1017&context=lincy_policybriefs_reports
The EDAWN Study (PDF Link) https://www.edawn.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/05/EMPOWERING-ENTREPRENEURSHIP-Nevada-Ecosystem-Assessment-and-Strategy-April-2023.pdf
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1h 21min
June 20, 2025Episode 0121: Oh Vegas
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
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37min

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How many episodes does Caffe Genius Impressarios have?

The podcast currently has 131 episodes available.