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- Episode 0163: Entrepreneur NetShow Notes
- Host: Dan Hugo
- Summary: There are a few things entering the interconnected net here in Nevada that are worth a mention now and continued attention paid through the year and beyond, definitely on the agenda if we can get Initiative 2026 moving. Hint.
- Caffe Genius Homepage https://caffegenius.org
- HOST Profile Page Linking Everything https://www.buymeacoffee.com/danhugo
- LV Global Economic Alliance https://lvgea.org/
- Economic Development Authority of Western Nevada https://www.edawn.org/
- Nevada Economic Developers Association https://nevadaeda.org/
- NV GOED Business Resources https://goed.nv.gov/business-resources/
- NV GOED Office of Entrepreneurship https://goed.nv.gov/programs/office-of-entrepreneurship/
- Right to Start https://www.righttostart.org/
- America the Entrepreneurial https://www.americatheentrepreneurial.org/
- Nevada the Entrepreneurial https://goed.nv.gov/nevada-the-entrepreneurial/
- Asset Based Community Development https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Asset-based_community_development
47 min - Episode 0162: K-Shaped VegasShow Notes
- Host: Dan Hugo
- Summary: We exist in interesting times, to be sure. Here in Vegas, a sign of the economic times, those with more money are finding their entertainment value while the rest of us normal folks may not be finding the Vegas we once made a frequent destination. Is it Us and Them?
- Caffe Genius Homepage https://caffegenius.org
- HOST Profile Page Linking Everything https://www.buymeacoffee.com/danhugo
- One Article Illustration https://www.nytimes.com/2026/03/28/us/politics/las-vegas-economy.html?unlocked_article_code=1.WlA.G6O8.6QjLS631yB-o&smid=url-share
- Recession Shapes https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Recession_shapes
56 min - Episode 0161: Including FailureShow Notes
- Host: Dan Hugo
- Summary: There is usually a severe bias toward success, discussing success, and emulating success, especially when people speak of economic development, so-called community building, and so on. Does anything ever not go to plan?
- Caffe Genius Homepage https://caffegenius.org
- HOST Profile Page Linking Everything https://www.buymeacoffee.com/danhugo
- Barry’s Economics https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CbDQs_TcyN4
- Survivorship Bias https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Survivorship_bias
- Learning by Teaching https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Learning_by_teaching
53 min - Episode 0160: Community vs EcosystemShow Notes
- Host: Dan Hugo
- Summary: I have said it before, I’m saying it again, Communities and Ecosystems are emergent, they can not be “Built” in the sense this term is often used. They are also not the same thing… Let’s talk about it.
- Caffe Genius Homepage https://caffegenius.org
- HOST Profile Page Linking Everything https://www.buymeacoffee.com/danhugo
1 hr 9 min - Episode 0159: What NextShow Notes
- Host: Dan Hugo
- Summary: How many different things can go on in the space of a week or two, and what are the chances things only get more weird and less predictable this year? Well, how about some blue sky thinking just in case?
- Caffe Genius Homepage https://caffegenius.org
- HOST Profile Page Linking Everything https://www.buymeacoffee.com/danhugo
57 min - Episode 0158: Please Come To Las VegasShow Notes
- Host: Dan Hugo
- Summary: January 2026 tourism and visitor numbers show a decline from January 2025 tourism and visitor numbers which had shown a decline already from January 2024, so you are going to have to come on down to Vegas as soon as possible, and bring all of your friends. And their friends. Pause if you are thinking about bringing your startup idea.
- Caffe Genius Homepage https://caffegenius.org
- HOST Profile Page Linking Everything https://www.buymeacoffee.com/danhugo
- LVCVA Research https://www.lvcva.com/research/
- Vegas At Par https://www.sfgate.com/travel/article/vegas-foreign-currency-21955655.php
- Still Fabulous https://www.visitlasvegas.com/deals/
- Key Industries https://lvgea.org/key-industries/
- Startup Ecosystem https://lvgea.org/startups/
- Strap in for some Spin https://lvgea.org/guest-column/is-las-vegas-the-next-silicon-valley/
43 min - Episode 0157: Better MeetupsShow Notes
- Host: Dan Hugo
- Summary: One of the early focal areas of Caffe Genius in 2022 or so, was the pursuit of better, more valuable meetups in our Entrepreneurial Innovation Ecosystem here in Greater Vegas. Now is a good time to re-visit some of the take-home lessons and some things to ponder now and in the near term.
- Caffe Genius Homepage https://caffegenius.org
- HOST Profile Page Linking Everything https://www.buymeacoffee.com/danhugo
1 hr 31 min - Episode 0156: Means and MotiveShow Notes
- Host: Dan Hugo
- Summary: Chaos is Opportunity, we have gone over this before, but what about Means and Motive, the other two components of the Entrepreneurial Innovator driving function?
- Caffe Genius Hompage https://caffegenius.org
- HOST Profile Page Linking Everything https://www.buymeacoffee.com/danhugo
- Danger and Turning Point https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chinese_word_for_crisis
35 min - Episode 0155: Roundtable TopicsShow Notes
- Host: Dan Hugo
- Summary: Getting the Genius Roundtable up and running for a second cohort as part of Initiative 2026 has taken a temporary back seat to the Smarter Smart City Challenge over at the Innovate for Vegas Foundation, but the Roundtable can overlap The Challenge, so let’s throw out some topics to ponder ahead of a virtual meetup…
- Caffe Genius Hompage https://caffegenius.org
- HOST Profile Page Linking Everything https://www.buymeacoffee.com/danhugo
- Nevada job seekers face uphill battle as unemployment hits 3rd highest in nation https://www.ktnv.com/news/nevada-job-seekers-face-uphill-battle-as-unemployment-hits-third-highest-in-nation
- Students, parents, educators speak against CCSD’s plan to cut 1,200 positions https://www.fox5vegas.com/2026/02/13/students-parents-educators-speak-against-ccsds-plan-cut-1200-positions/
- Study lists Nevada as one of the least educated states | KLAS https://www.8newsnow.com/news/local-news/study-lists-nevada-as-one-of-the-least-educated-states/
- Small business creation drops in Clark County https://www.fox5vegas.com/2026/02/09/small-business-creation-drops-clark-county/
- Inside Las Vegas's Electric Reinvention Into a Sports Capital | Condé Nast Traveler https://www.cntraveler.com/story/inside-las-vegas-electric-reinvention-into-a-sports-capital
- Crushing it: Wynn Resorts CEO sees bright future, even with a very tough act to follow https://www.8newsnow.com/news/local-news/las-vegas-strip/crushing-it-wynn-resorts-ceo-sees-bright-future-even-with-a-very-tough-act-to-follow/
- TECH HUBS: Site Selection Magazine https://siteselection.com/tech-hubs-dfw-overtakes-dc-in-north-american-tech-hub-index/
- Global Innovation Hubs Index 2025 https://www.nature.com/articles/d42473-025-00418-x
50 min - Episode 0154: A Few Non-Random ThingsShow Notes
- Host: Dan Hugo
- Summary: I have been looking in the direction of the upcoming year-long Smarter Smart City Challenge so forgive my distraction, here are a couple of things on deck.
- Caffe Genius Hompage https://caffegenius.org
- HOST Profile Page Linking Everything https://www.buymeacoffee.com/danhugo
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About Caffe Genius Impressarios
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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…
Entrepreneurial Innovation Ecosystem (based in Greater Las Vegas… for now) and how we can measure and elevate it, and Impressarios can describe these and more with their stories. With deliberate spelling.