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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The podcast currently has 131 episodes available.

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June 28, 2024Episode 0070: Co-Creation in The Fun Economy
Show Notes
Host: Dan Hugo
Summary: Growing slowing in popularity and effectiveness, the notion that a person or company can include users, customers, consumers in the design and iteration process, to make products and service that might actually work, might be something to ponder here in the oasis we call Greater Vegas…
Links
HOST Buy Dan A Coffee https://www.buymeacoffee.com/danhugo
HOST Dan´s Ko-Fi https://ko-fi.com/danhugo
Wikipedia on Co-Creation https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Co-creation
HBR Building The Co-Creative Enterprise https://hbr.org/2010/10/building-the-co-creative-enterprise
LVCVA Tourism Tracker https://www.lvcva.com/research/?tab=tourism-tracker#tab-container
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1h 12min
June 21, 2024Episode 0069: Innovation Age Limits
Show Notes
Host: Dan Hugo
Summary: Innovation can occur at any place, at any time, by any one, of any age. Unfortunately, that is not always the message we send, but perhaps it should be.
Links
HOST Buy Dan A Coffee https://www.buymeacoffee.com/danhugo
HOST Dan´s Ko-Fi https://ko-fi.com/danhugo
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37min
June 14, 2024Episode 0068: Why Startup in Greater Vegas
Show Notes
Host: Dan Hugo
Summary: If you already live in the Greater Vegas area, or if you visit frequently, you may find starting a business of some sort here makes sense. Moving to the Greater Vegas area specifically to start a business of some kind, though, may not.
Links
HOST Buy Dan A Coffee https://www.buymeacoffee.com/danhugo
HOST Dan´s Ko-Fi https://ko-fi.com/danhugo
US Chamber of Commerce on Small Business https://www.uschamber.com/small-business/small-business-data-center
SBA on Small Business in Nevada (PDF) https://advocacy.sba.gov/wp-content/uploads/2023/11/2023-Small-Business-Economic-Profile-NV.pdf
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1h 22min
June 07, 2024Episode 0067: Cognitive Load
Show Notes
Host: Dan Hugo
Summary: The joys of solopreneurship include substantial cognitive load as we tackle all sorts of challenges across a variety of skill sets and priorities, often all the highest of course. Task switching only amplifies the effects of cognitive load…
Links
HOST Buy Dan A Coffee https://www.buymeacoffee.com/danhugo
HOST Dan´s Ko-Fi https://ko-fi.com/danhugo
Cognitive Workload https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Workload
Cognitive Load for Learning https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cognitive_load
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1h 29min
May 31, 2024Episode 0066: News Blips
Show Notes
Host: Dan Hugo
Summary: News is a business, attention and clicks matter, and competition is fierce. As a normal person, how do we keep track of the important things going on close to home, or that matter, or both, when the tools at our disposal have an agenda driven by revenue? Everything starts with local. Well, everything should, which is where we are beginning with our Information Sharing Platform…
Links
HOST Buy Dan A Coffee https://www.buymeacoffee.com/danhugo
HOST Dan´s Ko-Fi https://ko-fi.com/danhugo
That´s a Nice Stadium You Got There https://lvsportsbiz.com/2024/05/17/congrats-las-vegas-clark-county-youre-only-1178161041-from-paying-off-your-raiders-stadium-debt-remember-its-principal-and-interest/
Could we interest you in this other, nicer stadium? https://www.fieldofschemes.com/2024/05/28/21486/vegas-as-stadium-is-either-100-on-track-or-dead-on-arrival-depending/
More Formula 1 Lawsuit News https://www.cardplayer.com/poker-news/28949-casino-sues-las-vegas-formula-1-race-clark-county
Hotel Occupancy F1 vs Superbowl https://www.thecentersquare.com/nevada/article_047aa622-f8d4-11ee-96bb-a3e1a1889934.html
Inside the Tech Scene (of the Bay Area) https://www.forbes.com/sites/dariashunina/2024/05/23/a-culture-of-innovation-inside-the-bay-areas-thriving-tech-scene/
Actual Local Innovation https://www.fox5vegas.com/2024/05/28/las-vegas-engineer-creating-copper-wire-theft-alert-system/
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1h 8min
May 24, 2024Episode 0065: Some Practicality
Show Notes
Host: Dan Hugo
Summary: Some practical examples that might make a city-scale information sharing platform useful and interesting, and maybe even successful! Too many possibilities in the blue sky, these given are a taste.
Links
HOST Buy Dan A Coffee https://www.buymeacoffee.com/danhugo
HOST Dan´s Ko-Fi https://ko-fi.com/danhugo
Mapping the Future (2020) https://businessinclarkcounty.com/wp-content/uploads/Mapping-Clark-Countys-Future-An-Analysis-of-Clark-Countys-Communities-and-Economy.pdf
Empowering Entrepreneurship https://www.edawn.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/04/Final-Empowering-Entrepreneurship-Nevada-Ecosystem-Assessment-and-Plan-April-20-2023.pdf
City of Las Vegas Master Plan for 2050 https://files.lasvegasnevada.gov/planning/CLV-2050-Master-Plan.pdf
City of Las Vegas Smart City Forward 2019 https://files.lasvegasnevada.gov/innovate-vegas/Smart-Vegas-A-Forward-Focused-Plan.pdf
Data vs Information https://resources.data.gov/glossary/data-vs.-information/
CLV GeoCommons https://geocommons-lasvegas.opendata.arcgis.com/
CLV OpenDataPortal https://opendataportal-lasvegas.opendata.arcgis.com/
LVMPD OpenData https://opendata-lvmpd.hub.arcgis.com/
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1h 48min
May 17, 2024Episode 0064: Telling The Story
Show Notes
Host: Dan Hugo
Summary: Another episode along the path of forming a Startup in Vegas! Business and development plans around a novel product or service concept are the things that fill the hours each day, but it is important to be able to describe all of this to audiences of different kinds, ideally reaching a Lean-in or Ah Ha moment with each. Not always easy.
Links
HOST Buy Dan A Coffee https://www.buymeacoffee.com/danhugo
HOST Dan´s Ko-Fi https://ko-fi.com/danhugo
Simon Sinek: Start with Why https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=u4ZoJKF_VuA
Guy Kawasaki: Ten Slides https://www.plugandplaytechcenter.com/resources/the-10-slides-guy-kawasaki-wants-to-see-from-your-startup/
Everybody Does a Pitch
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1h 12min
May 10, 2024Episode 0063: SWOT meets Canvas
Show Notes
Host: Dan Hugo
Summary: Rounding out the notion of requirements specification, this week we move from the MRD/PRD approach to SWOT and a Business Canvas, let us see how it turns out!
Links
HOST Buy Dan A Coffee https://www.buymeacoffee.com/danhugo
HOST Dan´s Ko-Fi https://ko-fi.com/danhugo
Canvas https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Business_Model_Canvas
Ash Maurya´s Lean Canvas https://www.leanfoundry.com/tools/lean-canvas
SWOT https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/SWOT_analysis
Jared ( HBO Silicon Valley) explains SWOT https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XfB0g_JDIds
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1h 16min
May 04, 2024Episode 0062: Crafting the MRD
Show Notes
Host: Dan Hugo
Summary: Following up on Episode 0061, we get started on a Marketing Requirements Document, so we know the What and Why, and figure out how to get an Engineering Requirements Specification for an Open Source project developed by Civic Volunteers…
Links
HOST Buy Dan A Coffee https://www.buymeacoffee.com/danhugo
HOST Dan´s Ko-Fi https://ko-fi.com/danhugo
Market Requirements Document https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Market_requirements_document
Product Requirements Document https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Product_requirements_document
Lean Canvas https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Business_Model_Canvas
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54min
April 26, 2024Episode 0061: Making a Vegas Startup
Show Notes
Host: Dan Hugo
Summary: The Caffe Genius Project is aimed at our Entrepreneurial Innovation Ecosystem of the Greater Vegas area, to analyze it, measure what is working and what is not, and plot a path toward elevation to enable and encourage success, however we all define it. So let us talk about launching a startup into this ecosystem to pursue exactly that…
Links
HOST Buy Dan A Coffee https://www.buymeacoffee.com/danhugo
HOST Dan´s Ko-Fi https://ko-fi.com/danhugo
Simon Sinek TEDx 2009 Start with Why https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=u4ZoJKF_VuA
Official Vegas Tourism Data https://www.lvcva.com/research/
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56min

FAQs about Caffe Genius Impressarios:

How many episodes does Caffe Genius Impressarios have?

The podcast currently has 131 episodes available.