- Host: Dan Hugo- Guest: Mo Collins- Summary: The recently-released report, Empowering Entrepreneurship | Nevada Entrepreneurial Ecosystem Assessment and Strategy provides an interesting overview of the state and regional ecosystem as-is and some ideas for the near term, let´s meet its author!- How did Mo get to Entrepreneurial Communities, LLC?- Life in Iowa- No Website? (now we don´t feel so bad)- Did you read it? If not, a little exposition from Mo…- How were the Nevada participants selected?- What was the stated mission on commission (ie was there any leading at the start)- Let us define *Entrepreneurial Ecosystem*- We focus more on Southern Nevada, aka The Greater Vegas Entrepreneurial Ecosystem, but there are statewide initiatives…- Entrepreneur Support Orgs (ESOs) FTW (eg orgs similar to SRC elsewhere…)- Where are the Veterans?- Insular communities and people who build bridges- Why is Dan Hugo (Me!) mentioned on page 66 (full disclosure: Dan never spoke with anyone with EC or the study, only after the fact)- Focus on the Innovation District and Black Fire leaves out a lot of geography and people- How about Aspirational Entrepreneurs? Where are they, are they enabled?- Saving some for Part II (12 months survival follow-up?)- [Nevada Project Report on Nevada Entrepreneurial Ecosystems from Entrepreneurial Communities by Mo Collins](https://www.edawn.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/04/Final-Empowering-Entrepreneurship-Nevada-Ecosystem-Assessment-and-Plan-April-20-2023.pdf)
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