- Host: Dan Hugo- Summary: Does the Greater Vegas area have a healthy and vibrant Entrepreneurial Innovation Ecosystem? Let us discussion which parts may be lacking, and more importantly, how we might address these missing pieces.Entrepreneurial Innovation
- They are not necessarily a single thing, but they do go great together.- Entrepreneurialism is sometimes about starting a business or a company or some similar endeavor, but sometimes it is an aspirational quality, and this matters!- Innovation happens when a there is a challenge of some kind, some ideation, and a potential solution that does not already exist emerges.- A culture of innovation takes time and depends heavily on people and their intellectual curiosity- An innovation infrastructure requires actual investment in resources, including places, tools, interconnection, and plain old funding.- Are these going to emerge in revolutionary fashion by sprinkling some capital over some glowing headlines? Or do these two critical components emerge over time?Lacking Innovation Culture (top 3)
- Networking is difficult- Solipsism does not necessarily enable out-of-box thinking- Drive is missing (eg Just Use What We Already Have)Lacking Innovation Infrastructure (top 3)
- Local Innovation Resources (Maker Spaces, research and experimentation, certification, etc)- Communication Tools (Conway´s Law, Slow Adoptions, Cultural Impediments)- Where does Innovation fit in a Destination City? (Infrastructure points to Tourism/Gaming/Entertainment/Sports first…)- Recognize the gaps- Lead by example- Rinse, Repeat