Joshua and Jesse talk to Sirinda (Sindy) Glasgow about growing Las Vegas in the technology industry. We discuss the NCWIT inspiration awards, share some great anecdotes, Jesse's fear of the blackberry ring tone to this day, and how IT strategy has changed in the Las Vegas Valley over the years.

Recorded on April 24th, 2021

Josh and Jesse talk with Jean Claude Luakabuanga, Las Vegas entrepreneur and founder of BRBCK. Jean Claude tells his story about how he became an entrepreneur, what it took to develop his application, and why he did it in Las Vegas. Josh and Jesse also hear about Jean Claude's experiences in the Las Vegas ecosystem and what is needed to start your journey as an entrepreneur.

Recorded on March 25th, 2021

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Josh and Jesse discuss Transactional vs. Transformational leadership, how it relates to being authentic, and Batman and Superman's leadership styles. They also discuss the changing definitions of IT leadership roles and how they relate to leadership styles.

Recorded on March 20th, 2021

Josh and Jesse go over what imposter syndrome is, ideas to overcome it, and how it can affect your leadership. Jesse retires the piano music once and for all and talks about a plan to cover the state with more EV charging stations to avoid the clown hotels.

Recorded on March 13th, 2021

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Josh and Jesse have a great conversation with Jeff Saling, co-founder and executive director of StartupNV, about creating a robust and inclusive startup ecosystem and diversifying Nevada's economy. We also discuss startup culture history here in Las Vegas and why it is essential, we get this right from the start now that we have the chance.

More information on StartupNV and it's associated programs can be found here: https://startupnv.org

Recorded on March 6th, 2021.

Josh and Jesse discuss the technology ecosystem in Southern Nevada. Jesse brings the piano music back, and Josh discusses the concept of "Cargo Culture" and why we need to avoid it.

Recorded on Feburary, 27th 2021

Josh and Jesse describe what drives and motivates them. We also discuss the Vegas Innovation Network, why we need to listen to our team members so that they are motivated, and why sometimes it's ok to make yourself vulnerable in expressing ideas.

Recorded on Feburary 20th, 2021

Steve Jobs Stanford commencement speech (2005): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UF8uR6Z6KLc

Josh and Jesse look at the recent online strife with the technology involved in online communication and financial apps from our returning guest Angelo Stoebe. Jesse discusses Miami's startup scene, and we have a brief discussion about artificial intelligence.

Recorded on January 30th, 2021

Angelo Stoebe returns to the show to discuss social media, messaging services, and ethics around "utility-like" services providers from a technical and business perspective.

Joshua Barousse, Director of Development & Co-Founder at San José Spotlight, joins Josh and Jesse to talk about the 2021 Nevada Legislative Session! Josh renames himself "Maverick" during the podcast, Jesse changes the exodus music from piano to guitar, and we dive deep into the tech issues that are going to being discussed in the legislature.

Episode recorded on January 18th, 2021. This episode was re-posted, the original podcast file was an accidental duplicate of Episode 9, our apologies!

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