I have tried to highlight the contributions of everybody including sponsors and organizers when given an opportunity to talk about #VegasTech SXSW. Unfortunately I dont have as many of those opportunities to highlight some unsung heroes while in Austin. But there is a group of people, both from our community and supporters from other areas who really came [...]

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Much has been written or talked about since #VegasTech took over SXSW. If you are reading this and didn’t hear about it, my friends over at Tracky have a great Recap of #VegasTechSXSW on their blog. I suggest reading it first to understand the scale of what we did, and why this series of posts will have [...]

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2013 is off to a painful start, especially for the startup community. In early January, the tech scene was shaken to its core with the news that Aaron Swartz, programmer and Internet Activist, had taken his own life. While the details of that event, and the subsequent fallout from a perceieved over-zealous prosecution are still coming out, [...]

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As I write this post – we are 46 days away from SXSW, the annual festival in Austin where film makers, musicians and tech people collide. If you are a friend of mine you are probably aware of an initiative I have been working on for the last 10 months called #VegasTechSXSW. Full Disclosure, through the course [...]

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When I first started going through one of the dark periods in my life, I knew I couldn’t be alone. Having achieved a goal professionally, I was now in territory I had been promised in books and blog posts would be great. Lifestyle or passive income was supposed to be every entrepreneurs dream. I wasn’t [...]

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Looking back the last 18 months in the VegasTech community, it’s interesting to see the level of activity and how it’s increased across the city.  It’s hard to pull off an event in this small community anymore, without conflicting with somebody else’s event. I for one am not complaining, as I think it’s good to [...]

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A little over 2 years ago, I was fascinated by a video blog for a rather large e-commerce business out of NYC. It inspired me to start my own outlet, which is now this blog… 2 years later (frown). The quality of their production was high and I wanted to see what equipment they were [...]

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Just look at that picture, I can see it in my eyes. That is because a couple months back Clair asked me if to speak at a Delivering Happiness-Inspire event. Being thankful that Las Vegas is fortunate enough to be the home of Zappos, and Clair is a special person to me I said sure. [...]

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I have been talking about doing this for a long time. It only took 3 years. Alas, I have my own outlet to talk about all the things that interest me, excite me (within reason) or pisses me off in the tech industry. A quick bit of history… I have grown up in the tech [...]

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