Ayloo: Make conversations better. Together.
Featured Post by John Hawkins“As one of the earliest start ups in the Vegas Tech scene, Ayloo couldn’t be happier with Vegas Tech’s breakneck growth. “It’s been a wild ride so far,” claims Mark Cicoria. The bags under his eyes seem to comply. Vegas natives Mark Cicoria, Mark Johnson, and Shaun Swanson were working on Ayloo before the first More »
Interview with Mike Gardineer: President of TBAN
February 4th, 2012 by Chad RamosWhat is TBAN and why should people be members of it? TBAN is a group of technologists, tech professionals, business professionals and investors who are dedicated to proactively fostering high-tech growth in Nevada. We think TBAN is the key trade organization in the SMB market in Nevadans’ effort to diversify our economy. Business leaders of More »
Ruby Weekend: A Recap
February 2nd, 2012 by John Hawkins“This is a guest post from the The Las Vegas Ruby Group regarding a recent workshop they hosted for the #VegasTech community.” Last weekend a few of us from the Las Vegas Ruby Group (@LVRUG) gave a two day workshop teaching people the basics of Ruby and the Ruby on Rails framework. It was a More »
Rick Duggan’s latest “Suggested Reading” assignments
January 23rd, 2012 by Chad RamosWant A Great Team? Focus on Talent, Not Hiring: The author makes the point that companies should care more about finding talent than just hiring employees. He gives readers 3 questions to consider: 1. Would we be willing to do a startup with you? 2. Can you “knock the socks off” of the company in More »
Term Sheets: Bill Botts’ awesome presentation at this week’s Jelly.
January 21st, 2012 by Chad RamosThis week’s Jelly was awesome (as always!). One of the breakout sessions was by Bill Botts (@billbotts) and was about Term Sheets. So, here are three documents provided by Bill for the #VegasTech community. The first one is the PowerPoint presentation he gave. The second is an actual Term Sheet. And the third is a More »
Ayloo: Make conversations better. Together.
January 16th, 2012 by John Hawkins“As one of the earliest start ups in the Vegas Tech scene, Ayloo couldn’t be happier with Vegas Tech’s breakneck growth. “It’s been a wild ride so far,” claims Mark Cicoria. The bags under his eyes seem to comply. Vegas natives Mark Cicoria, Mark Johnson, and Shaun Swanson were working on Ayloo before the first More »
Co-working space The Shop is now open
January 13th, 2012 by John HawkinsEarlier this week a new co-working space called The Shop opened for business. Located near the corner of Russell and Decauter (5615 S Cameron St.), The Shop has both Lite and Full memberships available. A Lite membership ($100/month) gets you 50 hours/month and Full memberships ($250/month) gets you unlimited access and a dedicated desk. Aside More »
#VegasTech T-shirts
December 22nd, 2011 by John LynnToday I came across a thread on Ayloo (another Vegas Tech company) Where Yo Sub Kwon offered to work with some designers to put soem #vegastech t-shirts on ShirtsBy.me and donate all the profits from shirt sales back into #VegasTech. You can read the rest of the details in the thread. Since I’m such a More »
Vegas Tech Invited to World Trade Center Breakfast at CES
December 16th, 2011 by John LynnUPDATE: The registration deadline has been extended to December 30. You can register for the event here. I just got a message from Chris Meyer at the Las Vegas Convention and Visitors Authority. They’re holding a World Trade Center breakfast during CES on January 12, 2012 and have invited the Vegas Tech companies to the More »
/usr/lib Grand Opening
November 11th, 2011 by John HawkinsThe /usr/lib tech library in downtown Vegas is officially open!
Welcome to VegasTech.com!
November 11th, 2011 by John LynnThanks for stopping by VegasTech.com! Without going into a bunch of history, we’re hoping that VegasTech.com will become a hub for all of the great tech activity that’s going on in Las Vegas. There’s no doubt that tech has always been around Las Vegas. There was a surge of tech companies in the original dot More »