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Caffe Genius is all about thinking outside the box, from Experimental Meetup Colaboratories to Pitch Workout Rooms to the Genius Roundtable and more; the idea is to consider seriously the Entrepreneurial Innovation Ecosystem (based in Greater Las Vegas… for now) and how we can measure and elevate it, and Impressarios can describe these and more with their stories. With deliberate spelling.

41 MIN AGO

Episode 0155: Roundtable Topics

Show Notes Host: Dan Hugo Summary: Getting the Genius Roundtable up and running for a second cohort as part of Initiative 2026 has taken a temporary back seat to the Smarter Smart City Challenge over at the Innovate for Vegas Foundation, but the Roundtable can overlap The Challenge, so let’s throw out some topics to ponder ahead of a virtual meetup… LinksCaffe Genius Hompage https://caffegenius.orgHOST Profile Page Linking Everything https://www.buymeacoffee.com/danhugoNevada job seekers face uphill battle as unemployment hits 3rd highest in nation https://www.ktnv.com/news/nevada-job-seekers-face-uphill-battle-as-unemployment-hits-third-highest-in-nationStudents, parents, educators speak against CCSD’s plan to cut 1,200 positions https://www.fox5vegas.com/2026/02/13/students-parents-educators-speak-against-ccsds-plan-cut-1200-positions/Study lists Nevada as one of the least educated states | KLAS https://www.8newsnow.com/news/local-news/study-lists-nevada-as-one-of-the-least-educated-states/Small business creation drops in Clark County https://www.fox5vegas.com/2026/02/09/small-business-creation-drops-clark-county/Inside Las Vegas's Electric Reinvention Into a Sports Capital | Condé Nast Traveler https://www.cntraveler.com/story/inside-las-vegas-electric-reinvention-into-a-sports-capitalCrushing it: Wynn Resorts CEO sees bright future, even with a very tough act to follow https://www.8newsnow.com/news/local-news/las-vegas-strip/crushing-it-wynn-resorts-ceo-sees-bright-future-even-with-a-very-tough-act-to-follow/TECH HUBS: Site Selection Magazine https://siteselection.com/tech-hubs-dfw-overtakes-dc-in-north-american-tech-hub-index/Global Innovation Hubs Index 2025 https://www.nature.com/articles/d42473-025-00418-x

49 min
6 FEB

Episode 0154: A Few Non-Random Things

Show Notes Host: Dan Hugo Summary: I have been looking in the direction of the upcoming year-long Smarter Smart City Challenge so forgive my distraction, here are a couple of things on deck. LinksCaffe Genius Hompage https://caffegenius.orgHOST Profile Page Linking Everything https://www.buymeacoffee.com/danhugo

54 min
30 JAN

Episode 0153: Realm of Possibilities

Show Notes Host: Dan Hugo Summary: Greater Vegas certainly could be if we made the most of so many people visiting this little oasis, not to extract so much but to engage. I may be biased, though, let’s talk about it. LinksCaffe Genius Hompage https://caffegenius.orgHOST Profile Page Linking Everything https://www.buymeacoffee.com/danhugoInnovate for Vegas Foundation https://innovateforvegas.org

34 min
23 JAN

Episode 0152: Goodhart in Vegas

Show Notes Host: Dan Hugo Summary: Goodhart’s Law states that “When a measure becomes a target, it ceases to be a good measure.” So about those tourism stats… LinksCaffe Genius Hompage https://caffegenius.orgHOST Profile Page Linking Everything https://www.buymeacoffee.com/danhugoGoodhart’s Law https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Goodhart%27s_lawLVCVA Research https://www.lvcva.com/research/LVCVA Fabulous Five-Day Sale https://press.lvcva.com/all/las-vegas-kicks-off-the-fabulous-5-day-sale-today/s/65399c90-ab5e-4207-a0c8-cc70b9a17da5Sarah Paine https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sarah_C._M._PaineSarah Paine on current Strategy and Potential Outcomes https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CSUE1n8yWng

1h 4m
17 JAN

Episode 0151: Bootstrap Vegas

Show Notes Host: Dan Hugo Summary: Everybody is waiting for the final report for 2025 regarding the Vegas Slump that everyone is already reporting on, and if you are waiting for some central planning, advice from above, and a supply side economy to enable your entrepreneurial innovation journey, we need to talk. LinksCaffe Genius Hompage https://caffegenius.orgHOST Profile Page Linking Everything https://www.buymeacoffee.com/danhugoLVCVA Research https://www.lvcva.com/research/

57 min
9 JAN

Episode 0150: Retro Go

Show Notes Host: Dan Hugo Summary: Vegas, we have a problem. It probably started 100 years ago, and it most definitely got worse in 2025. We are not talking about quite what you might be thinking, but close. LinksCaffe Genius Hompage https://caffegenius.orgHOST Profile Page Linking Everything https://www.buymeacoffee.com/danhugoApollo 13 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Apollo_13Feynman Challenger Article https://calteches.library.caltech.edu/3570/1/Feynman.pdfFeynman Appendix https://www.nasa.gov/history/rogersrep/v2appf.htm

42 min
2 JAN

Episode 0149: Vegas Colaboratory

Show Notes Host: Dan Hugo Summary: I have spoken of the Colaboratory notion in a previous episode, now that our new year has commenced, the time has come to deploy this scenario and see what happens. LinksCaffe Genius Hompage https://caffegenius.orgHOST Profile Page Linking Everything https://www.buymeacoffee.com/danhugo

32 min
27/12/2025

Episode 0148: Retrospective 2025

Show Notes Host: Dan Hugo Summary: The final full week of 2025, seems like a fine time to publish an episode looking back not at the episodes of the year, but how we have seen the Entrepreneurial Innovation Ecosystem evolve, for better or worse. LinksCaffe Genius Hompage https://caffegenius.orgHOST Profile Page Linking Everything https://www.buymeacoffee.com/danhugo

43 min

Caffe Genius is all about thinking outside the box, from Experimental Meetup Colaboratories to Pitch Workout Rooms to the Genius Roundtable and more; the idea is to consider seriously the Entrepreneurial Innovation Ecosystem (based in Greater Las Vegas… for now) and how we can measure and elevate it, and Impressarios can describe these and more with their stories. With deliberate spelling.

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2025 - 2026
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