New Episode

A city-sized experiment in engineering serendipity. 

Gear up for episode #25 of the Downtown Podcast. We start by recapping the data from the start of the Downtown Podcast to episode #25, including thanking our 19 beer sponsors to date, thanking the community for over 600 volunteer hours, and reporting that a whopping 1,200 beers have been consumed so far! Then, we welcome Susan Hinton to the roundtable and chat with the Downtown Rangers. Our interview guest this week is Jesse Kluver, a social scientist changing Downtown Las Vegas. Finally, we talk about upcoming events and the 9th Bridge School project.

Thanks to NihongoMaster.com for their sponsorship of Episode 25. Learn a new language easily using their #VegasTech product!


News

Come to the Node.js Boot Camp  on June 15th at the inNEVation Center. More info here. 

Join TBAN (Technology Business Alliance of NV) on Wednesday, June 19, 2013 from 11:30 am - 1:20 pm at Cili Restaurant (5160 LAS VEGAS BLVD. S. - Las Vegas, NV). Get more details here. 

 

Interview

In episode #25, Dylan interviews Jesse Kluver, a social scientist that is changing the way we look at Downtown Las Vegas. Jesse shares tips for startup teams to keep happiness strong in the office (or garage) and why valuing happiness is a great end goal for companies.

 

Events

From Entrepreneur.com: How the Vegas Tech Fund plans to help transform the tech scene in Sin City Local #VegasTech company Umba Box is featured on HLN! Check it out here.

LaunchKey co-founders Devin Egan, Yo Sub Kwon and Geoff Sanders were mentioned in Inc’s 30 Under 30 for 2013. Read more here.