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Introspection and Straight Talk
For the last several weeks it’s felt a bit as though things were just a touch more crazy than usual. That may be a function of the fact that I’ve spent the better part of the last 8 days on planes and...
View ArticleJune is Bustin’ OUT All Over
When Rogers & Hammerstein wrote Carousel in 1956 I’m pretty sure that they weren’t referring to June being Pride month; but since it is, it feels appropriate to reference the fact that June is...
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A “Perfect Ending” to a Crowdsourced Start
Jessica Clark & Barbara Niven As the saying goes it takes a village to raise a child … and apparently today you also can fund a film that way. When Nicole Conn (Claire of the Moon, Elena Undone)...
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Political Animals … The Real Kind
The other day someone asked me if I would ever consider working in politics. Once I stopped hysterically laughing I paused, gasping for breath, and said … “Um. No.” The reason for that, frankly, is...
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Everything That Happens in Vegas…
For the record, I don’t really like Las Vegas. It’s a dry, hot, mostly nocturnal place pervaded by an array of things that I either don’t do or don’t find interesting. At least that’s how I’ve...
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When Company Culture Isn’t An Oxymoron – A Zappos Experience
First impressions, they say, are lasting ones, but if there’s one thing that becomes abundantly clear after spending a few hours in downtown Las Vegas it’s that of another old adage – things are not...
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It Takes a Village to Raise a City
Downtown Cocktail Room - by day the offices of The Downtown Project Next on the agenda after returning from the Zappos tour was a meet-up with Andy White from the Vegas Tech Fund and one of the leading...
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Flora and Fauna, Part 1: Perspectives From Wandering Downtown Las Vegas
To describe Las Vegas as hot in August is a bit like saying Mt. Everest is a kind of tall mountain. It’s a colossal understatement, to say the least. Saying it’s hot doesn’t even begin to cover the...
View ArticleGreetings and Salutations …
That’s Some Pig … A feast for the birthday of dear friend Chris Heuer. So of course that means getting a 125 suckling pig, building a fire pit in the yard and slow roasting it for several hours. And...
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Standing Up and Standing Your Ground: Spirit Day 2012
WARNING: This post includes profanity. If that offends you, you may wish to avoid reading or at least have some grains of salt nearby. It’s true that bullying takes many forms, from the most simple of...
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Flora and Fauna, Part 2: Farmers’ Market to First Friday
The heat. Without question that is the first thing every one mentions when I tell them of this journey to visit The Downtown Project in the dead of summer. “How can you possibly go to Las Vegas in...
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Eager Entrepreneurship: A Saturday Morning Seminar
After about 20 years in the tech sector, having attended pretty much any and every event there is, and having produced/helped produce my fair share of others, there are a few things that one learns...
View ArticleContempt Prior to Investigation: How Setting Aside Preconception Leads to...
Funny. I wrote this headline right after completing a trip to Vegas that would turn out changing my life. It would appear, however, the inertia that has plagued my blog writing over the years took over...
View ArticleFinding Passion in Serendipity or How a Trip to Vegas Changed My Life
It was unexpected. That I would come to Vegas at all on my own volition in and of itself was an unusual thing. That I chose to do so in the summer, which is akin to stepping onto the surface of the...
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Ch-ch-ch-changes …
I’m not referring to the song title. I’m not stuttering. I’m not cold. The slightly chattering teeth would be the chill of anticipation and, if I’m being honest, just a touch of nerves about a rather...
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Anti-Gay Hate in the Great Silver State
I’m a pretty public person. I tend to share my opinions and welcome the opportunity to engage with those whose views differ from mine. As strongly as I hold my own beliefs, I am equally fervent in my...
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Make America —— Again
It was June 2016 and I was standing in line at Charles de Gaulle airport in Paris to check in for my flight home. It had been an intense week, spent with a remarkable group of people from all over the...
View ArticleComing Home: How Rolling the Dice Returned Me to Roots
It was a silent auction pretty much like any other at your standard fundraising gala. Table after table of dinners, tickets to shows, massage packages and jewelry. Lots of jewelry. Tucked into a corner...
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