CES
Las Vegas
Girls in STEM and Cyber Security Among Top Startups at Eureka Park 2018
By Tishin Donkersley | Jan 9, 2018 at 11:30 am
In a study by the US Department of Commerce, women in STEM jobs earn 33 percent more money than women in non-STEM positions. With computer science jobs predicted to increase by 22 percent by 2020 according to the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS),…
CES
Las Vegas
Pledge 1% and TechCo Team Up for CES 2018
By Conor Cawley | Jan 4, 2018 at 3:00 pm
Around the holidays, charitable giving is on the rise. Whether it’s the spirit of Christmas or a recognition of cold weather making things harder for people, there’s no denying that this time of year is best for giving back. However, there are many causes…
CES
Las Vegas
Meet the 15 Eureka Park Startups Competing at CES Startup Night 2018
By Tishin Donkersley | Jan 4, 2018 at 2:00 pm
It doesn’t matter if you start a company in a coworking space, a dorm room or on your couch, the struggle to build a tech business in this day and age is real. For many founders, getting noticed by investors, potential customers, incubators and…
CES
Las Vegas
Eureka Park at CES 2018 Will Shine the Light on Emerging Startups
By Tishin Donkersley | Jan 3, 2018 at 10:30 am
One of the must-see startup events at CES 2018, the largest consumer electronics show in the world, is Eureka Park. It is here over 800 of the world’s most promising new companies will showcase their breakthrough technology. At CES 2017, over 3,500 financial professionals and…
Coworking spaces
Las Vegas
Las Vegas Coworking Space For Women Opens
By Frank Gruber | Oct 26, 2017 at 1:45 pm
Yesterday the first coworking space for women, Bloom, hosted its official grand opening and ribbon-cutting celebration, welcoming women throughout the Las Vegas area to gather, connect, and grow their businesses under one posh new roof. The new venue was founded by Ginger Melien and Chelli…
Art
Las Vegas
How Life is Beautiful Turned Vegas Into a Canvas of Mood Art
By Jen Consalvo | Oct 3, 2017 at 11:30 am
In the old days, it was normal for a music festival to, you know, just feature some bands, fresh air, and maybe a few food vendors. But today’s festival landscape is competitive with organizers pushing the envelope. Whether it be with the shear size…
Politics/Government
Las Vegas
Bill Nye at Life is Beautiful: Science, Politics, and Saving The World
By Frank Gruber | Sep 26, 2017 at 12:45 am
The Life is Beautiful festival took over downtown Las Vegas this past weekend starting on Friday afternoon with an inspirational talk by Bill Nye the Science guy. Bill Nye captivated a crowd of over a thousand festival goers with his thoughts from his latest book, Everything All at…
Hardware
Las Vegas
This Startup Makes IoT Prototyping Easy
By Jordan French | Aug 7, 2017 at 5:00 pm
Daniel Price and Daniel DeLaveaga made an offbeat pitch to the first employees of Breadware, the young company whose IoT prototyping kits began catching on this summer. The company didn’t offer great salaries to those early employees, but they could have free room and…
Security
Las Vegas
Is Your Business Prepared to Offer a Bug Bounty?
By George Diab | Jul 28, 2017 at 2:30 pm
It’s July in Las Vegas, and the cybersecurity community has once again gathered to attend BlackHat USA. As previously reported, there are a number of ways that small businesses can prepare for cyber attacks. Setting up a bug bounty budget is one of the…
Celebration
Chicago
Celebrating 11 Years of Entrepreneurial Advice
By Frank Gruber | Jul 6, 2017 at 3:50 pm
On this day eleven years ago, we gathered a couple hundred startup founders, developers, creators, investors, tech enthusiasts and executives into a bar in the Lincoln Park neighborhood of Chicago to host the first TECH cocktail event ever. We pulled it together with a…
Inspiration
Las Vegas
How to Forge Your Own Path to Success
By Tishin Donkersley | Jun 21, 2017 at 3:50 pm
As a kid, you grow up with certain beliefs that will stick with you throughout your life. But as you mature, experience the world, launch a career, and find someone to share the journey along the way, your beliefs might change and alter the…
Startups & Apps
Las Vegas
What Does the Future Hold for WithMe, Nevada’s Most Well-Funded Startup?
By Frank Gruber | Jun 13, 2017 at 5:45 pm
We have not heard much recently from WithMe (formerly OrderWithMe), the Las Vegas based, on-demand, retail platform for brands that raised over $37 million in funding and was listed by CBInsights as one of the most well-funded startups in Nevada. According to reports from several former employees,…
Energy
Las Vegas
How Technology Influences the Future of Energy Management
By Sheila Eugenio | Feb 17, 2017 at 12:50 pm
By 2018, 70 percent of utilities are predicted to launch major digital transformations in response to the challenges faced in their current business model. For utilities, vendors, and regulators, the challenge is not just to examine and optimize existing processes, but also finding entirely new ways…
CES
Las Vegas
Vuzix Has Built a Pair of Smart Glasses You’ll Actually Wear
By Jordan French | Jan 23, 2017 at 8:30 pm
The smart glasses discussion has been all over the place in recent years. While Google’s smart glasses have sputtered, you might assume that giants like Apple or Samsung would be ahead of the pack in terms of innovation on the consumer front. However, one…