#VegasTech
Startups, clear your calendars! There’s an open pitch night at Work in Progress Coworking in Downtown Las Vegas coming up on Monday, April 9. A group of investors will be in attendance at 6:30 PM to listen to pitches from Las Vegas startups. If you’re not a tech company, that’s okay! Startups of all kinds … Continued
The Geek on a Harley, Russ Miles, is stopping in Las Vegas on April 3 from 6:30–8:30 p.m. He’ll be presenting his ideas about chaos engineering, cloud native, and microservices along with other tech and engineering experts. Come meet Russ, hear about the latest developments in software engineering, and gather with a group of local techies. … Continued
Conquer real challenges and win real money at the upcoming BattleBorn hackathon! The hackathon is a series of events for developers, engineers, data scientists, and creative entrepreneurs who come together to prototype solutions for the mining industry, whether they have any experience in mining or not. Barrick provides the challenges, the mentors and the current … Continued
On Thursday, December 7th, UNLV’s Howard R. Hughes engineering students compete in the Freed & Harriet Cox Senior Design Competition. The event is open to the public, so check it out. Doors are open from 8:00 AM through 12:30 PM, and then 2:00 PM until 5:00 PM. This video was provided courtesy of UNLV to … Continued
Air Force tech innovator AFwerX, a branch of DEFENSEWERX, is moving in near UNLV. AFwerX acts like a connector between the Air Force (including the Air Force Research Labs and the USAF Warfare Center) and the people who create problem-solving technologies. Here’s the basic idea: The Air Force recognizes that there are a lot of … Continued
Techstars’ ever popular Startup Weekend event is back in at the Innevation Center in Las Vegas on November 10th, 11th and 12th. You can get your tickets here, but there’s a promo code at the bottom of this post to save you some cash, so scroll down before you buy. If you’re a solo entrepreneur looking … Continued
After taking a year off, the highly anticipated WordCamp Vegas is finally back on October 14th and 15th, 2017 at the RedFlint Experience Center. We’ve got the skinny on the new venue, some cool new options, and (most importantly) where you can get tickets. Spoiler alert: if you click that link, you’ll find the page … Continued
Starting at 5:30 PM on Monday, August 14, Techstars Roadshow comes to the Innevation Center in Las Vegas for a night of networking and education. Techstars is the company behind events like Startup Weekend, and they offer accelerator programs in cities around the world for tech-centered startups in a variety of industries. They’ve jumpstarted success … Continued
The notorious hacker conference DEF CON 25 begins tomorrow, July 27th, at Caesars Palace in Las Vegas. Tickets for DEF CON events aren’t sold ahead of time because the usual attendees aren’t big on having their names on lists, so the $260.00 entry to DEF CON 25 is only payable in cash at the door. … Continued
eSports is a growth industry. So much so that Chinese internet giant Tencent plans to invest $14.6 billion into its country’s presence in the next five years. That will no doubt trigger other massive investment from other global entities. For the average human with kids and a mortgage, what is it like at a massive … Continued