Nadege Barthelmy is UNLV student studying to receive her Bachelor of Science in Business Administration with a focus on Accounting. Barthelmy has been very involved on campus and in the Las Vegas community. She is a veteran who has a long list of volunteer activities on and off campus, including heading the UNLV Black Student Organization, volunteering as a BIG […]

Nemo Chu was the first marketer at Bloomfire, which was acquired 20 months after launch for 7-figures. Then, he was the director of customer acquisition and success at KISSmetrics by day, while building a 7-figure eCommerce business in 12 months by night. That eCommerce business is Chu’s company cucu.co inc. The startup began with a simple question: Why do people buy […]

Tech4Good leverages technology for social impact in communities around the nation. The group is sponsored by NTEN, the Nonprofit Technology Network, and TechSoup Global’s NetSquared network. The Las Vegas chapter, called Tech4Good Las Vegas, welcomes nonprofit professionals, social entrepreneurs and anyone interested in the intersection of tech and social good.  The chapter celebrates collaboration, innovation, and […]

Rich Belsky is a Pitt Law graduate, part-time professor and UNLV, and seasoned entrepreneur. In the years since he graduated law school, he has lived the entrepreneur’s dream in Las Vegas. He worked in industries from media to talent management before jumping head-first into the startup world in 2008. He launched VTF Capital-backed Rolltech in 2011. Recently, Sports […]

Shavonnah Tièra Collins, a longtime innovator and doer within the startup community in Las Vegas, was recently named as the Managing Director of the RedFlint experience center. The center is on track to open in downtown Las Vegas this month. As part of our Meet VegasTech Community Members series, we talk with Collins about the new role and how […]

Adam Englander is a technologist in the #VegasTech community who has experience in all levels of technology research, design, development, and implementation. Throughout his career, Englander has formed a unique technology perspective that comes from his roles in small, medium, and very large companies. In his current role as Director of Engineering at VTF Capital-backed LaunchKey, Adam Englander […]

Dr. Janet Runge focuses on entrepreneurship at UNLV. She works with start-ups, small businesses, family firms, and not for profits and is a frequent speaker and consultant. Dr. Runge has put entrepreneurship on the map at UNLV through a number of initiatives including developing a major and minor in Entrepreneurship and establishing a Business Plan Competition for high […]

Gabriel Shepherd finds himself inspired by entrepreneurs, fascinated by business experiments, and prides himself on being a relationship builder. This familiar face around the #VegasTech community recently stepped into a new role – Campus Director at The Iron Yard. The Iron Yard is the world’s largest code school with full-time immersive courses in 20 cities. The team […]

Meet Nicole Bassett, cofounder of The Renewal Workshop. Nicole and her startup team went through The Mill’s Idea Lab program in 2015, and just finished TMC3, which is the third cohort for The Mill’s Startup Accelerator in downtown Las Vegas. “I live in Hood River, OR now with my husband and two dogs. My career has […]