Episode 0008: Do You Know Jamie Schwartz?

Show Notes - Host: Dan Hugo - Guest: Jamie Schwartz - Summary: You have been asked many times in your travels through the Greater Vegas Entrepreneurial Ecosystem, “Do you know Jamie Schwartz?” Who is Jamie Schwartz? - More than 21 years in Las Vegas! - Before UNLV, UNLV, After UNLV, Back to UNLV - Business Development, Tech Transfer, and More! Ecology - Entrepreneurial Ecosystem + What is it (a simplification of the 8 pillars described by Bambi Francisco) * Education/Talent Pool * Interlinked Communities * Government facilitation * Access to Capital + What do we have, +What is missing? - Which parts of our local ecosystem will enable which parts of our future increasing economic diversity? - The latest headlines, Las Vegas is Number 1! + Existentialism in our Ecosystem + Stag Hunt (Assurance Game) + Individualism vs Altruism For Part II… Education - Evolution of education for entrepreneurialism in general. - From 2014 to present day, where are we? - Other campuses (UNR, CSN, etc), integration and collaboration? - How much research happens at UNLV and how much of it is commercialized? Exits - The nature of long-term investment vs short term growth/exit - Will this ultimately help the ecosystem, a focus on exits? - How common are exits recently, how much a culture shift might a focus on exits be? Links - Bambi Francisco on Startup Cities like Oakland and Downtown Las Vegas (2014 Feb) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wrcgKOQqCBk - Crowdfund Capital Advisors 2023 Best Cities fro Startups (Las Vegas Number 1) https://crowdfundcapitaladvisors.com/downloads/2023-best-cities-and-states-for-startups/