If everything had gone to plan, Las Vegas would have dozens more condo and hotel towers than it does now. That was the vision of the bubble years last decade, and one of the biggest evangelists of the “Manhattanization” of Las Vegas was Richard Lee.
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For the first time ever, businesses in Nevada with fewer than 100 employees have a total of 603,000 employees.
If you walk or drive by Las Vegas Boulevard, there’s a good chance you’ll see Kre8 Media Outdoor Advertising’s mobile billboards. Simple and flashy trucks carry ads up and down the Strip and any other roads their clients want to target.
Cesare Alessandrini is the founder and CEO of FileRight.com, a tech startup devoted to helping immigrants file their immigration paperwork.
The Las Vegas tech scene may be getting a boost. Seven tech startups, five of which are local, graduated from RedFlint’s startup accelerator and pitched their ideas to investors Tuesday.
You get an email telling you to meet a guy in a parking lot — he’s already got your money, so no need to get out of the car. Just exchange pleasantries and pop the trunk so he can load you up with boxes of meat.
The U.S. has long ranked among the top meat-eating countries in the world. But in recent years food trends have shifted toward more plant-based alternatives, and local entrepreneurs are noticing.
Husband and wife Dave Kimler and Beth Tom own Santa’s Wrap, a 4,600-square-foot home decor and giftshop with an emphasis on seasonal products.
A tech startup devoted to helping immigrants file their immigration paperwork relocated its headquarters from Silicon Valley to Southern Nevada.
Porter Haney, 30, is the co-founder and CEO of Wedgies, a social media polling startup based in Las Vegas.
The Consumer Technology Association, responsible for the CES international consumer electronics show, honored a Las Vegas-based startup Thursday.
The majority of exhibitors and attendees at the Specialty Equipment Market Association trade show in Las Vegas were men, but the number of women on the show floor is increasing — a trend that the auto industry should be rooting for as women could be the market boost the industry needs.
Local business owner Amanda Schneider is carving out a niche for herself with the help of a German shepherd and a pup.
Mark Larkin was just out of high school in the summer of 1969 when his dad sent the family camping for a month in Big Sur, California. He didn’t know then that his father needed to be alone because he was fundamentally changing the family business.
James Angelone and Laurence Galbraith share both an entrepreneurial spirit and a love of video games. The Florida natives run Superior Games & Vending, which provides arcade games for existing businesses and shares the revenues.
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