Events

I recently received an email and letter from NCET (Nevada Center for Entrepreneurship and Technology) inviting me to join the board of advisors … which I happily accepted :)

I’m really looking forward to being more involved in the Nevada business community, sharing my experiences and learning from others.

Our first board meeting was a few weeks ago and quite interesting. The board consists of members from all across the state, so rather than everyone meeting in one place, everyone closer to Vegas met at UNLV and everyone in the north met in Reno. The three hour meeting took place over a slick video conferencing system in the UNLV technology building.

For the most part .. I just sat back and listened. Most of the conversation revolved around securing funding for all the amazing things planned this year to foster startups in Nevada. There are quite a few initiatives coming up including the NCETexpo, which I may be speaking at and the Governor’s Cup, a powerful event with cash prizes up to $200,000 for college students and faculty.

Towards the end of the meeting I spoke up about plans for BarCampLasVegas. For the most part, the board had no idea what a barcamp was, but was very supportive and interested. I have no idea where or when this will be, but I’m starting to spread the word and explore options. A few months ago, I started a group called vegasFoo to bring the las vegas web community together. Six months later we now have over 70 members. There is definitely a community of web designers, developers, and entrepreneurs that want to experience the power of a BarCamp. If you are interested in helping with planning, attending, or sponsoring, head over to the wiki and sign up!

Thanks to everyone who made it out for some early morning rock and roll on Sunday! It was such a trip to see everyone out there that early jamming with us….but now we’re back to what we do best; playing rock and roll after the sun goes down.

This Friday, Dec. 7, we will be performing alongside the always awesome _*Screamin’ Fifi and the Smoke Alarms*_ at the Dive Bar.

The show starts at 10:00 with the Fifi screamin’, and we’ will be up at around 11:00. We might even have to do our little *Pink Floyd tribute* one more time for anyone that missed it on Sunday : )

We’re gonna rip like a Chainsaw once again.

Hope to see you all there.

-Brett

Stop by booth #233 at the conference to scoop up an invite :)

http://www.facebook.com/event.php?eid=20160575888

was unreal .. see for your self .. we like to have fun .. come join us