Notes from Silver & Gold Venture Capital Conference and Investor Dinner…Investors Hungry for Deals

Notes from Silver & Gold Venture Capital Conference and Investor Dinner…Investors Hungry for Deals

By David LaPlante • on October 4, 2006

Last night was the welcoming reception for the Silver Gold Venture Capital Conference. My oh my! What a difference two years makes in investor confidence! The conference is packed and full of energy. It’s BACK ON BABY! Right

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Time-lapse video of Reno Balloon Races on Front Page of You Tube

Time-lapse video of Reno Balloon Races on Front Page of You Tube

By David LaPlante • on September 14, 2006

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Personal Branding Makeover Winner of the Century…Al Gore? Plus:  Why Nevada Made the Internet

Personal Branding Makeover Winner of the Century…Al Gore? Plus: Why Nevada Made the Internet

By David LaPlante • on June 28, 2006

As I am writing this post, this video (below) starring Bender of Futurama with Al Gore promoting Gore’s new movie — An Inconvenient Truth

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On Executive Interviewing: Some Do’s & Dont’s; A Few Reflections on Interviewing a Batch of Highly Successful Candidates

On Executive Interviewing: Some Do’s & Dont’s; A Few Reflections on Interviewing a Batch of Highly Successful Candidates

By David LaPlante • on June 6, 2006

A short while back I had the unique and rewarding experience to participate in panel interviews to assist in the selection of a new CEO to head up a large public enterprise. Finalist candidates from all over the nation were brought in and plunked down in front of a bunch of us “community folk”

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Reminder: CET’s Tech Thursday June 15

Reminder: CET’s Tech Thursday June 15

By David LaPlante • on June 6, 2006

Please join us on June 15th for Northern Nevada’s premier technology and entrepreneurial networking event! June’s Tech Thursday is sponsored by the Siena

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A person who is nice to you but rude to the waiter, or to others, is not a nice person.

A person who is nice to you but rude to the waiter, or to others, is not a nice person.

By David LaPlante • on April 14, 2006

A wonderful article in USA Today on how CEOs look at how others treat waiters as a guage of character. This is true. And we all know it. I’ve made many mental notes on people based on this. Growing

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Drinking & Debauchery in Reno-Tahoe with #1 Podcast Diggnation

Drinking & Debauchery in Reno-Tahoe with #1 Podcast Diggnation

By David LaPlante • on March 26, 2006

The boys from Diggnation — Kevin Rose, Alex Albrecht, Keith Harrison and David Prager — came to Reno-Tahoe for the first ever/annual Diggnation fan appreciation / skiing / snowboarding / drinking / blackjack / overeating / hungover party. I think pretty

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Drinking & Debauchery in Reno-Tahoe with #1 Podcast Diggnation

Drinking & Debauchery in Reno-Tahoe with #1 Podcast Diggnation

By David LaPlante • on March 26, 2006

The boys from Diggnation — Kevin Rose, Alex Albrecht, Keith Harrison and David Prager — came to Reno-Tahoe for the first ever/annual Diggnation fan appreciation / skiing / snowboarding / drinking / blackjack / overeating / hungover party. I think pretty

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