Las Vegas might not be the ideal place to try and build a technology hotbed, but that doesn’t mean it can’t be done. As I reported previously, Zappos CEO Tony Hsieh is investing an impressive amount of money — $350 million — to help revitalize the city’s urban core and create a community of tech startups, and he already has some key pieces of his puzzle in place. And while it’s easy to be skeptical of Hsieh’s grand vision, the companies that have moved to the desert are confident they made the right decision, in part because Las Vegas isn’t Silicon Valley.
via GigaOM
February 17, 2012
