Reno is finding its economic stride. In between the gargantuan Gigafactory pumping out Tesla car batteries east of town and household tech names like Apple and Microsoft that have set up shop in the Biggest Little City, a host of young startups are cropping up. ...
Reno native makes her entrepreneurial mark in the ‘Internet of Things’ Location, they say, is everything, and Filament, a provider of software solutions in the swelling “Internet of Things” (IoT) world, is exquisitely positioned in Reno. Just listen to Filament Founder and Chief Executive Officer Allison...
NuDown's technology can transform a jacket from breathable shell to insulated puffy—all with a few pumps of air Jeff Pickett credits his friend Franz Weber, the former world champion speed skier, for the advice that spawned his latest business venture. Now, after years of tinkering, testing...
Company uses 3-D software to enable drones to fly beyond operators’ line of sight Alexander Harmsen’s eyes are on the sky where he sees endless opportunities for making airspace safer for commercial drones. “Lots of industries are going to need this,” Harmsen says of collision avoidance...
Startup company provides the tools to empower property managers Some business adages never get old. For Jonathan Murray, chief executive officer of MyVR, it is this: If you see a void, fill it. Seven years ago, MyVR co-founders Murray, Michael Stachowiak and Markus Nordvik saw such...
After nearly calling Nevada quits, Reno Land, Inc. has taken center stage in the city’s burgeoning business spotlight When he talks about the Great Recession, Chip Bowlby, managing partner at Reno Land, Inc., is at the same time bullish and chagrined. At the time, he said...
A guide for aspiring entrepreneurs Six years ago, what is now referred to as the “startup ecosystem” was practically nonexistent. The Entrepreneurial Development team at the Economic Development Authority of Western Nevada (EDAWN) was created to grow and develop the entrepreneurial ecosystem in Northern Nevada, along...
Terren Gomez unlocks the faded red door to his Eloise Avenue workshop. Inside, the smell of sawdust, varnish and wood glue drifts under yellow fluorescent lights. A 10-foot slab of freshly glued black walnut lies on one surface, clamps squeezing drops of adhesive from its...