Things weren’t looking great for the Crystal Bay Club in the spring of 2002. In early April the casino—just steps away from the California-Nevada border on Lake Tahoe’s North Shore—was forced to file Chapter 11 bankruptcy....
Imagine this: You move to Yosemite at the age of 15 to climb big walls. You develop an appetite for bulk food and stale pizza and massive hits of adrenaline, the pure kind that placates but rarely satisfies....
It is impossible to say, at least with any sort of real precision, how many times the Talbot brothers have been around Lake Tahoe. In the nearly 45 years he’s called the area home, Chris Talbot has spent countless hours photographing the lake, documenting weddings, funerals, resorts...
A wise man by the name of Benjamin Franklin once said, “You can do anything you set your mind to.” Sean Rogers is living proof....
The outdoor playground that is Lake Tahoe is growing a more business-like profile alongside the skiing, tourism and crystal-clear water that make the lake world-renowned....
Tracing the ownership of Lake Tahoe’s real estate is a whirlwind tour of the country’s economic history, as timber barons, industrialists, shipping magnates, finance pioneers and fashion impresarios have flocked to Lake Tahoe’s shoreline for generations....
Founded in 1997, the Sierra Angels use a collaborative approach to help local startups get up and running Do some good, have some fun, make some money. That’s the mission of the Sierra Angels early-stage investment group, whose founder and chair, Bob Goff, lives that mantra...
Flirtey is revolutionizing the delivery service industry from the skies above Reno Australia native Matt Sweeny was studying abroad in Shanghai, China, when he first laid eyes on a drone—an event that presaged what would soon become the epicenter of his professional life. Like most early...
Michigan native Elizabeth Redmond chooses Reno for her growing Internet of Things business, developing tiny technology that monitors movement “We are clearly growing out of this space,” says Elizabeth Redmond, flicking her eyes at the stack of cardboard boxes consuming her office inside the University of...
Julie Arsenault’s new Reno-based subscription underwear service is enabling women of all ages to feel more comfortable and confident in their own skin For Julie Arsenault, necessity was the mother of invention. After graduating with a degree in mechanical engineering from MIT, the Connecticut-born-and-raised entrepreneur started...