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South Lake Tahoe is opening doors for a new venture with TEDx, hosting the inaugural TEDxSouthLakeTahoe event, Oct. 5, 2020. A local, independently organized event, TEDxSouthLakeTahoe is striving to create an environment which inspires individuals to think and engage in a community and global scale, much like what is expected from the popular phenomenon of TED....

Lake Tahoe is known for its unbelievably blue water, first-class recreation and, if a local entrepreneur has his way, will one day be known for its tech startup scene. That's one of the goals of Elevate Blue, a startup incubator in Incline Village launched in October 2015 by Jameson Stafford. Since its October 2015 launch, Elevate Blue has helped start companies like PetSurf....

Some tech companies are opting to open offices in Tahoe rather than Reno these days. Our reporter Amy Westervelt talked to a few to find out why. Tahoe is full of Bay Area folks every weekend, looking to get away from the rat race and relax. “There were a bunch of people who said, ‘You know, I’m here. So if there was an office, I would actually work here....

Come for fun in the sun – stay for tax advantages! Incline Village is a little bit of paradise on the Nevada side of Lake Tahoe — the skiing mecca — where on “Billionaires’ Row,” bold-face names like Michael Milken; Larry Ellison, Oracle co-founder; David Duffield, PeopleSoft co-founder; and Gene Pretti, CEO of investment managers Zazove, boast lavish mansions on the big blue lake.....

Innovating our way to new heights and rocking the blue in red, white and blue are the ambitious tech leaders of Elevate Blue! We are excited to announce our involvement in the 2020 Tahoe Salutes Our Heroes Fourth of July Parade! Since we consider you an important part of the Elevate Blue family , we’d love for you to be involved in the parade ceremony and/or help behind....

We’re headed into graduation season soon, and Reno Public Radio’s Amy Westervelt has the story of one local college student who has already scored a CEO gig. By the time Sasha Severance celebrates her graduation from Sierra Nevada College in May, she’ll have been a CEO for about three months. Severance owes that opportunity to Elevate Blue, a tech accelerator in Incline....

Jameson Stafford, the co-founder of Elevate Blue, will be the next US Bank Speaker this week, on Wednesday, March 30, from 11:45am-12:45pm in TCES Room 139/14 on the Sierra Nevada College campus in Incline Village. Stafford plans to speak about the variety of paths entrepreneurs can follow, and how his own path has brought him to Lake Tahoe. Stafford’s talk is entitled...

Whether you’re an artist or an entrepreneur, many of the best and biggest ideas in the world today rest on a technical foundation and live in a virtual environment. Code is the building material for virtual products and ideas. Knowing how to write code means you can....

The SNC Tahoe Business Speaker Series brings a variety of entrepreneurs, corporate CEOs, and other business leaders to our campus to share their experience and expertise on entrepreneurism and business. The series reinforces the college’s commitment to professional preparedness with exciting opportunities for SNC students, alumni, and the local community....

Jameson Stafford, CEO/Founder of Elevate Blue; Andy Scott, CEO at 1bios; and Johannes Zigler, CEO and founder of Miaplaza Inc. and founder of Tahoe Silicon Mountain will present, according to the Truckee Donner Chamber of Commerce. Scott has helped build numerous successful digital companies, including those that have been acquired by Disney and Microsoft....

As a view from your desk goes, looking out across the picturesque shores of Lake Tahoe is pretty sweet. Accelerator Elevate Blue recently installed their office space in Incline Village on the north shore. Several weeks ago in our tech ecosystem series, they joined the conversation about the growing scene emerging in Silicon Mountain. Following on from that discussion, I spoke with the CEO of Elevate Blue, Jameson Stafford, about their evolution, and experience with startups....

Tech Accelerator Elevate Blue Opens In Incline Would-be local tech entrepreneurs got a new place to take their startup ideas last week. What was once one of several ski shops along Tahoe Boulevard in Incline is now Tahoe's only tech accelerator. The definition of that term tends to change depending on who you're talking to, but according to Jameson Stafford, CEO....

Many interesting businesses are getting on the .BLUE domain! Like the newly formed tech accelerator Elevate Blue LLC – www.elevate.blue. They help entrepreneurs create new high tech businesses. It’s the kind of investment and business support you would expect from tech accelerators in Silicon Valley. Except they are not in Silicon Valley, but 6,200 feet up in the Sierras....