Tony invested in the wrong companies. Instead of trying for standalone valley style tech companies, he should have focused on small division style incubations that could be sold into larger parent companies who would use the acquisitions to establish and grow a meaningful presence in Vegas. That strategy could have brought a lot of growth to the area and begun seeding the ecosystem with stable employers, talent, and infrastructure. Vegas would make an awesome home base for a lot of QA, customer service and support, and similar corporate functions that are now being priced out of LA, SF and NYC. I give him a huge amount of credit for trying, regardless of the outcome.