The Sin City Startup Scene: Get to Know Las Vegas' Emerging Tech Icons

Zappos' success has spawned a Silicon Valley outpost in the desert

You've heard plenty about the burgeoning tech scene developing in Tinseltown, but what about Sin City? Take a road trip a few hours east of Los Angeles and you'll find a plucky Las Vegas startup community brimming with digital companies. With thousands of techies flocking to the Consumer Electronics Show every year (and this week), it makes a lot of sense.

It all started 15 years ago when Zappos was launched here with great fanfare by CEO Tony Hsieh.

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