Started in Las Vegas, Nevada, where I currently reside, I had originally formed this as just Nevada Entrepreneurs, where most of the events would be held in Las Vegas and Reno. The purpose of starting this organization was that as a new transplant to Las Vegas, I had not known very many people in various professions for various services that I was currently going to use and/or need in the future, and I figured the best way to find those I can trust without hours of Google review search or crossing my fingers, was to bring these entrepreneurs together. Especially those that also did not know enough fellow local entrepreneurs themselves, that were also looking for what I was looking for as a new resident.
After I had hosted the first few events in Las Vegas, I had also come to realize at the beginning of the following year that there were people that I felt an obligation to help connect in other cities where I knew numerous entrepreneurs, and even help connect entrepreneurs on relatable paths and relatable professions across different cities hundreds of miles apart from each other between Nevada, Arizona and beyond.
This is where the concept for the out-of-state original name Impact Social Nights was formed, to keep Nevada and other state names separate. The first one happened in Phoenix, Arizona on February 27th, 2025, and 35+ people attended, while we also raised over $700 for the Veterans Medical Leadership Council. Since that night, there had been over a dozen out of state events that same year, continuously growing in each market each event was hosted.
Then, as this grew big enough, there had to be a name change for this integration, which is where the name Southwest Entrepreneurs was formed to mash Nevada Entrepreneurs and Impact Social Nights together.
The original intention of these events was to avoid the typical surface level networking with the big business card pushes, that had more sales pitch vibes and less relationship building aspects, and that is still the intention, and will always be the intention.
Relationship scaling is what we like to call it because we understand that the biggest and most successful empires for business owners to build is through strong relationship capital. No human being is truly self-made. Every successful person you know that has reached the very top has had help from a team along the way, and this is why we call our events Relationship Scaling Business Events.
Along with this, the name change was also necessary, because I am now also hosting vendor pop-up markets in multiple large and small cities around the southwest as well, and while a lot of them are monthly, some are quarterly due to distance and logistics. These markets help smaller businesses sell more of their products/services and our great social events for the general public, who want to support their friends and meet new people. They are also beneficial for the businesses we host at, especially on their slower nights, to increase their turnout and revenue, which is why we are always invited back.
Along with these vendor markets, we now also host self defense masterminds in Vegas and Phoenix areas, along with long form workshop masterminds on a quarterly basis in each region, that will be streamed and available only for Inner Circle Members and their guest.
Stay tuned for the relaunch announcement of our new and improved monthly Inner Circle Membership program, coming soon!
If you are an entrepreneur in the southwestern United States, looking to access one of any of these events in multiple states, go to our events tab and you will see the full list of events in our calendars. We would love to see you at one of them real soon!