As you are reading through this issue of MYVEGAS Magazine which features our annual Top Men of Success list, you will no doubt notice that a great deal of our Top Men are Entrepreneurs. With this category being open to men from just about any industry imaginable, we are fortunate to see an astonishing variety of people and businesses represented int this issue. “Small business” is anything but small. It is the lifeblood of our local economy. When most people think of Las Vegas, they think of the casinos, but in reality, there are far less casinos than there are small businesses. There are just over 100 casinos in Las Vegas, but literally THOUSANDS of small businesses. But where can a small business owner go when they have outgrown their current space, are ready to expand, or just need some operating capital in the short term in order to maintain the arc of their growth? The answer is Merchant Banking Resources.