I have a mostly US based team that might be interested but we have one employee in Mexico. Would that be a disqualifier? We'd be willing to transfer the infrastructure for that (foreign subsidiary and payroll and all that which is already in place.)

You should apply anyway and describe your situation! Supporting additional countries is challenging from several angles (payroll, international tax structure, compliance, etc), but we can talk through your particular situation individually.

I really would like to move to Vegas but a few people who have lived there have told me that Zappos is realistically (but not literally) the only game in town for tech. Does anyone with boots on the ground there know if this is the case or not? How does it compare to the LA/DFW/AUS scene?

Zappos is not the only game in town, but yes, the relative amount of tech jobs is much lower than a lot of big cities. You have Zappos, companies like the UFC who hire engineers and designers, the gaming companies have tech teams and now all the startups moving in around the Downtown project. Still, the number is low.

I just moved here from DFW. The tech scene feels a lot smaller here than Dallas, but I'm still getting to know people after 3 years of making connections in Dallas so YMMV.

For what it's worth I'm absolutely loving Vegas so far.

Interesting. What do you like or dislike compared to Dallas? What made you move? I'm in LA right now but am probably moving to Dallas in a month or two.

A lot of people misuse 1099 status but I don't think Uber, et al are among them. The drivers use their own cars, choose their own hours, can work or not work as they see fit, and are not 'directed' by Uber for the most part. Most of my friends who drive Uber, anecdotally, consider themselves 'self-employed' in more than just tax status.