After you clone this project, do the following:
# go into the project
cd laravel
# create a .env file
cp .env.example .env
# setup pusher in .env
# install composer dependencies
composer update
# install npm dependencies
npm install
# generate a key for your application
php artisan key:generate
# mrun the migration files to generate the schema
php artisan migrate
# run webpack and watch for changes
npm run watch
Good Luck :)