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The Baker Institute's McNair Center for Entrepreneurship and Innovation has a mandate to conduct policy-relevant research and advocate for entrepreneurs and innovators. The center develops academic papers intended for publication in peer-reviewed journals, as well as policy reports, issue briefs, white papers, Op. Eds., wiki pages and blog articles. In this work the center develops our understanding of entrepreneurship and innovation as phenomena that create economic growth, and conveys this understanding to academics, policy-makers, entrepreneurs, students and the public. The McNair Center also takes an active role in helping entrepreneurs and developing entrepreneurship ecosystems.
=The [[McNair Center Pages=for Entrepreneurship and Innovation]] at Rice University's Baker Institute has a mandate to conduct nonpartisan policy-relevant research. The center develops academic papers intended for publication in peer-reviewed journals, as well as policy reports, issue briefs, white papers, Op. Eds., wiki pages and blog articles. This work develops an understanding of entrepreneurship and innovation as phenomena that create economic growth, and it conveys this understanding to academics, policymakers, entrepreneurs, students and the public. The McNair Center also takes an active role in helping entrepreneurs and developing entrepreneurship ecosystems.
The following are the publicly available, informational and educational wiki pages published by the McNair Center. These pages help the center to fulfill its duty as an intellectual community resource on entrepreneurship and innovation. ==Featured Sections==
:[[===Guide to Small Business Development Ecosystem of in Houston]]: A portal for entrepreneurs needing help creating and growing their small business.===
:[[Innovation Policy]]: This page represents The McNair Center makes various informational and educational pages publicly available. These pages help the Center's research focused center to fulfill its duty as an community resource on patent law, entrepreneurship and innovation reform. More pages are added each week, and the intersections between invention and regulationso please check back often.
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[[File:Title_small.png|frameless|left|link=Guide to Small Business in Houston]]Our new [[Entrepreneurship Resources at RiceGuide to Small Business in Houston]]: A guide to analyzes and categorizes the many resources available for Rice students, faculty and alumni who wish to engage small business owners in entrepreneurship Houston. We provide details on how to incorporate and/or innovationlicense a small business, as well as details on to get help from more than 38 useful support organizations.
Houston's small business support organizations provide education, development, incubation, networking, and much else besides. Each of Houston's organizations is accompanied by a description of its program's details. Likewise, tables comparing organizations on their services and costs, as well as interactive maps, help entrepreneurs understand which service is best suited to their small business. ===Guide to Entrepreneurship at Rice University=== [[File:Rice_Resources.png|frameless|left|link=Guide to Entrepreneurship at Rice University]]Our new [[How Guide to Start a Company in TexasEntrepreneurship at Rice University]]: A detailed set provides an overview of resources available for emerging entrepreneurs of the Rice University community, including students, faculty, and alumni. Rice University is known for its entrepreneurial activity. The Rice Business Plan Competition has the largest prize of any university competition of its kind, and the Rice Alliance was ranked the No.1 University Business Incubator in the world in 2013 and 2014. We provide information on all of stepthe key campus-by-step instructions wide institutions and programs provided, as well as details on how to start events and resources available through these institutions. The five main institutions supporting entrepreneurship across campus are the [[Rice Entrepreneurship Initiative]], the [[McNair Center for Entrepreneurship and Innovation]], the [[Rice Alliance| Rice Alliance for-profitTechnology and Entrepreneurship]], nonprofit[[OwlSpark]], and foreign corporations the [[Rice Entrepreneurship Club]]. Together, these institutions maintain a public [https://entrepreneurshiprice.slack.com/ Slack channel] that anyone may join that shares events and opportunities related to entrepreneurship at Rice University and in Texasthe Houston area. ===Other Features===
:[[Small Business ResearchHow to Start a Company in Texas]]: Data collected A detailed set of step-by-step instructions on the growth of small businesshow to start for-profit, the practices used in maintaining small businessnonprofit, and the government's interaction with small business is complied hereforeign corporations in Texas.
:[[The Truth Behind Patent Trolls]]: An overview of patent troll activity and recommendations for proponents of patents and innovation as they seek to curb patent troll activity.
:[[Carried Interest Debate]]: A general summary of the private investment fund system and the controversy surrounding its treatment in taxes and law.
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