Entrepreneurship Ecosystems

Summary

The McNair Center's Project for Entrepreneurial Ecosystems has two primary goals. The first of which is to identify and explain all fundamental components of an entrepreneurial ecosystem in an educational manner. The second is to research and discover the shared characteristics of successful startups in order to establish statistically significant correlation and potential causation.

Works in Progress

• The Hubs Academic Paper examines metropolitan statistical areas with and without hubs to determine the impact that hubs might play in the growth of a city's collective startup community.
• The Entrepreneurial Ecosystems of Houston Academic Paper delves into Houston's entrepreneurial ecosystem to ascertain whether "crowding out" may be occurring.

Future Work

Moving forward, the Project for Entrepreneurial Ecosystems intends to expand via the following possible deliverables:

• Entrepreneurial Ecosystems Wiki Page
• Defining Entrepreneurial Ecosystems Vlog
• Entrepreneurial Ecosystem of Houston Blog Post
• Entrepreneurial Ecosystem of Rice Blog Post
• Social Media Usage in Entrepreneurship Blog Post
• Micro-Geography Academic Paper
• Goldilocks Academic Paper
• Hubs Academic Paper
• Start-Ups of Houston Map
• Micro-Geography Database
• Houston Accelerators and Incubators Report