Houston Startup Challenges

Project

Houston Startup Challenges
Project Information
Has title	Houston Startup Challenges
Has owner	Diana Carranza
Has start date
Has deadline date
Has project status	Active
Has sponsor	McNair Center
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Summary

Recommendations for Houston emerging ecosystem.

Innovation District

• Maps (Baseline & How it should look) – (Maps by Abhi)
• Startups location – (Ed Table)
• Fund & Accelerator/Incubator locations – (Houston Pipeline)
• Patent Map (Oliver)
• Publicly traded firm data – R&D expenditure (Hira)

Pipeline

• Houston Innovation Assets – Tables (What IT companies’ do we have. Patent, publicly traded firms)
• Community Building: Networking organizations, entrepreneurship clubs, etc.
• VC Firms in Houston – (Vc, exits, startups Adrian)
• VC deals
• Annual average VC investment
• Exits
• Companies that receive VC Funding
• Total funding of current startups
• University students (Hira)
• NSF grants, NIH grants, clinical trials, (Hira)
• SBIR grants/ companies (Abhi)

Core Focus

• Data: Financial/ Impact on the following industries. City level data the econ activity on these industries. (Diana, Dallas Federal Reserve, City of Houston State of Texas)
• Basic framing stats of the city
• Oil & Gas
• Med Center
• Space

Opening the city up for testing technology

• Current example by a different city.
• Examples of technologies, tried elsewhere (Sweden, Volvo and their trucks)

Branding Strategy for Houston startup scene

• Branding budget & strategy for the city
• Current activities