Ben Baldazo (Research Plans)

Ben Baldazo Research Plans (Plan Page)

Startups of Houston Interactive Maps - The Whole Process

Use Google Maps to find Longitude and Latitude

• Document how to work Geocode.py and what might go wrong

Put through R code to make an interactive map

• Finding and Documenting the processes required to run the R code may be necessary
• Works on Carto and looks really cool
• We do eventually need to have a plug in and a Carto account so that we can post this on the Wiki

Accelerator Quality Issue Brief

Factors to look at

• Market vs Non-Market
  • Philanthropic funding?
  • Founded Bottom up? or Top down?
• Location
  • Proximity to resources
• Available Resources
  • Flex Space
  • Events
  • Co-Working
  • Connections/Mentorship
    • This can also have a judged value based on Mentor/Connection perceived experiece
  • Funding
  • Userbase
• Leadership/Experience qualifications
  • Have they driven a startup before or been in backseat
  • What other qualifications do they have
• Criteria from the Acc Rankings
  • VC funding history
  • IPO
  • Acquired
• Any other reviews possible
  • Other articles
  • Info from actually calling the accelerators
  • perhaps reviews from startups themselves
    • Could look specifically into startups that have gone through multiple accelerators