Houston Startup Challenges
| Academic Paper | |
|---|---|
| Title | Houston Startup Challenges |
| Author | Ed Egan |
| RAs | Diana Carranza |
| Status | In development |
| © edegan.com, 2016 | |
1. Innovation District a. Data: i. Maps (Baseline & How it should look) – (Maps by Abhi) ii. Startups location – (Ed Table) iii. Fund & Accelerator/Incubator locations – (Houston Pipeline) iv. Patent Map (Oliver) v. Publicly traded firm data – R&D expenditure (Hira) 2. Pipeline (Connector, Interconnectivity) a. Data: i. Houston Innovation Assets – Tables (What IT companies’ do we have. Patent, publicly traded firms) ii. Community Building: Networking organizations, entrepreneurship clubs, etc. iii. VC Firms in Houston – (Vc, exits, startups Adrian) iv. VC deals v. Annual average VC investment vi. Exits vii. # Companies that receive VC Funding viii. Total funding of current startups ix. University students (Hira) x. NSF grants, NIH grants, clinical trials, (Hira) xi. SBIR grants/ companies (Abhi)
3. Core Focus a. 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) i. Basic framing stats of the city ii. Oil & Gas iii. Med Center iv. Space 4. Opening the city up for testing technology a. Data i. Current example by a different city. ii. Examples of technologies, tried elsewhere (Sweden, Volvo and their trucks) 5. Branding Strategy for Houston startup scene a. Data i. Branding budget & strategy for the city ii. Current activities
