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2017-07-14: used data from links in "Industry breakdown by GDP..." in E:\McNair\Projects\Houston\Industries to create Excel charts of Houston employment & Gross Area Product broken down by industry. Saved charts in the same folder. Energy, health, and (for employment data) IT sectors were emphasized, in line with the goal of communicating the idea that, as substantial parts of the Houston economy, those industries will benefit from supporting local startups. Looked up example charts in the file 2017ReportV1 in E:\McNair\Projects\Houston\Houston Ecosystem Recommendations, both for ideas for future charts, and to get a idea of quantitative VC data in Houston. Fixed typos, improved incomplete keys. Cleaned the file Venture Funds in E:\McNair\Projects\Houston\VCData: added research on funds declared dead to make sure they actually are. Double checked that all firms in the master list were accounted for in the grouped list of VC firms.
2017-07-18: For the file "hubs list" in Z:\Hubs\2017\hubs_data, researched whether organizations not listed as hubs (aka shaded red) in "Hubs Data v2_16" (located in the same folder) should be considered hubs, under the definition that a hub has 1) has a coworking space, 2) provides mentorship, 3) offers coding classes/tech events for cohort companies. Whether the hub had an accelerator or was tech focused was also noted.
2017-07-18: Will continue editing Z:\Hubs\2017\hubs_data, researching organizations that marked as questionably hubs. To search for new hubs, will google names of hubs in that file to find whether google's recommendations for new sesarches provide systematic revelation of new hubs. May begin searching possible hubs in the file "Raw Program list" in E:\McNair\Projects\Hubs\summer 2016. Once finished with the above tasks, will research organizations declared hubs last year (in the file "Hubs Data v2_16" Z:\Hubs\2017\hubs_data), and will note whether they are confirmed as operating hubs in "hubs list" in the same folder.
