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The next OpenCoffee Club is this Thursday, August 30th

Wanna keep the buzz going after BarCamp?   Join us for the next Houston OpenCoffee Club on Thursday, August 30th!

About : OpenCoffee Club encourages informal discussion and networking among entrepreneurs and investors to help grow startup companies in the Houston area. Houston’s success continues to grow and thus, we are happy to announce that we are [...]

ABC13 talks with StartupHouston about the growing Houston startup scene

Our friends at ABC13 are taking notice of the growing startup activity in Houston and asked us what we thought was behind it all as well as what we see our role being in helping to grow the startup community.  Here is an excerpt of the interview:

ABC13 – Mike McGuff: What do you and Startup [...]

Learn to build a LifeScience Business

 

From the Rice University News Desk:

Entrepreneurs interested in taking technology from the research lab to the marketplace now have a new certificate program from Rice to show them the way to success.

“From Lab to Market: How to Build and Grow a Successful Life Science Business” is the new life science entrepreneurship certificate program produced [...]

BarCamp Houston is Tomorrow!

BarCamp Houston info
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About: BarCamp is an international network of unconferences — open, participatory workshop-events, whose content is provided by participants — focusing on early-stage web applications, and related open source technologies and social protocols. More background info here and here.

Where: Houston Technology Center, 410 Pierce St., Houston, TX 77002, voice: (713) [...]

Inc. 5000 Announced

Inc Magazine, known for the Inc 500, has introduced the Inc 5,000, the fastest growing private companies in America. In reviewing the list, 75 out of 5,000 are located in the greater Houston area. Although there are few startups on this list, I did notice Merrick Systems which is a Houston Technology Center client company.

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BarCamp Houston starts in 2 Days

BarCamp Houston info
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About: BarCamp is an international network of unconferences — open, participatory workshop-events, whose content is provided by participants — focusing on early-stage web applications, and related open source technologies and social protocols. More background info here and here.

Where: Houston Technology Center, 410 Pierce St., Houston, TX 77002, voice: (713) [...]

Rice Alliance Kickoff Celebration is Tonight

 

As we reported here, the Rice Alliance Kickoff Celebration is tonight on the Rice campus and will feature a keynote by Michael Oxley, Vice Chairman, of the Nasdaq Stock Market.  Here are the highlights:

Location: McNair Hall, Jesse H Jones Graduate School of Management, Rice University, 6100 Main Street, Houston, TX 77005
Time:  5:30pm

You can find more information and [...]

CyrusOne announces large addition of high-density data center space

From the CyrusOne website:

“CyrusOne, a leader in high availability and dense computing enterprise data centers, announced today the completion of an additional 16,000 square feet of high-density data center space, built to deliver over 250 watts per square foot of computer load, in its Houston technology campus, making it the largest, high density colocation provider [...]

What do you get when you combine a port, Homeland Security and over $40 million: opPORTunity

Gov. Rick Perry moved the creation of a Houston port security district closer to reality by executing Texas House Bill 3011 which authorized the public-private partnership. The Ship Channel Security District will be responsible for overseeing and managing public fund allocation for ship channel development and maintenance. Over $31 million has been spent since 2004 [...]

BarCamp Houston starts in 5 Days

BarCamp Houston info
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About:   BarCamp is an international network of unconferences — open, participatory workshop-events, whose content is provided by participants — focusing on early-stage web applications, and related open source technologies and social protocols.  More background info here and here.

Where:  Houston Technology Center, 410 Pierce St., Houston, TX 77002, voice: (713) 658-1750,  [...]