Comments on: Josh Tabin and StartupHouston featured in Houston Chronicle Moneymakers http://www.startuphouston.com/2008/02/07/josh-tabin-and-startuphouston-featured-in-houston-chronicle-moneymakers/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=josh-tabin-and-startuphouston-featured-in-houston-chronicle-moneymakers Let's Get Started! Thu, 20 Oct 2011 04:28:58 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0.5 By: Gordon R. Vaughan http://www.startuphouston.com/2008/02/07/josh-tabin-and-startuphouston-featured-in-houston-chronicle-moneymakers/comment-page-1/#comment-12855 Gordon R. Vaughan Fri, 08 Feb 2008 21:17:55 +0000 http://www.startuphouston.com/2008/02/07/josh-tabin-and-startuphouston-featured-in-houston-chronicle-moneymakers/#comment-12855 From the interview: "No one can argue that Houston doesn't have the resources to make it happen." Yeah, really. There's a great deal of tech resources here, but little interaction. Besides NASA, the universities and the Medical Center, the energy business is much more high-tech and computationally intensive than most realize. "There are some challenges because there is a lack of collaboration at the higher levels within the city." I don't think it's impossible for a region with these sorts of resources to replicate what's happened in Silicon Valley, but the challenge must be viewed as one of building an entire entrepreneurial ecosystem, not just pushing "hot" technologies. There needs to be more strategic thinking. In my experience, there's either uninformed disinterest or (slightly informed) excitement about opportunities, neither of which really involves the kind of long-term commitment needed to build a strong local R&D and investment community. From the interview: “No one can argue that Houston doesn’t have the resources to make it happen.”

Yeah, really. There’s a great deal of tech resources here, but little interaction. Besides NASA, the universities and the Medical Center, the energy business is much more high-tech and computationally intensive than most realize.

“There are some challenges because there is a lack of collaboration at the higher levels within the city.”

I don’t think it’s impossible for a region with these sorts of resources to replicate what’s happened in Silicon Valley, but the challenge must be viewed as one of building an entire entrepreneurial ecosystem, not just pushing “hot” technologies.

There needs to be more strategic thinking. In my experience, there’s either uninformed disinterest or (slightly informed) excitement about opportunities, neither of which really involves the kind of long-term commitment needed to build a strong local R&D and investment community.

]]> By: Marc Nathan http://www.startuphouston.com/2008/02/07/josh-tabin-and-startuphouston-featured-in-houston-chronicle-moneymakers/comment-page-1/#comment-12800 Marc Nathan Thu, 07 Feb 2008 06:32:07 +0000 http://www.startuphouston.com/2008/02/07/josh-tabin-and-startuphouston-featured-in-houston-chronicle-moneymakers/#comment-12800 That was a great interview and it really shed some light on the current state of affairs for startups and funding sources around Houston. Also, we couldn't be happier about the mention of Houston Technology Center and what our collaboration means for this city. Keep up the good work. Marc Nathan That was a great interview and it really shed some light on the current state of affairs for startups and funding sources around Houston. Also, we couldn’t be happier about the mention of Houston Technology Center and what our collaboration means for this city. Keep up the good work.

Marc Nathan

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