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Nano-Storage, the Store-Gen Grid and Hurricane Ike

Hurricane Ike has given us a massive object lesson on the importance of implementing the late Rick Smalley’s vision of the Store-Gen Grid (SGG; graphic courtesy Wade Adams at Rice’s Smalley Institute) – a highly distributed network of granular electric production and storage.  One of the elements of the SGG concept is a [...]

The Technology Center of West Houston & Katy Dock to Open Doors September 17th

Houston continues to demonstrate its focus on early stage technology startups with the launch of two additional supporting cast members: The Technology Center of West Houston and The Katy Dock.

The Technology Center of West Houston (TCWH), a Katy Area Business Incubator and Accelerator, has created an exciting new opportunity for early-stage technology companies in the [...]

REBarCamp coming to Houston

Real Estate BarCamp Houston, TX

If you know me well, you’ll know that I have a passion for collaboration and events like BarCamp. Mike Price of MLBroadcast.com has coordinated Real Estate BarCamp in Houston next month on October 22, 2008.

Taking directly from the site, REBarCamp is:

REBarCamp Houston is a gathering of minds and open format [...]

Ripening Houston

Yesterday, Josh Tabin gathered the Startup Houston contributors to lunch at El Meson; the company and the food were both spicy and excellent (thanks, Josh!). Collectively, and individually, our goal is to help transform Houston into a dynamo of entrepreneurship.

Of course, the main discussion was about start-ups and the environment where they originate and grow [...]

Is a Ph.D. Required to be a Biotech Entrepreneur?

Graham Randall is a regular contributor to Startup Houston on the topics of biotech, life sciences and entrepreneurship.

Do you need a Ph.D. to be a Biotech Entrepreneur? This seems to be a popular question these days, even though I think the answer is pretty obvious: No.

There are lots of biotech entrepreneurs out there without Ph.Ds. [...]

Houston Startup Happy Hour: Need Sponsors

We are lacking sponsors for this month’s happy hour happening this Thursday. Anyone interested please contact me via email at josh<at>startuphouston.