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Answers.onstartups.com - Is Houston Good for Startups?

I got a email last night from a good friend and fellow Capital Factory mentor, Jason Cohen who writes one of the best blogs about startups, named A Smart Bear that has great posts like this and is also the cofounder of answers.onstartups.com along with startup rockstar Dharmesh Shah, the founder of HubSpot and author [...]

Putting Houston on the Map

Houston has enjoyed some positive national press lately from a NPR series to a CNNMoney.com photo essay.

I’ve had quite a number of conversations in the last few weeks with community activists, journalists, startups and established entrepreneur-support organizations about the perceptions of  Houston. I think that this topic keeps coming up because many people [...]

100 Things I learned at the HTC

[This is a Guest Post by Kumar - I edited it slightly for some factual corrections and of course to make myself look better - Marc]

In the summer of 2009 from June-August I worked at the Houston Technology Center as an intern. I saw new technologies, worked with a talented staff, and most importantly learned [...]

Managers, not Engineers is what Houston needs

Aziz Gilani, a local VC writes on his personal blog http://texvc.com/2009/08/02/what-houston-really-needs/about what he thinks Houston needs to compete and the main conclusion he comes up with is that we are suffering from a relative lack of engineering research at our universities. I consider Aziz a personal friend, and I helped plan the party that got [...]

Houston’s Dearth of Biotech Entrepreneurship

This post comes to us courtesy of Graham Randall, Ph.D., MBA, who has agreed to become a regular contributor to Startup Houston and will write on the topic of biotech, life sciences and entrepreneurship. Graham is a Ph.D. candidate in molecular biophysics at Baylor College of Medicine where he was a fellow of the [...]

Forbes Showing Houston Lots-o-love: Best City to Buy a Home

I’m not sure what sparked this but the writers at Forbes have come to realize what we’ve known for some time. Besides being a Top 10 Up-And-Coming Tech City, Houston has topped the list of Best Cities to Buy a Home. What jumped out at me while reading this was the following statement:

“Well known as [...]

StartupHouston interviews Tara Hunt and Alex Hillman about Caroline Collective opening

Continuing on our coverage about the Caroline Collective Opening and its impact on Houston’s technology startup and art scenes, we are posting interviews from various people who were at the opening party.

Part of the reason that we felt that this opening was different and signified that something special was happening in Houston, was the attention it [...]

Houston Lacking in Sufficient Brainpower Study Claims

A recent bizjournals study that ranks the brainpower levels of America’s 100 largest metropolitan areas places Houston 83rd with a brainpower index of 41.05. Madison, Wisconsin topped the list with an index of 57.80. Washington and San Jose were right behind Madison. Washington boasts the nation’s largest share of adults with advanced degrees, 22.2%, while [...]

Join us for the next Houston Startup Happy Hour on Thursday May 1st

Startup Houston and the Houston Technology Center are proud to present
The May Houston Startup Happy Hour.

Demo by Strongroom Solutions

 

The May Houston Startup Happy Hour features a live presentation of StrongRoom Solutions. StrongRoom Solutions offers a B2B service called the Payables Lockbox that is an online bill-pay service that lets business customers [...]

Guy Kawasaki is speaking at the Houston Technology Center tomorrow night (Thursday)

As we wrote here, Guy Kawasaki is coming to Houston to speak at the Houston Technology Center about his book, The Art of the Start.  We will be there covering the event and asking questions that we hope will help Houston’s entrepreneurs and startups.  In addition, we’d like to ask for your input. 

What questions would [...]