Earlier today my good friend Marc Nathan put up a blog post pointing out that Houston has a vibrant research scene. The post was a response to my post about Houston’s dearth of research universities. The folks at UH strongly agree with my line of thinking in the form of their Tier One Initiative with some great [...]
Entries Tagged as 'Houston'
Horses and Jockeys
August 2nd, 2009 · 3 Comments
Tags: Entrepreneurship · Houston · musings
What Houston Really Needs
August 2nd, 2009 · 4 Comments
Every now and then I get dragged into a conversation where I am asked what Houston needs to jump into the big leagues of tech innovation. Thursday night at the Caroline Collective was no exception. Before answering I always put out several disclaimers. Houston is home to several great tech companies and is home [...]
Tags: Entrepreneurship · Houston · musings
Judging the Rice Business Plan Competition
April 20th, 2009 · 1 Comment
I am exhausted! I just spent last weekend working with the team at DFJ Mercury to select the $100,000 DFJ Mercury Tech Transfer investment prize at the Rice University Business Plan Competition (RBPC). RBPC is the richest biz plan competition in the world, with over $800,000 in prizes going to students from over 40 top [...]
Tags: Houston · Venture Capital