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| Apr 24, 2024 | Houston investor calls for all angels to move the ecosystem forward | One of the biggest components of a well-functioning startup ecosystem is inarguably access to capital, and Mitra Miller is dedicated to enhancing education around investment and growing Houston's investor base.
As vice president and board m... |
| Apr 23, 2024 | Op-Ed: Removing barriers is critical for the future of Houston's health care workforce | Houston houses one of the most renowned medical communities in the world. However, Texas' current health care workforce shortage has severely impacted the city, with large swaths of the Gulf Coast Region deemed medically underserved. Thousa... |
| Apr 23, 2024 | 4 Houston universities earn top spots for graduate programs in Texas | Houston's top-tier universities have done it again. U.S. News and World Report has four Houston-area universities among the best grad schools in the state, with some departments landing among the top 100 in the country.
U.S. News publishes ... |
| Apr 23, 2024 | Report: Houston secures spot on list of top 50 startup cities | A new ranking signals great promise for the growth of Houston’s startup network.
Houston ranks among the world’s top 50 startup cities on a new list from PitchBook, a provider of data and research about capital markets. In fact, Houston com... |
| Apr 17, 2024 | Houston university lands $2.5M grant to expand STEM scholarship program for underserved communities | Rice University will expand its Rice Emerging Scholars Program (RESP) over the next two years thanks to a recent grant from the National Science Foundation.
The $2.5 million in NSF funding will allow Rice to increase the number of scholars ... |
| Apr 17, 2024 | Houston mental health tech startup receives industry validation for bioelectronic device | A new tool in the fight against treatment-resistant depression could be on the horizon thanks to a Rice University professor.
Jacob Robinson, a professor of electrical and computer engineering and of bioengineering is also co-founder and CE... |
| Apr 16, 2024 | Unique cell therapy developed in Houston doses inaugural patient | Replay, a genome-writing company headquartered in San Diego, has announced that its first patient has been dosed with an engineered T-Cell Receptor Natural Killer (TCR-NK) cell therapy for relapsed or refractory multiple myeloma.
What does ... |
| Apr 16, 2024 | How corporations can implement meaningful innovation, according to this Houston expert | I vividly remember, it was a typical Tuesday at Houston Exponential, and I’m sipping maybe my third coffee of the morning when the phone rings.
On the line is yet another hopeful voice from a newly minted innovation group at a "big com... |
| Apr 9, 2024 | Early-stage accelerator names 9th Houston cohort | For the ninth time, gBETA is incubating five early-stage Houston startups providing innovative solutions across skincare, human resources, and more.
Global organization gener8tor, along with Downtown Launchpad, started its ninth gBETA Houst... |
| Feb 10, 2021 | Houston founder calls for business leaders to 'make room for diverse voices' | Last year was one of quick pivots and tech solutions for Ashley Small and her company's clients. Small — the CEO and founder of Medley Inc., a Houston-based branding and public relations firm — works with both for-profit and nonprofit entit... |
| Feb 8, 2021 | Why one of the world's leading life science companies chose Pearland | In 2018, Switzerland-based company Lonza debuted a 300,000-square-foot life science facility in Pearland, the largest dedicated cell and gene therapy manufacturing facility in the world at the time.
What made one of the world's largest comp... |
| Feb 8, 2021 | 3 Houston innovators to know this week | Editor's note: In the week's roundup of Houston innovators to know, I'm introducing you to three innovators recently making headlines — from health tech founders to the new GHP chair.
Deeana Zhang, director of energy technology at Tudor, Pi... |
| Feb 1, 2021 | 3 Houston innovators to know this week | Editor's note: In the week's roundup of Houston innovators to know, I'm introducing you to three innovators recently making headlines — from health tech founders to a venture capital rising star.
Jim Havelka, founder and CEO of InformAI
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| Jan 28, 2021 | Expert: New 401k investment options would spur Houston venture capital and innovation | With fossil fuels facing an uncertain future, Houston is wisely pushing to further develop its innovation economy with initiatives like Houston Exponential and Rice Management Company's Ion, as well as the No. 1 ranked entrepreneurship prog... |
| Jan 28, 2021 | Houston-based senior care startup accelerates gameplan amid pandemic | Houston-based acute care startup Kare Technologies has yet to waste a good crisis.
The company, which offers senior facilities and qualified caregivers a platform to post and accept work for hire, was born out of founder Charles Turner's ex... |
| Jan 25, 2021 | Houston startup founded by former NASA architect moves into new space amid booming business | In 2014 Garrett Finney, a former senior architect at the Habitability Design Center at NASA, brought his expertise in what he describes as "advocating for human presence living in a machine" to the outdoors market.
After being les... |
| Jan 25, 2021 | 3 Houston innovators to know this week | Editor's note: In the week's roundup of Houston innovators to know, I'm introducing you to three innovators who have tons to share — from recent venture capital data and observations to public relations and marketing tips for startups.
Kath... |
| Jan 21, 2021 | Here are 3 breakthrough innovations coming out of research at Houston institutions | Research, perhaps now more than ever, is crucial to expanding and growing innovation in Houston — and it's happening across the city right under our noses.
In InnovationMap's latest roundup of research projects, we look into studies on robo... |
| Jan 20, 2021 | Houston VC fund's new partner to grow focus on the future of work and underrepresented entrepreneurs | When Mercury Fund was founded in 2005, the goal was to focus on funding underrepresented entrepreneurs.
"The firm was really built around looking for the underrepresented entrepreneur and 15 years ago, that was just the middle of the c... |
| Jan 8, 2021 | Rice University teams up with Chase for new small business initiative | A school at Rice University has been tapped by Chase for Business to help provide free, online courses to small businesses.
Rice's Susanne M. Glasscock School of Continuing Studies will be offering short courses as a part of a Small Busines... |
| Jan 6, 2021 | Canadian energy tech startup doubles down on Houston and plans to scale | While the pandemic and last year's drop in oil prices may have caused their own set of challenges, at least one energy tech startup saw plenty of opportunity for growth amid the unprecedented times.
In 2020, Validere, which is based in Calg... |
| Jan 6, 2021 | Editor's Picks: Top 7 Houston innovation interviews of 2020 | Editor's note: With 2020 in the rearview, InnovationMap is looking back on the top stories of the year. With over 60 episodes of the Houston Innovators Podcast and about half of those being recorded in 2020, here are the top episides from t... |
| Jan 4, 2021 | Houston-based startup shoots for affordability and convenience with new photo biz | Houston-based photographers Chris Bailey and Joseph West have brought automated technology and innovative efficiencies to the often cumbersome task of taking professional headshots.
Bailey and West first met as wedding and corporate photogr... |
| Dec 29, 2020 | These are Houston's top social impact innovation stories of 2020 | Editor's note: As 2020 comes to a close, InnovationMap is looking back at the year's top stories in Houston innovation. InnovationMap's most read articles regarding social impact innovation include a new incubator program from impactful sta... |
| Dec 28, 2020 | Female-founded startup opens facility for new working moms in downtown Houston | As companies roll out back-to-work plans for the new year, one subset of workers' needs might be overlooked: new, breastfeeding mothers. However, one Houston startups is looking out for them with a new downtown location.
Work & Mother S... |
| Dec 23, 2020 | These are Houston's top lifestyle innovation stories this year | Editor's note: As 2020 comes to a close, InnovationMap is looking back at the year's top stories in Houston innovation. When it came to the lifestyle innovation — whether that be B2C startups or real estate — in Houston, five stories trende... |
| Dec 15, 2020 | These are the top 5 Houston innovation guest columns of 2020 | Editor's note: InnovationMap is Houston's only news source and resource about and for startups, and some of this year's top stories were penned — or, more realistically, typed — but the Houston innovation community itself. As we get ready f... |
| Dec 10, 2020 | How 2 Houston friends founded the fitting industry's go-to company | If you're in the market for a specific kind of pipe, valve, fitting, flange, bolt, gasket, or hose, your first stop should be TPC Industrial.
The Pasadena-based company has been making a name for itself in the PVF/hose and fitting industry ... |
| Dec 8, 2020 | Houston innovation team wins global award for painless heart technology | Houston's Texas Heart Institute's pain-free defibrillation technology was named the top future medical product design worldwide last month as part of the annual Create the Future Design contest.
The tiny technology aims to change the way ca... |
| Dec 8, 2020 | 5 Houston inventors named fellows of a prestigious international program | The National Academy of Inventors has recognized 175 scientists from across the world as NAI Fellows — and five of those inventors are based at Houston institutions.
The program honors academic inventors who, according to NAI, "have de... |
| Dec 7, 2020 | 3 Houston innovators to know this week | Editor's note: In today's Monday roundup of Houston innovators, I'm introducing you to three innovators across industries — from space exploration to materials science.
Kirsten Siebach, assistant professor at Rice University
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| Dec 3, 2020 | Houston energy expert on how big data yields more reliable results | Abraham Maslow's hierarchy of need tells us that at our core, humans crave safety and sustenance. When you turn on the light each morning while getting ready for work, or when you check your bank account and see your paycheck arrived on sch... |
| Dec 1, 2020 | These are the latest COVID-19-focused research projects happening at Houston institutions | Researchers across the Houston area are working on COVID-19 innovations every day, and scientists are constantly finding new ways this disease is affecting humankind.
From a COVID breathalyzer to a new collaboration in Houston — here's your... |
| Nov 30, 2020 | 10+ can't-miss Houston business and innovation events online in December | It's the last monthly events roundup for 2020 — and this month, understandably, is a bit slow due to the holidays, but we have a roundup of the must-attend events for December.
From workshops and panels to summits and pitch parties, here ar... |
| Nov 25, 2020 | Experts rank holiday activities that put Houston residents most at risk for COVID-19 | The Texas Medical Association has released its COVID-19 holiday risk chart, a ranking of popular activities based on how likely one is to contract the novel coronavirus.
With infections spiking in Houston and across the country, the chart w... |
| Nov 19, 2020 | Houston company partners with General Motors, others to boost country’s ventilator supply | Houston-based Velentium played a key role in mobilizing thousands of ventilators in the United States at a time when the pandemic and the uncertainty around it was surmounting around the country.
The medical technology company primarily wor... |
| Nov 19, 2020 | Google launches new program to serve Houston's minority small business owners | A new Google initiative is expanding its Texas presence this month. The Grow with Google's Digital Coaches program, which has already launched in Austin, has expanded to the Bayou City — making the Lone Star State the only state to have two... |
| Nov 16, 2020 | 3 female Houston innovators to know this week | Editor's note: In today's Monday roundup of Houston innovators, I'm introducing you to three female innovators across industries — from life science to impact innovation.
Fiona Mack, head of JLABS @ TMC
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| Nov 12, 2020 | Houston nonprofit introduces new startup incubator ahead of impact-focused innovation week | Impact Hub Houston — the local chapter of a nonprofit focused on supporting startups in the social impact space — has a lot on its plate this month.
Not only is next week The Houston Innovation Summit — the fourth annual week of entrepreneu... |
| Nov 11, 2020 | Houston venture group leads Austin-based tech company's $8M series A round | A Houston-founded startup that designed an app-based service for apartment dwellers has closed an $8 million series A led by Houston-based Mercury Fund.
Spruce, which was founded in Houston in 2016 as Apartment Butler before rebranding and ... |
| Nov 10, 2020 | Clutch City: Is 2020 a time of devastation or doubling down for Houston? | "Clutch City" may be Houston's most befitting nickname — and it has proven to stand the test of time. Whoever coined the term likely had no idea in how many ways this moniker would be tested and upheld over the next 20-plus years.... |
| Nov 6, 2020 | 5 most popular innovation stories in Houston this week | Editor's note:Another week has come and gone, and it's time to round up the top headlines from the past few days. Trending Houston tech and startup news on InnovationMap included innovators to know, breakthrough research projects in Houston... |
| Nov 4, 2020 | 4 Houston-area CVS locations now offering free COVID-19 rapid tests | Flu season and cedar fever compounded with the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic is likely to make for a worrisome winter. In an effort to make testing for the novel coronavirus more accessible, CVS is launching rapid-result tests in 21 stores acro... |
| Oct 29, 2020 | East Houston development launches smart city initiative with new hire | A 4,200-acre master-planned development that's rising on the east side of town has created a new role within their executive suite to drive innovation and a new smart city initiative.
Houston-based real estate developer, McCord, has hired N... |
| Oct 26, 2020 | 3 Houston innovators to know this week | Editor's note: In today's Monday roundup of Houston innovators, I'm introducing you to three innovators — from health care investing to marketing technology — all making headlines in Houston this week.
Ayse McCracken, founder and board chai... |
| Oct 26, 2020 | University of Houston joins Microsoft-backed initiative for digital tech workforce development | The University of Houston College of Technology has been selected for a new initiative to bring digital and technical skills to students and the workforce.
Microsoft's Accelerate program is a part of the tech giant's Global Skills Initiativ... |
| Oct 23, 2020 | 5 most popular innovation stories in Houston this week | Editor's note:Another week is in the book. Trending Houston tech and startup news on InnovationMap included innovators to know, 10 can't miss space exploration panels, nominations open for new innovation awards, and more.
3 Houston innovato... |
| Oct 22, 2020 | Houston investor recovers from COVID-19 — then funds startups innovating solutions for the disease | While so many of Houston's venture capital groups and entrepreneurs have been figuring out the best ways to navigate fundraising amid a pandemic, Diane Yoo managed to close an oversubscribed initial fund and deployed investments into health... |
| Oct 20, 2020 | UT system funds Houston researchers in new collaboration to cure cancer | In a renewed effort to move the needle on finding a cure for cancer, the University of Texas system has launched a new collaboration in oncological data and computational science across three programs.
Houston-based University of Texas MD A... |
| Oct 20, 2020 | Houston coffee startup pivots to hand sanitizing product amid pandemic | Houstonians' workday routines look much different today than they did seven months ago. With a large percentage of people working from home, office rituals have come to a halt and few habits have been immune to change — including our coffee... |
| Oct 19, 2020 | 10 can't-miss events from Houston-based SpaceCom's virtual conference | Today marks the first day in SpaceCom's two-week online conference featuring space entrepreneurs, NASA executives, government experts, and more.
Usually a must-attend event hosted at George R. Brown Convention Center in downtown Houston, Sp... |
| Oct 19, 2020 | Why your tech company should partner with forward-thinking Chile | What's one of the most important ways a tech company can ensure success? Collaboration. Finding that perfect fit with a like-minded partner just might change the world — but first you have to find each other.
For many U.S.-based companies, ... |
| Oct 16, 2020 | New-to-Houston cleantech incubator names inaugural members | A Somerville, Massachusetts-based cleantech accelerator has announced the 16 startups that will be a part of its new Houston incubator program.
Greentown Labs named the companies in the cohort this week just a few weeks after announcing the... |
| Oct 13, 2020 | Mayor Turner recognized nationally for progress of moving Houston toward resiliency | In the past five years, six federally declared flooding disasters have wreaked havoc in Houston — most notably Hurricane Harvey in 2017. Now, you might say Houston stands tall as a hub of resilience when it comes to disaster preparedness an... |
| Oct 12, 2020 | Overheard: Here's where Houston's low-carbon efforts stand, according to the experts | Houston is moving the needle on low-carbon initiatives, as one panel agreed at the Center for Houston's Future's Low-Carbon Energy Innovation Summit.
The annual event, which is taking place virtually this year, was broken up into two days. ... |
| Oct 12, 2020 | 3 Houston innovators to know this week | Editor's note: In today's Monday roundup of Houston innovators, I'm introducing you to three gentlemen representing a diverse set of industries — from nanotech and higher education to industrial e-commerce and education.
Tim Neal, CEO of Go... |
| Oct 2, 2020 | Texas entrepreneur brings on-demand nail service to Houston | Ladies, take note: A Dallas-based on-demand nail service app, Cherry, has expanded to Houston. Founded by Amber Venz Box, the blogger/influencer-turned tech entrepreneur, the convenient, at-home service is now available in 37 ZIP codes.
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| Sep 30, 2020 | Houston Independent School District launches new COVID-19 tracker | Greater Houston parents have an important date circled and marked on their calendars: October 19. That's the day Houston Independent School District welcomes students back for in-person instruction at all schools.
However, a major point of ... |
| Sep 24, 2020 | Houston biotech company launches animal testing on a drug that could treat COVID-19 | A clinical stage pharmaceutical company based in Houston has entered into the next phase of testing out a drug that could be used to treat COVID-19.
Moleculin Biotech Inc. has tapped an independent lab to examine the antiviral activity of i... |
| Sep 22, 2020 | 3 crisis management tips for Houston business leaders | The great pandemic of 2020 has brought to the surface the issue of crisis management. Especially with nationwide business shut downs in the last eight months, many companies are on a rocky road of uncertainty. Entrepreneurs are unsure of wh... |
| Sep 17, 2020 | Rice Alliance to launch clean energy accelerator in Houston | The Rice Alliance for Technology and Entrepreneurship has announced its new Clean Energy Accelerator — a 12-week program for early stage energy startups — at the close of the 18th annual Energy Tech Venture Forum.
"Houston truly is the... |
| Sep 14, 2020 | Facebook taps Houston college campus for new tool on its app | Facebook launched as a social media platform solely for college students back in 2004. Since then, college students have gradually moved away from Mark Zuckerberg's baby in favor of platforms like Instagram, Snapchat, and TikTok.
Now, in a ... |
| Sep 10, 2020 | Exclusive: Houston entrepreneur launches femtech nonprofit and accelerator partnership | It's about time women's health and wellness took center stage, in Brittany Barreto's opinion, so she's launched a nonprofit to make that happen.
Houston entrepreneur Barreto recently left her position at Capital Factory to focus on FemTech ... |
| Sep 10, 2020 | Rescheduled: These are the can't-miss events to attend each day during Houston Climate Week | Editor's note — This story has been updated and republished to reflect the new dates and details of Houston Climate Week.
The city of Houston is kicking off its rescheduled Houston Climate Week after the original week was postponed by threa... |
| Sep 9, 2020 | Houston-based startup makes a splash with cloud technology for E&P in oil sector | A Houston area environmental and energy tech company offers a new pay-as-you-go SaaS application that uses chemistry, physics, artificial intelligence, and cloud technology to build simulation platforms for major exploration and production ... |
| Sep 4, 2020 | Texas company unleashes hospital-grade face masks for dogs | Leave it to an Austin company to give us what we really need during this pandemic: dog face masks. Unlike their human companions, however, these are not for use in the fight against COVID-19.
On August 27, locally owned The Good Air Team an... |
| Sep 4, 2020 | 5 most popular innovation stories in Houston this week | Editor's note: One week into September is through, and plenty of Houston innovation news came with it, including three female innovators to know, a mobile vet startup plans to expand, a new coworking space plans to open, and more.
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| Aug 31, 2020 | Children's Museum of Houston pivots to new digital learning programming | As more Houston parents opt for online classes when kids return to school, a beloved local museum is offering up a clever learning assist. In September, Children's Museum Houston will launch "All-Time Access," an online initiative... |
| Aug 31, 2020 | Overheard: Experts call for Houston to become the 'energy transition capital of the world' | Before the inaugural Houston Climate Week was shutdown — ironically by a major climate event — event attendees heard from a panel of energy experts that spoke of certain challenges the city's economy faces as the energy transition continues... |
| Aug 28, 2020 | 5 most popular innovation stories in Houston this week | Editor's note: While Houston missed a major hurricane this week, preparations sidetracked the city a bit with virtual events — like Houston Climate Week — being canceled or postponed. However, major innovation news showed up in full force a... |
| Aug 26, 2020 | Here's what Dallas Startup Week events Houston entrepreneurs should attend | While a 4-hour trip up Interstate 45 might, in years prior, could have caused Houston entrepreneurs pause from attending the annual Dallas Startup Week, this year there's no excuse.
DSW is taking place online this year, and there are more t... |
| Aug 25, 2020 | Houston-area online resource launches to help new homebuyers purchase a home | Between the expiration of a federal evictions moratorium and the coronavirus crisis, the housing market in Houston has launched into uncharted territory — jumping in June after two straight months of decline.
Houstonian and broker-and-owner... |
| Aug 24, 2020 | Microsoft doubles down on partnership with the city of Houston by committing $1M to programs | Microsoft and the city of Houston have introduced a new program aimed at addressing technology skills development across Houston.
Accelerate: Houston is part of Microsoft's larger global skills initiative. Mayor Sylvester Turner announced t... |
| Aug 17, 2020 | Harris County connects students in need to free high-speed internet and devices | Schools around the nation are in a rush to return to normalcy despite the pandemic. So varied are the opinions on how to reopen that Harris County Judge Lina Hidalgo just released a "roadmap" for reopening.
One pressing issue is t... |
| Aug 5, 2020 | New Houston hub calls for collaboration for flood and hurricane prevention innovation | When it comes to insurance, most people's interaction is pretty limited buying a plan, filing claims when need be, and paying the monthly bill. However, unbeknownst to most of their insured clients, insurance companies are investing in insu... |
| Aug 5, 2020 | 5 innovation-focused takeaways from the Greater Houston Partnership's annual report | In an annual economic report from the Greater Houston Partnership, researchers and data scientists outlined the city's economy by the numbers, and Houston's industries such as technology, health care, energy, and more were all represented.
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| Jul 27, 2020 | Solar energy co-op shines light on sustainability for Houston-area residents | A nationwide nonprofit organization that focuses on promoting and educating on the use of solar energy, has chosen a local solar installer business for its West Houston co-op.
Solar United Neighbors, also known as SUN, was established in 20... |
| Jul 17, 2020 | 5 most popular innovation stories in Houston this week | Editor's note: Just like Houston's weather, the city's innovation news is heating up. From innovators to know this week and a new technology to kill COVID-19 germs to a growing energy tech startup, here's the latest in Houston innovation.
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| Jul 13, 2020 | 3 Houston innovators to know this week | Editor's note: Houston's innovation ecosystem continues to grow. Last week, a group of startup mentors formed a new program that's a masterclass for aspiring entrepreneurs. Plus, a Houston innovator is writing the book on inclusion while an... |
| Jul 10, 2020 | City of Houston calls local and Texas artists for $3 million public project | Houstonians love their public art, and the City of Houston is banking on that love and civic pride with a hefty new call to local artists. The Mayor's Office of Cultural Affairs (MOCA) has announced new opportunities for artists and artist ... |
| Jul 8, 2020 | Houston entrepreneur tackles diversity and inclusion challenges through new book | If you went to school in America, you might have been taught that George Washington's teeth were made out of wood. While this information might have been effective in promoting oral health as a kid, it's important for you to know that Georg... |
| Jul 1, 2020 | 10+ can't-miss virtual business and innovation events in Houston for July | Virtual events at this point has become the new normal for Houston's innovation ecosystem. From interactive Q&As and virtual pitches to online courses and panels, here's what's in store for Houston entrepreneurs this month.
July 1 — The... |
| Jun 30, 2020 | Rice research on why fighting workplace discrimination of LGBTQ+ employees boosts business | Being gay, lesbian or bisexual in the workplace often means facing choices that are deeply unfair. Choose to come out and risk being stigmatized or hide your orientation and prepare for a career weighted with the immense stress of secrecy. ... |
| Jun 26, 2020 | Nonprofit rises to create resources and networking for Houston's LGBTQ+ community | As Pride Month winds down, a new nonprofit is ramping up efforts to provide resources, training, financial aid, and networking opportunities for LGBTQ+ members of Houston's tech and creative communities.
Co-founders Alan Lett, creative dire... |
| Jun 26, 2020 | 5 most popular innovation stories in Houston this week | Editor's note: Top stories from this rainy, dreary week in Houston were much brighter than the weather. Houston is now home to a couple new startup-focused programs — one focused on cleantech and one focused on resilience. Other top stories... |
| Jun 24, 2020 | Houston investment firm leads Texas startup's $5M series A round | A Texas-based tech startup that has created an artificial intelligence-enabled tool that gamifies corporate training and education has closed its most recent funding round thanks to a Houston investor.
Trivie as announced its $5 million ser... |
| Jun 22, 2020 | Houston rent prices rise as COVID-19 impacts local housing market | The impact of COVID-19 has not been lost on the Houston housing market, with home sales dipping and rents rising. Here's a look at the current landscape.
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In May, single-family home leases were up a solid 12 percent, notes the H... |
| Jun 19, 2020 | Rice University student startup competition names 2020 winners and awards over $1.2M in prizes | For the 20th year, the Rice Business Plan Competition has awarded prizes and investments to student-led startups from around the ward. While this year's competition was postponed and virtually held, the show went on with 42 startups pitchin... |
| Jun 18, 2020 | Houston data startup analyzes COVID-19 risks as companies return to work | In an effort to better help our clients, and frankly all of us, maneuver these uncertain times and to better understand what the upcoming months are likely to bring, we have applied our data science expertise to create a structural model of... |
| Jun 18, 2020 | 3 ways the tech industry can focus on thriving, not just recovering | The continuing COVID-19 crisis is creating enormous uncertainty and change — and questions with no obvious answers: Which changes will persist? What will the new world look like? How will people and organizations adapt?
Even as U.S. technol... |
| Jun 17, 2020 | Houston entrepreneur is helping his oil and gas clients get 'out of the paper world' | Travis Parigi isn't afraid of an oil downturn. His company, LiquidFrameworks, provides cloud-based, mobile field operations management solutions to oil and gas, environmental, and industrial service companies, and he usually expects drillin... |
| Jun 11, 2020 | Houston-area health services company launches COVID-19 pre-screening app | A Woodlands-based health services company recently announced a new app that can serve as a self-service pre-screening tool for COVID-19 to be used by employees to return to their workplace.
Axiom Medical created the CheckIn2Work app to make... |
| Jun 10, 2020 | Texas researchers map out parts of Houston most vulnerable to COVID-19 | A group of researchers from the University of Texas and the University of Houston have created a mapping tool for identifying which parts of the greater Houston area are at the greatest risk from COVID-19.
"The map offers a comparative... |
| Jun 8, 2020 | Houston innovation hub names interim leader | A developing innovation hub rising in Midtown Houston has named an interim executive director following the sudden exit of its former leader.
Jan Odegard has been named interim executive director of the Ion after Gabriella Rowe announced he... |
| Jun 8, 2020 | 3 Houston innovators to know this week | This week's roundup of who's who in Houston innovation include the HX Venture Fund's newest team member, a startup founder whose app is gamifying corporate training, and a Houston accelerator leader who's pivoted to digital.
Aleece Hobson, ... |
| May 27, 2020 | Here's how to watch the historic NASA/SpaceX mission launch in Houston | Update: The launch was scrubbed a few minutes before launch due to undesirable weather conditions. The new launch date is Saturday, May 30, at around 2:30 CST. The original story is below.
Two Houston-area NASA astronauts are set to make hi... |
| May 27, 2020 | Houston innovation hub leader shares details on recent resignation | A Houston tech ecosystem leader has announced her resignation from her position in order to seek out a new role.
Gabriella Rowe, who served The Ion as executive director until earlier this week, has confirmed she has resigned from her posit... |
| May 26, 2020 | Report recognizes Houston as a top city to launch a career | First-time job hunters are facing a competitive job market with historic unemployment and an unstable economy amid the coronavirus pandemic. However, Houston, according to a recent report, might give its residents an advantage.
The report, ... |
| May 11, 2020 | 3 Houston innovators to know this week | It seems like 2020 is the year of the pivot and taking what the world has thrown at you —from pandemics to oil gluts — and making something out of what you have.
This week's innovators to know include a Houston startup flipping the switch o... |
