Introduction to the
Houston Startup Scene
A Constant Work In Progress
Nice to meet you :)
Paul Kwiatkowski
Chief Tenacity Officer at GroupRaise
paul@groupraise.com
linkedin.com/in/swifthand
github.com/swifthand
angel.co/swifthand
www.swifthand.net
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CoWorking & Community Spaces
Accelerators & Incubators
Hackerspaces & Makerspaces
Major Events and Conferences
Monthly Startup Events
Talent, Media & Money
Tune In! (General Resources)
Other Awesome Organizations
CoWorking & Community
Where you'll find friends!
START Houston
TMCx+
Level Office
Any Independent Coffee Shop Inside 610
Platform and Whitespace... ye will be missed.
Accelerators & Incubators
Mentors, Funding, Customers, Education
TMCx, TMCx+ & JLabs
RED Labs
Owl Spark
Houston Technology Center (HTC)
Fruition Labs
Enventure
SURGE Acclerator
Hackerspaces & Makerspaces
For Getting Hands-On
TX/RX Labs
Houston Makerspace
Techno Chaos
Proto Makerspace
Katy Makerspace
CreatorSpace
Monthly Startup Events
The Weekly Heartbeat of the Community
Week 1: Startup Happy Hour & This Intro Talk
Week 2: Startup Grind
Week 3: The Lean Startup Circle
Week 4: START Demo Day
Major/Annual
Events & Conferences
A Dose of Inspiration and/or Publicity!
City of Houston Hackathon
Startup Weekend
3 Day Startup
Startup Softball
HATCH Pitch
MEST
Rice Alliance [Insert Topic Here] Venture Summits
Rice Business Plan Competition
Liftoff Houston Business Plan Contest
Innovation Conference & Showcase
Finding Talent
Houston Digital Jobs (Facebook)
Annual Startup Career Fair
The Iron Yard & Coder Camps
Topical Meetups
“The Speed of Beer”
Media & Publicity
Houston Business Journal
Xconomy
TVM's Houston Tech
Culture Map Houston
Houston Chronicle
List Yourself in Houston Startups Facebook Group
Funding & Investment
Angels & Investor Networks
Houston Angel Network (HAN)
Association of Texas Angel Networks (ATAN)
Houston HALO Fund (Sidecar for HAN & ATAN)
Red House Associates
Rice Alliance Venture Capital Events
Funding & Investment
Seed & Venture Capital
Mercury Fund
SURGE Ventures
NextGen Capital
Polus Capital
Houston Health Ventures
Cougar Venture Fund
Technology Cultivation Fund
Houston Ventures
Funding & Investment
Corporate/Institutional
Shell Technology Ventures
Chevron Technology Ventures
Choose-Your-Own Adventures
Crowdfunded
SeedInvest
Grants
National Space Biomedical Research Institute (NSBRI)
Outsiders Looking In
S3 Ventures
Live Oak Ventures
And more from Dallas & Austin
Stay Engaged & Aware
Houston Startups Discussion
Yes, it's a Facebook Group
Startup List
Startup Services List
Houston Digital Jobs
Leanhouston.org
(has these slides & more)
Calendars
Startup Digest
Accelerate Houston
Organization-specific
(TMCx, START, HTC)
Newsletters
START Houston
Startup Digest
Organization-specific
Other Awesome Orgs
Couldn't list them all if I tried!
The Platformit House & The Platformit Show
Health 2.0 Houston
NetSquared
Social Media Breakfast
The Indus Entrepreneurs
Meetups, Meetups & Meetups Galore!
Thanks for Listening
Let's Go Make Some Magic