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Revision as of 11:45, 20 September 2017


McNair Project
Houston Innovation District
Project logo 02.png
Project Information
Project Title Houston Innovation District
Owner Ben Baldazo, Dylan Dickens, Joe Reilly, Taylor Jacobe
Start Date 9/20/2017
Deadline 10/27/2017
Primary Billing
Notes
Has project status Active
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Mayor of Houston has asked us to make recommendations about how to create an innovation district in Houston

  • Go through patent data, find people with patents
  • Find people who have done R&D work
  • Carve up the world of innovative people in terms of data
    • Find their needs
    • Turn it into some sort of office space requirement
    • Try to find where this office space would be, what it would look like

Tentative Schedule

Week 1: Prep and understand need; research Houston and what it already has

Week 2: Analyze data on Houston as a whole. Diagnose need. Begin writing final document's section about current state of Houston

Week 3: Identify ways to fill need. Strategies for drawing in startup ecosystem. Begin writing final document's section about possible solutions

Week 4: Synthesize data and research to form coherent suggestions

Week 5: Final analysis of data. Finish paper.

Resources to pull from

Houston Entrepreneurship has info about:

  • Start ups
  • Accelerators/Incubators
  • Entrepreneurship Ecosystems
  • Small Business
  • VC

We would ideally have data about:

  • Patents in Houston
  • R&D in Houston
  • Factors relating to best Innovation Districts:
    • Networking Assets
      • Gathering spaces- shared meeting spaces
      • Accessibility- close proximity
      • Hip vibes
    • Capital Stack
      • Equity
      • VC
      • Tax credits, government aid