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*[[Houston Entrepreneurship]] '''Startups of Houston ''' [[Interactive Maps - The Whole Process]]**[[Start-Ups of Houston (Map)]] Use Google Maps to find Longitude and Latitude***Code doesn't seem to be working now (Shoeb is on it)***Document how to work the [[Geocode .py]] and what might go wrong**Put through R code to make an interactive map***Finding and Documenting the processes required to run the R code may be necessary*Works on Carto and looks really cool*We do eventually need to have a plug in and a Carto account so that we can post this on the Wiki '''Accelerator Quality Issue Brief''' [[Houston Accelerators (issue brief)]]

Factors to look at*Accelerator Quality Issue BriefValue Added**Factors How to look atthis though?***Market vs Non-Market**Philanthropic funding?***If Non-Profit: Propublica will document contributions***If for profit: call?**Founded Bottom up? or Top down?***See if it was founded by a group or individual with actual industry connections (online or phone)*Location**Proximity to resources***We may have to update the startups in Houston map for this*Available Resources (we should generally be able to call or find this on website, these should be things they brag about)**Flex Space**Events**Co-Working**Connections/Mentorship***This can also have a judged value based on Mentor/Connection perceived experiece**Funding (This may be hard but if they offer their own VC we can check through SDC)**Userbase*Leadership/Experience qualifications(Linkedin, profiles on their own websites, other bios)**Have they driven a startup before or been in backseat**What other qualifications do they have*Criteria from the Acc Rankings(as long as we have portfolios then we can use SDC for this)****VC funding history**IPO**IPOAcquired*Any other reviews possible**Other articles (Xconomy, Houston Chronicle, etc.)**Info from actually calling the accelerators (Putting a list of questions up on the discussion for [[Houston Accelerators (issue brief)]]**Acquiredperhaps reviews from startups themselves ***Any other reviews possibleCould look specifically into startups that have gone through multiple accelerators hopefully we have phone numbers on [[File:HSM10.xlsx]][[Category:Work Log]]