3==Summary== Recommendations for Houston emerging ecosystem. ==Innovation District== *Maps (Baseline & How it should look) – (Maps by Abhi)*Startups location – (Ed Table)*Fund & Accelerator/Incubator locations – (Houston Pipeline)*Patent Map (Oliver)*Publicly traded firm data – R&D expenditure (Hira) ==Pipeline== *Houston Innovation Assets – Tables (What IT companies’ do we have. Patent, publicly traded firms)*Community Building: Networking organizations, entrepreneurship clubs, etc. *VC Firms in Houston – (Vc, exits, startups Adrian)*VC deals*Annual average VC investment*Exits*Companies that receive VC Funding*Total funding of current startups*University students (Hira)*NSF grants, NIH grants, clinical trials, (Hira)*SBIR grants/ companies (Abhi) ==Core Focus==a. *Data: Financial/ Impact on the following industries. City level data the econ activity on these industries. (Diana, Dallas Federal Reserve, City of Houston State of Texas)i. *Basic framing stats of the cityii. *Oil & Gas iii. *Med Centeriv. *Space4. == Opening the city up for testing technology ==a. Datai. *Current example by a different city. ii. *Examples of technologies, tried elsewhere (Sweden, Volvo and their trucks)5. ==Branding Strategy for Houston startup scene==a. Datai. *Branding budget & strategy for the city ii. *Current activities [[Category:Emerging Ecosystems]]