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The [[McNair Center for Entrepreneurship and Innovation]] at Rice University's Baker Institute has a mandate to conduct nonpartisan policy-relevant research. The center develops academic papers intended for publication in peer-reviewed journals, as well as policy reports, issue briefs, white papers, Op. Eds., wiki pages and blog articles. This work develops an understanding of entrepreneurship and innovation as phenomena that create economic growth, and it conveys this understanding to academics, policymakers, entrepreneurs, students and the public. The McNair Center also takes an active role in helping entrepreneurs and developing entrepreneurship ecosystems. ==Featured ProjectSections== ===Guide to Small Business in Houston===

[[File:Title_small.png|frameless|left|link=Guide to Small Business Development Ecosystem of in Houston]]Our new [[Guide to Small Business in Houston]] analyzes and categorizes the resources available to small business owners in Houston. We provide details on how to incorporate and license a small business, as well as details on to get help from more than 38 useful support organizations.

Our new [[Guide to Small Business in Houston]] analyzes and categorizes the resources available to 's small business owners in Houston. We provide details on how to incorporate and license a small business, as well as details on to get help from more than 38 useful support organizations. These support organizations provide education, development, incubation, networking, and much else besides. Each organization of Houston's organizations is accompanied by a description of its program's details. Likewise, tables comparing organizations on their services and costs, as well as interactive maps, help entrepreneurs understand which service is best suited to their small business.

==Publicly available pages=Guide to Entrepreneurship at Rice University===

The McNair Center makes various informational and educational pages publicly available[[File: Rice_Resources. These pages help the center png|frameless|left|link=Guide to Entrepreneurship at Rice University]]Our new [[Guide to fulfill its duty as Entrepreneurship at Rice University]] provides an overview of resources available for emerging entrepreneurs of the Rice University community resource on entrepreneurship , including students, faculty, and innovationalumni. Rice University is known for its entrepreneurial activity. More pages are added each weekThe Rice Business Plan Competition has the largest prize of any university competition of its kind, so please check back oftenand the Rice Alliance was ranked the No.1 University Business Incubator in the world in 2013 and 2014.

:We provide information on all of the key campus-wide institutions and programs provided, as well as details on events and resources available through these institutions. The five main institutions supporting entrepreneurship across campus are the [[Rice Entrepreneurship Initiative]], the [[McNair Center for Entrepreneurship Resources at and Innovation]], the [[Rice Alliance| RiceAlliance for Technology and Entrepreneurship]]: A guide to , [[OwlSpark]], and the many resources available for [[Rice studentsEntrepreneurship Club]]. Together, faculty these institutions maintain a public [https://entrepreneurshiprice.slack.com/ Slack channel] that anyone may join that shares events and alumni who wish opportunities related to engage in entrepreneurship at Rice University and/or innovationin the Houston area.

:[[Innovation Policy]]: This page represents The McNair Center makes various informational and educational pages publicly available. These pages help the Center's research focused center to fulfill its duty as an community resource on patent law, entrepreneurship and innovation reform. More pages are added each week, and the intersections between invention and regulationso please check back often.

:[[Small Business ResearchHow to Start a Company in Texas]]: Data collected A detailed set of step-by-step instructions on the growth of small businesshow to start for-profit, the practices used in maintaining small businessnonprofit, and the government's interaction with small business is complied hereforeign corporations in Texas.