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{{Colored box|title=Archived Page|content='''This page is archived. Its content was last updated in 2018.'''}} {{McNair Landing Page|landing_page_name=McNair Topic AreasCenter for Entrepreneurship and Innovation|team_members=McNair Faculty, McNair Team, McNair Affiliates|keywords=McNair Center, Baker Institute, Rice University, Entrepreneurship, Innovation|Captioncaption=James A. Baker III Institute for Public Policy|Imageimage=03-Architecture.jpg.jpg

The Baker Institute's [[McNair Center for Entrepreneurship and Innovation ]] at Rice University's Baker Institute has a mandate to conduct nonpartisan policy-relevant research and advocate for entrepreneurs and innovators. 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. In this This work the center develops our an understanding of entrepreneurship and innovation as phenomena that create economic growth, and it conveys this understanding to academics, policy-makerspolicymakers, entrepreneurs, students and the public. The McNair Center also takes an active role in helping entrepreneurs and developing entrepreneurship ecosystems. ==Featured Sections== ===Guide to Small Business in Houston=== [[File:Title_small.png|frameless|left|link=Guide to Small Business 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.  Houston's small business support organizations provide education, development, incubation, networking, and much else besides. Each 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. ===Guide to Entrepreneurship at Rice University===

[[File: Rice_Resources.png|frameless|left|link=McNair Center Pages=Guide to Entrepreneurship at Rice University]]Our new [[Guide to Entrepreneurship at Rice University]] provides an overview of resources available for emerging entrepreneurs of the Rice University community, including students, faculty, and alumni. Rice University is known for its entrepreneurial activity. The following are Rice Business Plan Competition has the publicly availablelargest prize of any university competition of its kind, informational and educational wiki pages published by the McNair CenterRice Alliance was ranked the No. These pages help 1 University Business Incubator in the center to fulfill its duty as an intellectual community resource on entrepreneurship world in 2013 and innovation2014.

: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.

:[[Small Business Research]]: Data collected The McNair Center makes various informational and educational pages publicly available. These pages help the center to fulfill its duty as an community resource on the growth of small business, the practices used in maintaining small businessentrepreneurship and innovation. More pages are added each week, and the government's interaction with small business is complied hereso please check back often.

:[[Understanding High-Tech, High-Growth Entrepreneurship EcosystemsHow to Start a Company in Texas]]: An educational tour through the complex landmarks A detailed set of the modern highstep-tech entrepreneurial ecosystemby-step instructions on how to start for-profit, nonprofit, and foreign corporations in Texas.

:[[How to Start a Company in TexasThe Truth Behind Patent Trolls]]: A detailed set An overview of patent troll activity and recommendations for proponents of step-by-step instructions on how patents and innovation as they seek to curb patent troll activity.

{{#section:[[Understanding High-xTech, High-Growth Entrepreneurship Ecosystems]]:How to Start a Company in Texas|Choosing a Business Structure}}An educational tour through the complex landmarks of the modern high-tech entrepreneurial ecosystem.

==[[:Category:McNair Topic Areas|McNair Center Topic Areas]]Projects==A topic area is defined by the McNair Center as an ongoing, research-driven, and materials-producing focus of effort. Some of the current topic areas include the McNair Center's focus on Small Business and the McNair Center's research on Entrepreneurial Ecosystems.

==[[{{:Category:McNair Projects|McNair Center Projects]]==Projects are smaller, deliverable-based productions stemming from an above topic area. }}

==[[:Category:Internal|Imported WikiPublic]]==If you are searching for the old McNair Center wiki, it is currently being imported and refined to this new location. Most everything from the old wiki is still being cataloged.