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Houston Innovation District (view source)
Revision as of 16:29, 18 October 2017
, 16:29, 18 October 2017→Summary of data and where to find it
*VC (in E:\McNair\Projects\Innovation Districts\Houston Startup Ecosystem\VCData). VC locations have already been geocoded. For a final map, use info in "VC firms with address, basic sector info" to match sector and size with each VC firm. Bigger VC firms who invest in more relevant sectors should be emphasized more.
*Patents in Houston (in E:\McNair\Projects\Innovation Districts\Houston Startup Ecosystem > HoustonPatents.txt)
*Information Office Space: Info on largest office spaces available (in E:\McNair\Projects\Innovation Districts\Houston Startup Ecosystem\Location data)
*US median income for 2000 and (estimated) for 2015 (in E:\McNair\Projects\Innovation Districts\Houston Startup Ecosystem\Location data)
*Educational Attainment (in section below)
*Houston Industry Breakdown (in E:\McNair\Projects\Innovation Districts\Houston Startup Ecosystem ["Houston Gross Area Product by Industry", "Houston employment share by industry" excel files and "Industry breakdown..." text file.])
*Grant Data (in E:\McNair\Projects\Innovation Districts\Houston Startup Ecosystem\Texas Federal Grant Data. Can filter by county/city)
*Sales (inProjects\Innovation Districts\Houston Startup Ecosystem\Files to Geocode)
*Preliminary map: Dylan aggregated the geocoded data for VC Firms, Accelerators, Incubators, University Accelerators, Hubs, and startups into one CSV saved in the Houston Innovation Districts folder called VC Firms, Institutions, Startups Geocoded. Quickly put together this preliminary map as a starting point. The institutions, vc firms, and startups are blue dots, and I layered the bike lane shapefile as purple lines and park shapefile as green polygons on top. Shapefiles are in the Shapefiles folder in the Houston innovation District folder
Info we are in the process of getting:
Unknown:
*Other R&D data in Houston
*Public Transportation
*Predictability of Houston's economy
*Government programs and benefits, how they differ in different areas of town (if they do differ)
*Risk preparedness
*Competition
===Ideal Factors for an Understanding Innovation districtDistricts===
*Factors relating to best Innovation Districts:
[[File:Factors for innovation district.png]]
