OwlSpark - Revision history

Ed at 01:07, 28 February 2017

2017-02-28T01:07:58Z

BenBaldazo: /* Portfolio */

2017-02-17T22:50:48Z

Portfolio

DylanDickens at 17:15, 13 February 2017

2017-02-13T17:15:20Z

BenBaldazo: /* Portfolio */

2016-11-28T21:22:39Z

Portfolio

DylanDickens: /* Old Stuff */

2016-11-17T16:58:54Z

Old Stuff

DylanDickens at 21:37, 14 November 2016

2016-11-14T21:37:12Z

Julia at 18:40, 2 September 2016

2016-09-02T18:40:22Z

DylanDickens: /* About */

2016-06-09T16:37:53Z

About

DylanDickens: /* Past Teams */

2016-06-09T16:37:23Z

Past Teams

DylanDickens: /* Management */

2016-06-09T16:36:31Z

Management

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	[[Category: Public]]		[[Category: Public]]
−	[[Category: ~~McNair Projects~~]]	+	[[Category:Ecosystem]]

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 {| class="wikitable collapsible collapsed"
 ! colspan=“1”| OwlSpark Acquired
-|-! target || acquirorname || enterprisevalatannouncementmil || enterprisevaleffectivedatemil || equityvalatannouncementmil || dateannounced || dateeffective || acquirorind || targetind || status || acquirorcity || targcity
+|-
 |-
 | Nexus Software Inc || Diebold Inc || np                n || p ||  || 10/18/99 || 10/18/99 || Computer and Office Equipment || Prepackaged Software || Completed || North Canton || Raleigh

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 ! Acquired?
 ! IPO?
 |}

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 =Old Stuff=
 ==About==
-<onlyinclude>Founded in 2013, [[OwlSpark]] is a program that allows Rice students, faculty, staff, and recent alumni to launch their own companies. As a university accelerator, OwlSpark provides entrepreneurship education, teaches business fundamentals, pairs teams with knowledgeable mentors, features office hours with successful entrepreneurs, and provides connections for high-growth, technology-based ventures. By providing a platform in which students have access to curriculum, collaborative co-working space, a monthly living stipend, and relevant industry mentorship, OwlSpark provides founders with the hands-on understanding of what it takes to launch a startup.</onlyinclude>
+Founded in 2013, [[OwlSpark]] is a program that allows Rice students, faculty, staff, and recent alumni to launch their own companies. As a university accelerator, OwlSpark provides entrepreneurship education, teaches business fundamentals, pairs teams with knowledgeable mentors, features office hours with successful entrepreneurs, and provides connections for high-growth, technology-based ventures. By providing a platform in which students have access to curriculum, collaborative co-working space, a monthly living stipend, and relevant industry mentorship, OwlSpark provides founders with the hands-on understanding of what it takes to launch a startup.
 The program is as follows:

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		+	{{Institution
		+	\|Image= Owlspark.png
		+	\|Caption=OwlSpark Logo
		+	\|Name=OwlSpark
		+	\|Type=University Accelerator
		+	\|City=Houston
		+	\|URL=http://entrepreneurship.rice.edu/accelerator/
		+	\|Cohort Size=33
		+	\|Percent Funded= 0%
		+	\|Percent Acquired= 0%
		+	\|Percent IPO= 0%
		+	\|Number of Directors=5
		+	\|Experienced Directors=0
		+	\|Date Founded=2013
		+	}}
		+	Part of the [[Start-Up Guide (Issue Brief)]] Series

		+	==About==
		+	<onlyinclude>OwlSpark is a Houston-based, non-profit university accelerator founded in 2013. It advertises a wide array of services, including funding, access to experts, office space and mentorship. OwlSpark has five directors, none of whom have direct entrepreneurship experience as an established entrepreneur. Of the 33 startups which have enrolled in the OwlSpark program, none have received venture capital funding. No company which has participated in the OwlSpark program has been acquired or exited in an IPO.
		+	</onlyinclude>
		+
		+	==Contact Information==
		+	{\| class="wikitable"
		+	\|-
		+	\|Website
		+	\|http://entrepreneurship.rice.edu/accelerator/
		+	\|-
		+	\|Address
		+	\|Janice and Robert McNair Hall, Loop Rd, Houston,TX 77005
		+	\|-
		+	\|Email
		+	\|Upon Request
		+	\|}
		+
		+	==Portfolio==
		+	{\| class="wikitable"
		+	! style="text-align:left;"\| Name
		+	! VC?
		+	! Acquired?
		+	! IPO?
		+	\|}
		+
		+	==Directors==
		+	{\| class="wikitable"
		+	! style="text-align:left;"\| Name
		+	! Bio
		+	! Class
		+	\|-
		+	\|Yael Hochberg
		+	\|Head of Rice Entrepreneurship Initiative, Ralph S. O’Connor Associate Professor in Entrepreneurship
		+	\|None
		+	\|-
		+	\|Abby Larson
		+	\|Director, Entrepreneurship Initiative Research and Undergraduate Education
		+	\|None
		+	\|-
		+	\|Eric Floyd
		+	\|Assistant Professor
		+	\|None
		+	\|-
		+	\|Haiyang Li
		+	\|Professor
		+	\|None
		+	\|-
		+	\|Doug Schuler
		+	\|Associate Professor
		+	\|None
		+	\|}
		+
		+	==Services Provided==
		+	{\| class="wikitable"
		+	\|Funding
		+	\|-
		+	\|Experts
		+	\|-
		+	\|Office Space
		+	\|-
		+	\|Mentoring
		+	\|}
		+
		+	=Old Stuff=
	==About==		==About==
	<onlyinclude>Founded in 2013, [[OwlSpark]] is a program that allows Rice students, faculty, staff, and recent alumni to launch their own companies. As a university accelerator, OwlSpark provides entrepreneurship education, teaches business fundamentals, pairs teams with knowledgeable mentors, features office hours with successful entrepreneurs, and provides connections for high-growth, technology-based ventures. By providing a platform in which students have access to curriculum, collaborative co-working space, a monthly living stipend, and relevant industry mentorship, OwlSpark provides founders with the hands-on understanding of what it takes to launch a startup.</onlyinclude>		<onlyinclude>Founded in 2013, [[OwlSpark]] is a program that allows Rice students, faculty, staff, and recent alumni to launch their own companies. As a university accelerator, OwlSpark provides entrepreneurship education, teaches business fundamentals, pairs teams with knowledgeable mentors, features office hours with successful entrepreneurs, and provides connections for high-growth, technology-based ventures. By providing a platform in which students have access to curriculum, collaborative co-working space, a monthly living stipend, and relevant industry mentorship, OwlSpark provides founders with the hands-on understanding of what it takes to launch a startup.</onlyinclude>

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	*For general information: [http://www.owlspark.com/ Official Website]		*For general information: [http://www.owlspark.com/ Official Website]
	*For specific questions about OwlSpark: [http://www.owlspark.com/contact-2/ Direct Questions]		*For specific questions about OwlSpark: [http://www.owlspark.com/contact-2/ Direct Questions]
		+
		+	[[Category: Public]]

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 #monthly living stipend
 #industry mentorship
-*Following the summer program, startup teams participate in the [[Bayou Startup Showcase]] to showcase their businesses
+*Following the summer program, startup teams participate in the Bayou Startup Showcase to showcase their businesses
-OwlSpark also works in collaboration Houston’s startup community to promote entreneurship and innovation at the city and state levels.
+OwlSpark also works in collaboration Houston’s startup community to promote entrepreneurship and innovation at the city and state levels.
 ==[http://www.owlspark.com/apply/ Apply]==

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 ==Past Teams==
-====2013 Cohort[http://www.owlspark.com/owlspark-companies/class-of-2013/| ]====
+====2013 Cohort====
 A total of nine teams, ranging from software to consumer products to social ventures:
 #Checked Twice
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 *Video highlights from [https://youtu.be/1sWIlEmBb4Q| opening remarks]
 *Video highlights from [https://youtu.be/nyXfT4sQrEk| closing remarks]
-====2014 Cohort[http://www.owlspark.com/owlspark-companies/class-of-2014-secured/| ]====
+====2014 Cohort====
 A total of eight teams, ranging from IT, medical, consumer products and sports, and education/social enterprise:
 #Big Delta Systems
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 #Prosus Health
 #YouHootMe
-====2015 Cohort[http://www.owlspark.com/owlspark-companies/2015-cohort/| ]====
+====2015 Cohort====
 A total of eight teams:
 #Arovia: Arovia makes 20+ inch electronic displays that collapse to easily fit inside your travel bag.

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 ==Management==
 ===Leadership===
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 *Andy Zhang
-For more detailed information, see OwlSpark's [http://www.owlspark.com/leadership-team/|Leadership website]
+For more detailed information, see OwlSpark's [http://www.owlspark.com/leadership-team/ Leadership website]
 ==Contact==