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Rice University's Baker Institute
McNair Center for Entrepreneurship and Innovation
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James A. Baker III Institute for Public Policy
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Name McNair Center for Entrepreneurship and Innovation
Team McNair Faculty, McNair Team, McNair Affiliates
Keywords McNair Center, Baker Institute, Rice University, Entrepreneurship, Innovation
Copyright © 2016 McNair Center. All Rights Reserved.


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 Sections

Guide to Small Business in Houston

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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

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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 Rice Business Plan Competition has the largest prize of any university competition of its kind, and 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 and Innovation, the Rice Alliance for Technology and Entrepreneurship, OwlSpark, and the Rice Entrepreneurship Club. Together, these institutions maintain a public Slack channel that anyone may join that shares events and opportunities related to entrepreneurship at Rice University and in the Houston area.

Other Features

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 entrepreneurship and innovation. More pages are added each week, so please check back often.

How to Start a Company in Texas: A detailed set of step-by-step instructions on how to start for-profit, nonprofit, and foreign corporations in Texas.
The Truth Behind Patent Trolls: An overview of patent troll activity and recommendations for proponents of patents and innovation as they seek to curb patent troll activity.
Understanding High-Tech, High-Growth Entrepreneurship Ecosystems: An educational tour through the complex landmarks of the modern high-tech entrepreneurial ecosystem.
Carried Interest Debate: A general summary of the private investment fund system and the controversy surrounding its treatment in taxes and law.

McNair Center Projects

McNair Projects were a deliverable-based effort, undertaken by small groups of research or tech team members at the McNair Center. Projects ranged from codifying institutional knowledge into wiki pages to full reports that contain policy recommendations, and from creating tools (see Software Repository Listing) or datasets to building components of academic papers. A List of All McNair Projects contains projects that are not active, tabled, completed, or subsumed. See also Project Planning for Fall 2017 or Projects Under Review at the McNair Center.

All McNair Projects

Further information on each project may be found in the table below.

Data summary: There are 152 projects found.

Project TitleHas owner
Accelerator DataShrey Agarwal
Matthew Ringheanu
Accelerator Demo DayMinh Le
Accelerator Industry Classification (Data)Veeral Shah
Accelerator Seed List (Data)Shrey Agarwal
Matthew Ringheanu
Connor Rothschild
Veeral Shah
Accelerator Website ImagesChristy Warden
Accelerators (Data)Susan Cohen
Veeral Shah
Accenture WorkDylan Dickens
Amazon HQ2Ed Egan
Anne Dayton
Diana Carranza
Amazon Mechanical Turk for Analyzing Demo Day Classifier's ResultsMinh Le
American Community Survey (ACS) DataJeemin Sim
American ConservatismAnne Dayton
Analyzing the Innovation Promotion ActAriel Sun
Analyzing the SBACarlin Cherry
ArcMap / ArcGIS DocumentationJeemin Sim
Augusta Startup EcosystemBen Baldazo
Taylor Jacobe
Joe Reilly
Dylan Dickens
BID ProjectCindy Ryoo
Bulk Patent Assignee Processing
Challenges Women Entrepreneurs Face (Wiki Page)
Climate ChangeShrey Agarwal
Cofounding in Exchange for EquityBen Baldazo
Collecting SBIR DataAdrian Smart
Creating a Guide to Patent LitigationMarcela Interiano
Crunchbase Accelerator EquityMaxine Tao
Crunchbase Accelerator FoundersGrace Tan
Crunchbase DataAdrian Smart
Maxine Tao
Grace Tan
Connor Rothschild
Deep Text ClassifierYang Zhang
Demo Day Page Google ClassifierKyran Adams
Demo Day Page ParserPeter Jalbert
E&I Governance Policy ReportAlbert Nabiullin
Catherine Kirby
Eliza Martin
Dylan Dickens
Emerging EcosystemsEliza Martin
Enclosing Circle AlgorithmChristy Warden
Peter Jalbert
Enclosing Circle Algorithm (Plotting)
Enclosing Circle Algorithm (Rework)Abhijit Brahme
Entrepreneurial Ecosystem
Entrepreneurship and Economic Growth Literature ReviewRamee Saleh
Equivalent XPath and APS QueriesEd Egan
Oliver Chang
Eventbrite Webcrawler (Tool)Gunny Liu
Exploring Business Dynamism in High TechAriel Sun
Federal Grant DataAvesh Krishna
Catherine Kirby
Jeemin Sim
Free EnterpriseAnne Dayton
GPU BuildOliver Chang
Kyran Adams
Geocode.py
Google CrawlerAnne Freeman
Google Scholar CrawlerChristy Warden
Governance Measures
Govtrack Webcrawler (Tool)
Hierarchical ClusteringOliver Chang
Kyran Adams
Houston Accelerators (issue brief)Ben Baldazo
Dylan Dickens
Houston Accelerators and Incubators (Report)Ben Baldazo
Houston EntrepreneurshipBen Baldazo
Dylan Dickens
... further results

Subsumed Projects

Subsumed projects are those that are active under a larger umbrella project. There are currently 0 subsumed projects.

Umbrella ProjectSubsumed Project
Accelerator Demo DayDemo Day Page Parser
Demo Day Page Google Classifier
Collecting SBIR DataSBIR Evaluation
Deep Text ClassifierIndustry Classifier
Enclosing Circle Algorithm (Rework)Enclosing Circle Algorithm
Enclosing Circle Algorithm (Plotting)
Federal Grant DataNSF Data
NIH Data
Houston EntrepreneurshipStart-Ups of Houston (Map)
Houston Accelerators and Incubators (Report)
Houston Accelerators (issue brief)
Start-Up Guide (Issue Brief)
VC Report Houston 2017
Houston Economic Data
Houston Entrepreneurship Ecosystem Project
Houston Innovation DistrictHouston Entrepreneurship
Houston's VC FirmsHouston's Venture Capital Issue Brief
Houston's Venture Capital Issue BriefRanking US Cities by Venture Capital
HubsHubs Analysis 2017
Patent Assignment Data RestructurePatent Data Extraction Scripts (Tool)
USPTO Bulk Data Processing
Patent Data Cleanup (June 2016)
Patent Data
Ranking US Cities by Venture CapitalTop Cities for VC Backed Companies
Reproducible Patent DataRedesigning Patent Database
Patent Assignment Data Restructure
The Truth Behind Patent Trolls Issue BriefThe Truth About Patent Trolls
U.S. Seed AcceleratorsAccelerator Seed List (Data)
Accelerator Data

Tabled Projects

Data summary: There are 21 projects found.

Project TitleHas owner
Accelerator Industry Classification (Data)Veeral Shah
Accelerators (Data)Susan Cohen
Veeral Shah
Analyzing the SBACarlin Cherry
Cofounding in Exchange for EquityBen Baldazo
E&I Governance Policy ReportAlbert Nabiullin
Catherine Kirby
Eliza Martin
Dylan Dickens
Emerging EcosystemsEliza Martin
Equivalent XPath and APS QueriesEd Egan
Oliver Chang
Lex MachinaAmir Kazempour
Market of Ideas Research NotesAvesh Krishna
Non-BIPP University Think Tank Entrepreneurship and Innovation ResearchAlbert Nabiullin
Patent Litigation and ReviewMarcela Interiano
SBA Investigation (Report)Dylan Dickens
Carlin Cherry
Small Business ResearchDylan Dickens
Jake Silberman
Carlin Cherry
Small Inventors ProjectAvesh Krishna
Stock and Flows of Publicly Traded Companies (Report)Will Cleland
The Truth Behind Patent Trolls Issue Brief
U.S. Patent and Trademark Office
USPTO Patent Litigation DataEd Egan
Venture Backed Companies in Fortune 500
Weekly RoundupMeghana Gaur
Women in Entrepreneurship (Issue Brief)Carlin Cherry

Completed Projects

Data summary: There are 47 projects found.

Project TitleHas owner
Accenture WorkDylan Dickens
Amazon HQ2Ed Egan
Anne Dayton
Diana Carranza
Amazon Mechanical Turk for Analyzing Demo Day Classifier's ResultsMinh Le
Analyzing the Innovation Promotion ActAriel Sun
Augusta Startup EcosystemBen Baldazo
Taylor Jacobe
Joe Reilly
Dylan Dickens
Challenges Women Entrepreneurs Face (Wiki Page)
Climate ChangeShrey Agarwal
Collecting SBIR DataAdrian Smart
Creating a Guide to Patent LitigationMarcela Interiano
Crunchbase DataAdrian Smart
Maxine Tao
Grace Tan
Connor Rothschild
Entrepreneurial Ecosystem
Entrepreneurship and Economic Growth Literature ReviewRamee Saleh
Eventbrite Webcrawler (Tool)Gunny Liu
Exploring Business Dynamism in High TechAriel Sun
Geocode.py
Governance Measures
Govtrack Webcrawler (Tool)
Key Terms SearchChristy Warden
LBO Data DescriptionEd Egan
James Chen
Brian Ayash
LBO Lit ReviewBrian Ayash
Marcela Interiano
Mapping on RAlbert Nabiullin
Matching LBOs (Julia)James Chen
Matching VentureOne (Data)Rosemarie Ziedonis
Ariel Sun
Mechanical Turk (Tool)
Moroccan Parliament Web CrawlerPeter Jalbert
Overconfidence Papers
PDF DownloaderChristy Warden
Parallel Enclosing Circle AlgorithmOliver Chang
Patstats Documentation
Presidential Candidates and EntrepreneurshipDylan Dickens
Redesigning Patent DatabaseShelby Bice
SDC Normalizer
SDC Platinum (Wiki)Ben Baldazo
Small Business Access to Capital SurveysAriel Sun
Carlin Cherry
Small Business DataDylan Dickens
Social Entrepreneurship
Social Media Entrepreneurship Resources
Start Up Address Finder Algorithm (Tool)Jake Floyd
Trial Data ProjectCatherine Kirby
Jeemin Sim
Twitter Follower Finder (Tool)Christy Warden
Twitter Webcrawler (Tool)Gunny Liu
Twitterverse ExplorationGunny Liu
URL Finder (Tool)Veeral Shah
US Address VerificationOliver Chang
Venture Capital Databases
VentureXpert
Whois ParserKunal Shah

Tool and Data Projects

Data summary: There are 30 tool projects found.

Project TitleHas ownerHas project status
Accelerator Industry Classification (Data)Veeral ShahTabled
Collecting SBIR DataAdrian SmartComplete
Crunchbase DataAdrian Smart
Maxine Tao
Grace Tan
Connor Rothschild
Complete
Deep Text ClassifierYang ZhangActive
Enclosing Circle AlgorithmChristy Warden
Peter Jalbert
Subsume
Enclosing Circle Algorithm (Plotting)Subsume
Enclosing Circle Algorithm (Rework)Abhijit BrahmeActive
Eventbrite Webcrawler (Tool)Gunny LiuComplete
Geocode.pyComplete
Google Scholar CrawlerChristy WardenActive
Govtrack Webcrawler (Tool)Complete
Industry ClassifierChristy WardenSubsume
Interactive Maps - The Whole Process
LinkedIn Crawler (Python)
Mapping on RAlbert NabiullinComplete
Matching Entrepreneurs to VCsEd Egan
Christy Warden
Active
Matching LBOs (Julia)James ChenComplete
Mechanical Turk (Tool)Complete
Moroccan Parliament Web CrawlerPeter JalbertComplete
Patent Data Extraction Scripts (Tool)Marcela InterianoSubsume
Patent Data Processing - SQL StepsShelby BiceSubsume
SDC NormalizerComplete
SDC Platinum (Wiki)Ben BaldazoComplete
Start Up Address Finder Algorithm (Tool)Jake FloydComplete
The Matcher (Tool)Proposed
Twitter Follower Finder (Tool)Christy WardenComplete
Twitter News Finder (Tool)Christy Warden
Twitter Webcrawler (Tool)Gunny LiuComplete
URL Finder (Tool)Veeral ShahComplete
Whois ParserKunal ShahComplete

Data summary: There are 23 data projects found.

Project TitleHas ownerHas project status
Accelerator DataShrey Agarwal
Matthew Ringheanu
Subsume
Accelerator Seed List (Data)Shrey Agarwal
Matthew Ringheanu
Connor Rothschild
Veeral Shah
Subsume
Accelerators (Data)Susan Cohen
Veeral Shah
Tabled
Bulk Patent Assignee ProcessingSubsume
Collecting SBIR DataAdrian SmartComplete
Crunchbase DataAdrian Smart
Maxine Tao
Grace Tan
Connor Rothschild
Complete
Federal Grant DataAvesh Krishna
Catherine Kirby
Jeemin Sim
Active
Houston Entrepreneurship Ecosystem ProjectBen Baldazo
Dylan Dickens
Subsume
HubsHira FarooqiActive
Lex MachinaAmir KazempourTabled
Medical Centers and GrantsCatherine KirbyActive
Patent Assignment Data RestructureSonia Zhang
Marcela Interiano
Subsume
Patent DataMarcela InterianoSubsume
Patent Data Cleanup (June 2016)Marcela InterianoSubsume
Patstats DocumentationComplete
Small Business Access to Capital SurveysAriel Sun
Carlin Cherry
Complete
Small Business DataDylan DickensComplete
Start-Ups of Houston (Map)Ben BaldazoSubsume
USPTO Patent Assignment DatasetEd EganActive
USPTO Patent Litigation DataEd EganTabled
Venture Capital (Data)Meghana Gaur
Adrian Smart
Jake Silberman
Subsume
Venture Capital DatabasesComplete
VentureXpertComplete