Presented by Startup Texas / Startup America. Thursday, September 20 @ Start Houston.  Click here to RSVP. Houston is a great place for startups. But we can learn a lot from other cities that figured out how to unite their resources to provide a stronger, more sustainable startup community. These "resources" can include workspaces (coworking, maker/hackerspaces), incubators/accelerators, unique tax reinvest ...

There's an interesting conversation that just started on Facebook by Hesam Panahi about creating a Startup District in Houston. It was prompted by an Austin-American Statesman article about Mass Relevance, lead by CEO Sam Decker, a Capital Factory mentor, moving his startup to Downtown Austin. Here's what we have so far: Hesam Panahi about an hour ago near Houston · Will Houston ever get to this? Hopefully. ...

Last week, I had the opportunity to accompany the Executive Director of the President’s Council on Jobs and Competitiveness to three roundtable meetings in Houston, Texas. We met with over 50 leaders from business, government, and academia. Together, they tell the story of Houston for the last 30 years, from boom and bust to recovery and resilience. Even though I wanted to write a “just the facts” report of ...

The Houston Lean Startup Circle and Startup Texas are now hosting online office hours to benefit Houston startups. The office hours will be held every Tuesday starting at 9PM (CT) for 30 minutes. We will allow 3 people to join 1-2 mentors and ask questions. The questions should be something that can be asked and answered within 10 minutes. We don't guarantee that we'll give you the perfect answer, but we'll ...

Today’s OpenCoffee brought new and familiar faces to CoffeeGroundz.  For the uninitiated, OpenCoffee is a free-for-all networking event.  All you need is a cup of coffee, some business cards, and something to talk about.  And while it attracts all kinds of entrepreneurs, the event is heavy on tech talent. Event organizer Austin Fatheree (of Rivvir Consulting) encourages newcomers to avoid obsessive and self ...

A few startup community folks here in Houston have just launched a Facebook group for people to connect, ask and answer questions and generally be a part of the Houston Startup scene. The inspiration comes directly from the Austin Startup group that has become a very active forum in that community. http://www.facebook.com/groups/155392461211573/ Here's the link to retweet to your friends: new Houston Startu ...

Javid Jamae, a startup entrepreneur and active member of the Houston hacking community is leading the charge to create a peer-led group of product focused technology startups here in Houston. It's going to be a series of regular monthly meetings where startups can talk to one another in a comfortable, informal environment. It's a great idea and he's taking applications until the end of July here: http://jav ...

Article location:http://www.fastcompany.com/1702618/why-you-should-start-a-company-in-houston November 15, 2010 Tags: Leadership, Innovation, Technology, Careers Why You Should Start a Company in... Houston By Laura Rich It’s the U.S. energy capital. It was the home of Enron. And for the most part, those two facts reflect the scope of startups in Houston, Texas. Enron, before it began conducting mass ...

I got a email last night from a good friend and fellow Capital Factory mentor, Jason Cohen who writes one of the best blogs about startups, named A Smart Bear that has great posts like this and is also the cofounder of answers.onstartups.com along with startup rockstar Dharmesh Shah, the founder of HubSpot and author of Inbound Marketing. Jason alerted me to this recent question, asking if Houston was a goo ...

Houston has enjoyed some positive national press lately from a NPR series to a CNNMoney.com photo essay. I've had quite a number of conversations in the last few weeks with community activists, journalists, startups and established entrepreneur-support organizations about the perceptions of  Houston. I think that this topic keeps coming up because many people feel that Houston's 'message' is unclear or tha ...