Entrepreneurial Opportunities Innovation & Successful Partnerships September 2, 2010 Walter Ulrich
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Entrepreneurial Opportunities
Innovation & Successful PartnershipsSeptember 2, 2010
Walter UlrichPresident and CEO, Houston Technology CenterChair, Gulf Coast Regional Center for Innovation and Commercialization
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Agenda•The State of Technology Entrepreneurship in the region•The importance of Entrepreneurship•How you can help and participate•The FutureTechnology Innovation Commercial Success
Driving Competitiveness and Our Economy
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The State of Technology Entrepreneurship
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Business Incubator & Accelerator
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HTC: Working side-by-side and HTC: Working side-by-side and day-in-and-day-out with clientsday-in-and-day-out with clients
Identifying GapsSolving ProblemsCreating VisibilityMaking IntroductionsAssisting fundingHTC helps early stage technology companies fill gaps, solve problems and raise capital to survive and ultimately thrive!
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Six Thriving HTC Companies Graduated Last October
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Nine Regional Companies got ETF Commitments
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Entrepreneur Scorecard•Current companies in Client Acceleration Program (Aug 2010): 64
•Total HTC Client Companies (1999-2009): 244
•Total HTC Graduate Companies: 60
•Capital Raised by HTC Client Companies (1999-2009): More than $750 million Sources: high net worth individuals, venture capitalists, government grants
•Jobs created in Houston by active Clients and Graduates: 4,000+
•Estimated annual economic impact of Clients and Graduates in the 8-county region: ~$400M
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AC and JK Allen
Houston’s Founders
William Marsh Rice
Hugh Roy Cullen
Glenn McCarthy Monroe D. Anderson
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The credit belongs to…
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