Entrepreneurial Opportunities Innovation & Successful Partnerships September 2, 2010 Walter...

Entrepreneurial Opportunities

Innovation & Successful PartnershipsSeptember 2, 2010

Walter UlrichPresident and CEO, Houston Technology CenterChair, Gulf Coast Regional Center for Innovation and Commercialization

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

The State of Technology Entrepreneurship

Business Incubator & Accelerator

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!

Six Thriving HTC Companies Graduated Last October

Nine Regional Companies got ETF Commitments

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

AC and JK Allen

Houston’s Founders

William Marsh Rice

Hugh Roy Cullen

Glenn McCarthy Monroe D. Anderson

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