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April 11, 2013

Client & Graduate News

 

HTC Client MesoCoat Opens Manufacturing Facility
MesoCoat
HTC Client, MesoCoat, opens their first Corrosion-Resistant Clad Pipe Manufacturing Facility. The new facility allows them to leverage deep industry knowledge and product innovation to create a long-term sustainable company. It is a 1-line corrosion-resistant clad pipe manufacturing facility that would produce up to 20 kilometers of pipes for use in offshore and shale oil and gas production.

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HTC Graduate Opexas at Adult Stem Cell Research Conference
 
HTC Graduate company leader, Neil K. Warma, President and CEO, Opexas Therapeutics, Inc will be attending the "Second International Conference on Adult Stem Cell Research: Regenerative Medicine" Conference April 11 - 13, 2013.
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Events
We are pleased to honor Vijay Goradia at this year's "A Celebration of Entrepreneurs", along with this year's  Lifetime Achievement awardees!

Please join us in celebrating these outstanding contributors to the Houston community!

Vijay Goradia - Founder & Chairman, Vinmar International, Ltd

David McWilliams
- Chair, BioHouston
Tom Short - President, Anadarko Industries, LLC
Leland Putterman - CEO, Acorn Systems, Inc.
John Calaway - Director of Wind Development, Pattern Energy Group LP

Learn More About Each of our Esteemed Guests!

Thursday, May 16
6:30 p.m. - 9:30 p.m.
Hyatt Regency Houston
1200 Louisiana Street
Houston, Texas 77002

Inquire Here

Tech Champs - HTC JSC Campus
Featuring Jim Le Duc, Ph.D., the director of the Galveston National Laboratory (GNL), the only full-suit Biological Safety Level 4 (BSL4) laboratory in operation on an academic campus in the USA.

Coffee/Networking 7:15 - 7:45 a.m.
Presentations 7:45 - 9:00 a.m.

Gilruth Center at NASA
18753 Space Center Blvd.
Houston, Texas 77058



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Community
Rice Alliance Business Plan Competition
HTC is proud to be a supporting the 2013 Rice Business Plan Competition.  This is the 13th year for the competition. In that time, it has grown from nine teams competing for $10,000 in prize money in 2001, to 42 teams from around the world competing for more than $1.3 million in cash and prizes.

All teams will participate and present on all 3 days:

Thursday: Practice Round and Elevator Pitch Competition
Friday: First Round and Feedback Session
Saturday: Semi-Final, Shark Tank and Final Round

Thursday, April 11 - Saturday, April 13

Jesse H. Jones Graduate School of Business in McNair Hall
on the Rice University campus in Houston.

More Information

Bench to Biotech: Rodney Perkins, MD
Enventure is hosting a very special event this coming MONDAY, April 15. We're privileged to host a world renowned physician entrepreneur from Stanford University, Dr. Rodney Perkins, to discuss his experiences as a medical device innovator.
 
Monday, April 15
6:00 p.m.
Rice BRC Exhibit Hall
6500 Main St., Houston, TX 77030
 
Registration is Encouraged
 

 
Startup Weekend Houston April 26 - 28
Startup Weekend Houston brings together software developers, designers, marketers, product managers and startup enthusiasts to share ideas, form teams, build products, and launch web and mobile application startups — all over the course of 54 hours! It is an intense experience focused on action, not talk. Startup Weekend provides an opportunity for entrepreneurs to learn what it takes to launch a company,  expand their network, learn new skills, and receive great feedback from peers and experts.
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