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| August 15, 2012 |
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| Client & Graduate News |
| HTC Welcomes New IT Clients EpicOne Corporation, eyeMe LLC and SHMSoft, Inc. |
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Epic One Corporation has solved credit card fraud by building a platform in which no one has to expose their credit card information to anyone ever again without changing the current infrastructure. This platform can be used for various other solutions that have authentication as a primary source of concern.
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eyeMe LLC has developed social software capabilities and features that don’t exist elsewhere. eyeMe is the next-generation Social Network that will help users create and showcase their life … their way … using a wide variety of multi-media tools for current and future generations to enjoy.
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SHMsoft, Inc. is a software company that creates solutions to manage big data. The company’s signature e-Discovery processing platforms, FreeEed™ and SHMcloud™, contain a unique Hadoop distribution for processing and advanced analytics that allow producing parties in litigation the ability to lower their e-discovery costs while managing data in a legally defensible manner.
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| HTC Insider |
| GCRCIC and HTC Announced Recipients of TETF Awards |
The Gulf Coast Regional Center of Innovation and Commercialization (GCRCIC) announced two new Commercialization awards to area start-up companies at the Houston Technology Center (HTC) Technology Champions®
event on Friday, August 3rd. The companies, Rebellion Photonics and Vapogenix, are eligible to receive up to $3 million in assistance from the Texas Emerging Technology Fund (TETF)
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| HTC Welcomes New NASA Executive on Loan, Pat Kidwell |
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Pat Kidwell,
NASA Executive on Loan,
Johnson Space Center
Mr. Kidwell is the NASA Executive on Loan for the aerospace sector. He has extensive public sector business management experience and has worked with senior NASA program and project managers for over 25 years. His business experience includes human-rated space flight hardware manufacturing, software development, launch and landing processing, mission operations, and systems integration. He has had management and leadership positions at the Johnson Space Center in the chief engineer, chief financial officer, safety, and risk sciences organizations. Currently, he manages the Safety and Mission Assurance Directorate’s strategic initiatives with leadership roles in strategic planning, innovation management, and new business development.
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Ada Liu
Ada Liu was born and raised in China. After college, she came to the U.S. to pursue her postgraduate degree and obtained her Master’s Degree in Food Science from the University of Massachusetts. She has experience in consumer behavior analysis, market research, business improvement, and organic certification.
She is interested in sustainable development, energy efficiency, and renewable energy. She currently assists HTC with sustainability research and various energy projects. For her next project, she plans to be a sustainability integrator of health, safety, environmental and social considerations for an organization; to engage, build and leverage a network of internal and external stakeholders.
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| Upcoming Events |
| Tech Link - Friday, September 14 |
| CONNECTION ♦ SUPPORT ♦ COMMUNICATION ♦ RECOGNITION |
The Houston Airport System -
Supporting the Region's Aerospace Education and New Technology |
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Featured
Speaker:
Mario
Diaz
Director,
Houston
Airport
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Presenting Companies
Learn about Houston Technology Center's Incubation and Acceleration Clients
focused in the energy, life sciences, information technology, NASA/aerospace sectors.
Open to the community these meetings allow professionals to be involved with and influence the evolution of emerging technology. |
Friday, September 14
7:15 a.m. - 9:00 a.m.
Aerospace Transition Center
16921 El Camino Real
Houston, Texas 77058 |
$20 Registration Fee
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| HTCU: Entrepreneurship - Thursday, September 20 |
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Learn what it takes to turn your ideas
and expertise into technology-driven
companies.
Launching a new business takes more than
just a great idea - it takes planning to
create a roadmap to success. The expert
presenters for this workshop will share
their experiences with you, covering a
broad range of topics of interest to new
entrepreneurs. |
- Business Plan Fundamentals
- Selecting the Proper Business Structure, IP Considerations
- Marketing Now: A Basic Building Block, Not a Luxury
- Financial Assumptions and Projections
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Thursday, September 20
HTC Conference Center
410 Pierce Street
Houston, Texas 77007
$50 Registration Fee
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TiE Texas Funding Forum 2012
November 8, 2012 |
TiE Houston, TiE Austin and TiE Dallas, along with the Houston Angel Network, Houston Technology Center and the Rice Alliance for Technology and Entrepreneurship proudly present the TiE Texas Funding Forum, an annual event where aspiring entrepreneurs have an opportunity to present business cases to angel investors and venture capitalists.
All applicants will be invited to attend a workshop, September 20, on various aspects of entrepreneurship including business plan writing, legal, financial projections and marketing. This workshop with be hosted by and held at the Houston Technology Center. |
Deadline for executive summary submission:
Friday, September 14, 2012
Apply Now |
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Join us for the largest presentation of Texas Gulf Coast
emerging technology companies. |
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- Over 70 companies presenting and exhibiting
- Luncheon and closing with exciting keynote speakers
- Announcement of the Goradia Innovation Prize winners - $150,000 in prize monies
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Wednesday October 3
10:30 a.m. - 6:30 p.m.
Hyatt Regency Houston
1200 Louisiana Street
Houston, Texas 77002 |
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