Big News This Week

Station Houston, the coworking space / centralized entrepreneur hub in Houston has a well-written manifesto that outlines their goals and motivation for launching. Read and comment on it here: #houtech

Featured Articles

Natasha Singer of the New York Times pens an article showcasing Houston's own Hesam Panahi and the joint Rice and UH university entrepreneur accelerator in Universities Race to Nurture Start-Up Founders of the Future

This is a comprehensive, A to Z 2015 roundup of Austin startup news put together by AustinInno. Angela Shah has the 2015 Xconomy version.

Interesting Reading this Week

Dallas Innovates writes What It Takes To Make It as a Woman in STEM by Amanda Talbot

Silicon Hills News has the Top Ten 2015 Tech Stories in San Antonio

Dallas Accelerator Techwildcatters deadline for 2016 applications is January 13

Adam Rosenfield writes '3 Day Startup’ Program Will Supercharge Your Entrepreneurial Spirit

AustinInno has the Top 10 Kickstarter campaigns in Austin

Houston-based and Tech Stars fund backed MacroFab breaks down their hardware component sales this year: https://macrofab.com/blog/whats-on-the-board/

Dallas-based connected car startup, Vinli announced a deal with Uber for free wi-fi during CES in Las Vegas

Jeff Kaplan is recognized for his civic and business entrepreneurial spirit in Houston as a playground - an entrepreneur's dream by Fauzeya Rahman

Joe Martin has a piece on MD Anderson spinning off cancer research startups

CultureMap Houston has a sponsored content article about Bounce Energy: Putting the Bounce in entrepreneurship: Secrets of a start-up reveal the way to win

Angela Shah discusses Smart Power: Houston’s Innowatts Connects Utilities & Clients

Randall Crowder of TEXO Ventures: Here's how to pitch a potential investor

Chris Calnan interviews outgoing Austin Technology Council leader, Julie Huls: Austin tech leader: The industry's identity crisis is over

Chris Calnan reports that CTAN ranks No. 3 in U.S. for angel group activity

StartupAggieLand is taking applications to live with other student entrepreneurs and work on startups in their very own Startup Dorm this summer.

Not Texas, But Still Worth a Read:

To Accelerate Your Startup, Syndicate, Says Venture Capitalist Chris Lynch [At the end, there's an amazing and personal shout out to Austin's own Jason Seats, even though he's not running TechStars Austin any more.]

Naked Unicorns in Subprime Valley

Then and now: how accelerators have evolved

Slack and the state of technology at the end of 2015

Why Silicon Valley Should Bring Unsexy Back

Some Thoughts on Leadership Going into 2016 by Mark Suster

21 Things I’ve Learned In My First Year Investing in Startups

The Freelancer Generation: Why Startups And Enterprises Need To Pay Attention

Great Plains Region Angel Deals Report

The 10 Worst Entrepreneurs of 2015

How to spot the warning signs that the “Unicorn” you work for is in trouble

Top Business Movies for Entrepreneurs this Holiday Season

How to Launch a New Product: A 7-Step Checklist for Nailing Your Next Launch [SlideShare]

Things you should know about stock options before negotiating an offer

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