🔥What's hot in Houston's Innovation Ecosystem this week?

12/9/24 - 12/15/24

LET'S ROCKET NETWORK!


We are using emojis to guide subscribers in our event list 📅📍

🚀 - must attend

🌶️🔥  - something hot

🤓💻 - good for developers and other technical folks

🦄💰- venture capital and investing-related

- energy-related

♻️- renewable energy and sustainability-related

🏥 - health care related

🪖 - veteran or military related

🏅 - sports tech related

- web3 related

HERE ARE OUR PICKS FOR THIS WEEK

Monday, December 9

The $2 Million to $22 Million ARR Playbook by Next Stage Trajectory

🚀FFOC: Houston Edition in partnership with INTENTIONALLY BLCK - Day 1
Highlights:
+ Funding Strategies – Discussions on angel, VC, and corporate funding.
+Deep Dive on Scaling Operations – Insights into moving from pilot to scale.
+ Sports Tech & Wellness Models – Driving engagement and quantifying go-to-market impact.
+ Democratizing AI – Designing accessible innovations for underserved markets.
+ Networking Happy Hour – Connect and unwind with the FFOC community.

Tuesday, December 10

Highlights:
+ Community Investment Opportunities – Bridging wealth and equity gaps.
+ VC Pitch Day – Hear from investors on what they’re seeking in startups.
+ Impactful Panel Discussions – Tackling challenges and opportunities for underrepresented founders.

Wednesday, December 11

Thursday, December 12

Friday, December 13

Saturday, December 14

Sunday, December 15

⚠️Hosting a tech meetup or startup event? Submit it via the RocketNetwork Event Submission Form to boost your visibility!


🚨BANKING FOR YOUR STARTUP + Free AWS Credits - LINK

🚨Master The Art of Crafting a Pitch Deck That Gets You Funded - LINK00 Global’s Flagship Accelerat
🚨Power your growth with $25,000 -APPLY LINK

🚨PITCH at FOUNDERS LIVE - APPLY

🚨PITCH at SOFTWARE DAY AT THE ION - APPLY

🚨$5K cash grant for your biz? BREAKTHROUGH 2024 - Cohort 3 Houston - APPLY

🚨Snowflake startup challenge! (receive up to $1 million in investments from Snowflake, mentorship from industry leaders at NYSE-listed companies) - APPLY

🚨Invest in Houston's first community-owned food-maker hub - LINK

🚨Everything They Teach at YCombinator in just 10 Minutes

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👉Entry Level Tech Jobs - LINK

👉Energy and Energy Tech Jobs - LINK

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That’s a wrap for now, RocketNetworkers,

Stay tuned, and keep grinding!

❤️ - ROCKET NETWORK TEAM

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