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

8/25/25 - 8/31/25

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Oleg Lysiak
August 24, 2025

Howdy amigos,

No time for handpicked news this week - I'm up in Minnesota enjoying some cool weather and quality family time.

But hey, handpicked meetups are still below!

Cheers,
Oleg

LET'S JUST 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, August 25

Tuesday, August 26

Wednesday, August 27

Thursday, August 28

Friday, August 29

If you’re like me, you'd benefit from quality referral partners, which is why you need to know about Sell Well 2025, hosted by my friend, Catherine Brown, and The Good Humans Growth Network®.

This conference is about more than business development training and networking. It’s about growing your ability to be a good referral partner, leader, and friend in business…without the “ick.” 

Here are the details for Sell Well 2025:

  • It’s being held September 11-12, in Houston, TX, at the Norris Conference Center at CityCentre. 

  • By popular request, it’s 2 full days of programming this year!

  • The keynote speakers are Andrea Waltz and Richard Fenton, authors of Go For No! and Go For No! The Sequel.

  • There will be 4 dynamic tracks to choose from with industry expert breakout speakers. 

1. Scale your Sales Team

2. Amplify your Fractional Business 

3. Optimize your Sales Systems 

4. Elevate your Personal Brand

I am excited to go because referral partners are BUSINESS GOLD, and most people treat them like afterthoughts.


Reply to this email and I’ll send you a code for $100 off your registration!

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

HOPEFULLY, USEFUL LINKS


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🚨PITCH at FOUNDERS LIVE - APPLY

🚨PITCH at SOFTWARE DAY AT THE ION - APPLY

🚨Apply for up to $100K equity-free funding and one year of mentoring from Unicef - LINK

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

🚨Black Founders Fund by Google - Register your interest

🚨Greater Houston Support Stack Program by Impact Hub Houston - Participant Form
🚨AI Voice Agents: 2025 Update - LINK

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🚨Apply to Startup Battlefield - APPLY

🚨Win up to $10,000 in cash & prizes! Will you accept The Challenge? Entries are open April 7 - June 15 - APPLY

🚨Apply to Tech Stars - APPLY


🚨Perplexity for Startups - Apply

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🚨Apply to the AI Futures Fund - Apply

🚨⚡2025 SPE ATCE Startup Village | Application

🚨WALMART Innovation Day Application - Event: Oct 13–14 in Bentonville - APPLY
Deadline: June 30 (rolling review—apply early for faster feedback)

🚨⚡Energy Tech Venture Forum Application -https://alliance.rice.edu/etvf

🚨The Global Startup Ecosystem Report 2025

🚨AI FOUNDER SPRINT 2025

👉Entry Level Tech Jobs - LINK

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👉The Biggest Free Remote Job Board in North America - LINK

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👉Start your targeted job search today with AI - LINK

That’s a wrap for now, RocketNetworkers,

Stay tuned, and keep grinding!

❤️ - ROCKET NETWORK TEAM

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