Restoring Tech Cred to Houston

Restoring Tech Cred to HoustonThrough New Media

Presented by Anjuan Simmons

Agenda

• Tech Elite Cities

• The Case For Houston

• Challenges

• The New Media Solution

WHOIS Anjuan

TECH ELITE CITIES

Wired’s 10 Top Tech Towns (January 2007)

1. Seattle, Washington2. San Francisco Bay Area, California3. Los Angeles, California4. Austin, Texas5. Orlando, Florida6. Raleigh-Durham, North Carolina7. Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania8. New York City, New York9. Boston, Massachusetts10. Washington, D.C.

Business Week’s Best Cities for Tech Jobs (June 2008)

1. San Jose/Silicon Valley2. Boulder, Colorado3. Huntsville, Alabama4. Durham, North Carolina5. Washington, D.C.6. Manchester, New Hampshire7. Colorado Springs, Colorado8. Austin, Texas9. Palm Bay-Melbourne, Florida10. Albuquerque, New Mexico…31. Houston, Texas

Source: http://images.businessweek.com/ss/08/06/0623_tech_friendly/52.htm

PC World’s 10 Best Cities to Find Tech Jobs (May 2009)

AtlantaBostonChicagoDallasLos AngelesNew York/New JerseyPhiladelphiaSeattleSilicon ValleyWashington D.C./Baltimore

Entrepreneur's Where to Be an Entrepreneur (2009)

1. Las Vega, Nevada2. Portland, Oregon3. Orlando, Florida4. San Diego, California5. Phoenix, Arizona6. Chapel Hill, North Carolina7. Atlanta, Georgia8. Madison, Wisconsin9. Youngstown, Ohio10. Austin, Texas

Business Week’s 25 Most Influential People on the Web (2007)

The Guardian’s 50 Most Powerful Blogs (2008)

1. The Huffington Post2. Boing Boing3. Techcrunch4. Kottke5. Dooce6. Perezhilton7. Talking Points Memo8. Icanhascheezeburger9. Beppe Grillo10. Gawker

Top Tech Conferences

Forbes’ Up-And-Coming Tech Cities (2008)

1. Columbus, Ohio2. Santa Fe, New Mexico3. Palm Beach County, Florida4. Houston, Texas5. Milwaukee, Wisconsin6. Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania7. Boise City, Idaho8. Iowa City, Iowa9. Lake Charles, Louisiana10. Yuma, Arizona

Forbes’ Top Cities to Start a Career (2009)

1. San Jose, California2. Cambridge, Massachusetts3. Houston, Texas4. San Francisco, California5. Washington, D.C.6. Boston, Massachusetts7. New York City, New York8. Philadelphia, Pennsylvania9. Minneapolis, Minnesota10. Dallas, Texas

THE CASE FOR HOUSTON

The Houston Brand

"Houston, Tranquility Base here. The Eagle has landed"

Houston Benefits

Houston Benefits

Fortune’s Cities with 5 or more Fortune 500 Headquarters (2008)

New York City - 43Houston - 25Dallas - 12Chicago - 12Los Angeles - 6San Francisco - 6Seattle - 6

CHALLENGES

Houston Sprawl

Notoriety

Division

THE NEW MEDIA SOLUTION

Benefits of New Media

We Still Need Old Media

Community Involvement

Community Involvement

Covering the Houston Beat

Government and Social MediaSacramentoCity of Sacramento Facebook Fan Page

SeattleMy Neighborhood Map

BostonCitizen Connect iPhone App

PhoenixThe Last 24 Video Podcast

5 Things You Can Do for Houston

1. Join the Houston Tech Community

2. Spread the Message

3. Recruit

4. Create New Media

5. Contribute Brand Equity

Let’s Do It Together

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