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I have lived in every major city in Texas. Its all great! But theres just something about Houston that draws me in. After living in Austin and other cities, we finally moved back to the Houston area in December 2011, and in the short amount of time that we were gone, I noticed a new Houston.

In the 1970s, Houston was the undisputed oil capital of the world and the argument that it is still the dominator in the sector today, and through its dominance in oil and gas, Houston reaches into every nook of the global economy. Which is what lead to WalletHub calling Houston the most diverse city in the U.S. over New York City. The city is also home to a deep bench ofaerospace,health careandFortune 500 companies. Houston is home 23 Fortune 500 company headquarters.

Houston is also home to TheTexas Medical Center, which has 106,000 employees, 61 institutions, thousands of volunteers and over 160,000 patient visits a day, is the largest life sciences destination in the world. Houston can boast that it is where the world comes for treatment.

The Houston region is also home to over 8,200 tech-related firms, including more than 500 venture-backed startups. The nonprofitHouston Exponential(HX) was formed in 2017 to help grow the citys digital startup ecosystem.

Houston companies have received over $1.9 billion in venture capital funding across 522 deals since 2014, according to the funding database PitchBook. Nearly half the funding has been routed to life science and health-related technology companies, an emerging sector in Houstons innovation ecosystem. Through its $25 million HX Venture Fund of Funds, the HX organization plans to make investments that will foster digital innovation in Houston and bolster the regions tech sector.

A strong network of more than 30 incubators, accelerators, makerspaces and coworking spaces has helped strengthen the ecosystem in recent years. These hubs of innovation have created momentum and a critical mass of support for more startups.

Rice University is currently developing a new innovation district in Midtown. The hub will bring the areas entrepreneurial, corporate and academic communities together. The nucleus of the South Main Innovation District will be The Ion, a 270,000-square-foot structure that will serve as a collaborative space serving businessesat all stages of the innovation lifecycle.

With Hewlett Packard recently announcing an HQ move from Silicon Valley in to Houston, this further solidifies Houstons progress towards innovation and also take advantage of the deep bench of digital and corporate talent to drive their success.

Once a predominantly oil and gas focused town, today the nations fourth largest city is a diverse, vibrant metro filled with talented people, a dynamic quality of life and a variety of growing industries, from healthcare and digital tech to manufacturing and trade. Our 11-county region offers tremendous opportunity for companies and individuals with a can-do attitude. Theres still something to be said about the good ole boy feel of Houston that will never die, but rather like a fine wine, will only get better with age with more diversity continuing to infiltrate this great city.

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