Local Companies Share Growth Plans and Value with Community Leaders in Small.biz-XLR8 Pitch Presentations
Small-biz.XLR8 participants, mentors and facilitators celebrate the end of the program on Aug 17, 2021 at the CEED Building at The University of Texas Permian Basin. With the continued pressure of the pandemic and unpredictable nature of energy prices, summer 2021... Read More
UT Austin Team Wins March Economic Madness
On Saturday, the finals of March Economic Madness, UT’s inter-scholastic team competition, were held. Four student teams from UT Austin and UT Permian Basin presented their proposals to address problems of small or remote communities, and one team was named this... Read More
March Economic Madness Round 1 Winning Teams Announced
On Saturday afternoon, UT Austin kicked off its first-ever interscholastic student team competition focused on issues facing small and remote communities. Dubbed “March Economic Madness,” the competition involves teams of students from both UT Austin and UT Permian... Read More
George Kozmetsky Memorial Student Challenge Winners Announced
The long-awaited finals of the IC² Institute’s annual student challenge were held Saturday afternoon. The top ten student teams delivered live presentations before a panel of three expert judges, and at the end of the day three happy teams walked away with a total of... Read More
Why does a pitch get funded? Research led by Dr. Clay Spinuzzi with the institute's Dr. Greg Pogue share some of the science behind landing a pitch in a recent article in Business Insider. https://ic2.utexas.edu/the-innovative-pitch/ @BusinessInsider @spinuzzi
Thank you to Travis County for their continued funding of the IC2 Institute's Readiness Training Program for Historically Underutilized Businesses. We enhance contracting opportunities of minority and women-owned businesses in the region https://www.smallbizxlr8.com/new-ut-austin-training-program-for-hubs/ @austintexasgov
Does growth always mean change? Today's blog discusses how communities can find common ground in the economic development debate. https://ic2.utexas.edu/debating-economic-development-on-common-ground/