Editor's note: This week's news has hit all industries — from locally-sourced meal kits to a new digital home buying and selling platform entering the Houston market. Check out this week's most read stories.
Houston named a top city for minority entrepreneur success
The Bayou City has been named the top Texas metro for minority entrepreneurial success. Photo by Zview/Getty Images
Houston reigns as the top major metro area in Texas for successful minority entrepreneurs, a new study shows.
The Houston area ranks No. 11 in the study, done by lending marketplace LendingTree, with Dallas-Fort Worth at No. 17, Austin at No. 29, and San Antonio at No. 34. In all, the study measures the success of minority entrepreneurs in the country's 50 largest metro areas. Continue reading the full story here.
Chevron venture arm enters partnership with West Houston coworking space
Chevron Technology Venture will have an office in the new, 120,000-square-foot coworking space The Cannon is expecting to open this spring. Courtesy of The Cannon
As corporate venture grows as a presence in oil and gas, more and more startups have access to funding from large corporations. Aware of the corporate venturing trend, The Cannon, a West Houston coworking space, has formed a partnership with Chevron Technology Ventures, Chevron's venture arm that's currently based in Downtown Houston.
CTV will have an office and regular office hours in The Cannon's new, 30-acre campus that is expected to open this spring. Continue reading the full story here.
Houston nutritionist introduces new, locally sourced meal delivery business
The Bayou City has its own Blue Apron-style startup with locally sourced produce. Courtesy of The Blonde Pantry
Marla Murphy, a local entrepreneur and nutritionist, has helped Houstonians make healthy decisions with her food blog and consulting company for years, but she wasn't sure she was doing enough.
"I didn't feel like I was making as big of an impact as I could have," Murphy says.
Murphy took this feeling and ran with it. She decided to relaunch her company, The Blonde Pantry, in March of last year she says to create the only local meal delivery service for the greater Houston area. Continue reading the full story here.
3 Houston innovators to know this week
From a former astronaut to growing software company leaders, here are three innovators to know. Courtesy photos
This week's set of innovators to know are familiar with pivoting careers. All three had successful careers — from energy finance to space exploration — before jumping into a new field. And each set of prior experience prepared them for what they are doing today. Continue reading the full story here.
Digital home buying and selling tool expands to Houston market
A growing digital home sales platform has moved into town. Courtesy photo
A Phoenix-based real estate company has expanded to the Houston market and opened a new office in town.
First launched in 2015, Offerpad is a tech-enabled home buying and selling solution. As of October, Offerpad had expanded to 534 cities with access to an estimated 6.7 million home-owning households. Continue reading the full story here.