Houston has long been regarded as a city where “bidness” gets done.
Now, a national study has recognized Houston’s entrepreneurial spirit:
Houston ranks No .4 in the nation in the entrepreneur category of Visa International’s Innovation Index.
As part of its “Ideas Happen” campaign, Visa created an Innovation Index that ranked the 50 largest Metropolitan Statistical Areas based on measures of community support, entrepreneurialism and creativity.
In its highest category score, Houston ranked No. 4 with a score of 90 in the entrepreneur category behind Austin; San Diego; and West Palm Beach, Fla. The score for entrepreneurialism was based on data such as the average number of new businesses, expansions, new divisions and the number of new patents issued by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office through 2003 for each MSA.
Houston ranked No. 27 in the area of creativity with a score of 69, and ranked No. 41 in the area of community support with a score o 24.
Well done, Houston.
