Houston Office Hours

The Houston Hackathon is September 25. This is your head start. Join the Houston Claude Community for a hands-on ideation night. This isn't a talk about ideas — it's a working session where you take a rough idea all the way to a real, buildable MVP, using Claude as your thinking partner. Bring your own idea, or work from a civic prompt tied to the hackathon. Here's the journey we'll run together: — Idea → concept: sharpen a rough idea into something real — Concept → problem statement: get brutally clear on the problem and who has it — Problem → MVP: define the smallest thing actually worth building — MVP → visual design: watch an idea become something you can see Everyone starts on the same path using a free Claude account — nothing to install. If you have Claude Pro, you'll keep going into Claude Design and turn your MVP into a real visual design in the room. If you're on the free version, you'll walk out with a complete idea-to-MVP plan and see exactly what Design makes possible. You'll leave with a process you can use at the hackathon on the 25th — or for any idea you want to get off the ground quickly. What to bring: — Your laptop, charged — A free Claude account (claude.ai) — that's all you need to fully participate — Optional: if you have Claude Pro, you'll be able to build along in Claude Design. Not required to join. — A rough idea, if you've got one (or use ours) Doors open at 6:00 PM. Program runs 6:30–8:00 PM. This is the final event in our summer series leading into the Houston Hackathon on September 25, in partnership with Impact Hub Houston. Come ready to build.

Nomad Global Hub brings together builders, founders, and tech professionals for a night of curated networking and high-impact startup pitches. With a track record of 235+ events across 23 global cities worldwide, we have welcomed over 5,000 attendees and featured 1,200+ startup pitches on our stages. We intentionally keep our meetups intimate because the best partnerships happen in focused, high-quality conversations, not in loud, overcrowded halls. What to Expect Live Tech Startup Pitches : Watch selected early-stage founders present AI & Tech projects followed by sharp audience Q&A. High-Quality Networking: Connect with a hand-picked audience of founders, investors, engineers, and tech leaders who value substance over small talk. Global Exposure: Join a community that bridges 23 tech hubs worldwide , providing you with a network that extends far beyond a single city. Who Should Join Founders & Co-Founders looking for peers, feedback, investors and collaborators. Tech Professionals & Builders seeking a high-quality community. Ambitious Individuals ready to dive into the AI & Startup ecosystem. For Investors Active investors and VC partners are welcome to join the event and scout for early-stage talent, meet other investors, and see what teams are building. To access the startup database, please fill out the Investor Application Form and ensure you have purchased a ticket. For Pitching Startups Selected startups gain live stage time and visibility within our global network among our database of investors. Purchase a Speaker Ticket to pitch, submit your Pitch Deck and ensure it is accessible for viewers. Nomad Global Hub | 235+ Events | 23 Cities I nomadglobalhub.com Note: To support our venue partner, we kindly encourage every guest to purchase at least one drink at the bar during the event.

Houston has capital. So what’s going on? A Problem Lab examining the journey from promising company to first meaningful check. Houston is home to significant private wealth, family offices, corporations, angel investors, venture funds, universities, accelerators, and an increasingly active startup ecosystem. So where is the disconnect? Is there actually insufficient early-stage capital? Are promising companies struggling to reach the right investors? Are investors struggling to discover credible opportunities? Are ventures reaching investors before they are sufficiently de-risked? Is there a gap in how complex companies are evaluated? Or is everyone waiting for someone else to make the first move? At the next Houston Innovation Commons Problem Lab, we’ll examine the early-stage funding journey from both sides. We’ll first hear directly from founders about what it has actually been like to raise capital in Houston: where they got stuck, what they repeatedly heard from investors, and where momentum broke down. Then we’ll bring together a small group of early-stage investors for a candid conversation about the other side of the equation: what makes them lean in, what prevents them from writing a check, where promising companies fall out of the pipeline, and what they believe is missing from Houston’s funding environment. Together, we’ll explore questions including: Is Houston short on early-stage capital—or inefficient at connecting capital with investable opportunities? Where does the journey from promising company to first check actually break? Why do founders say they can’t access investors while investors say they struggle to find investable companies? What creates—or prevents—investor conviction? Who is willing to make the first bet? What infrastructure, relationships, capabilities, or signals might be missing? The Goal This is not another conversation about how founders can “pitch better,” nor are we starting from the assumption that Houston simply needs more