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We grow companies, advance careers and move new
ideas forward!
The Co-Op is a self-funded, not-for-profit, cooperative association of business
owners, former business owners, and future business owners - an educational, sales,
marketing, business development, mentoring, incubation and support organization for the
start-up, early stage
and poised-for-growth entrepreneur
and career professional.
Bring us your bright ideas!
We design a custom tailored development methodology based on your
resources,
attributes and aptitude for the entrepreneurial process. We've worked with more than
45,200 companies to date and our associate companies have won virtually every award for
business growth in Houston, some nationally and some
even internationally.
Our Specialty
is business
development for service companies, where The Co-Op provides the environment, resources, education and
methodology to
accelerate business growth. The Co-Op is proud sponsor to Houston's first and
Texas' oldest
business incubator, founded the first Womens Business Center in
the nation, the First
Houston Small Business Seed Capital Fund and the first Virtual Incubation
Program in the world. All totally without gifts, grants, donations,
contributions or public funding.
Since 1983,
The Co-Op has conducted a weekly business building development
breakfast, the oldest in the United States, to train early stage entrepreneurs in the
experiential skills necessary for rapid business advancement.
"We don't enable. We Empower!"®
Click the image above to discover handy growth guides.
Click the image above to discover business tips and tricks that make a
difference.
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answers to your questions.
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starting, expanding, relocating or
acquiring a business in Houston
CLICK HERE!
For TOTAL service & support
for incubator owners, operators,
developers, and sponsors
CLICK HERE!
To establish a self-funded small
business development Co-Op
in your city CLICK HERE!
For the
complete turnkey startup program
for your business in Houston.
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C. Dean Kring
Research Director
Economic
Development Advisor
Mentor
Columbus took a chance and discovered
a whole, new world.
He also took only experienced seafarers
to guide him.
CHOOSE
EXPERIENCE
new world awaiting you, too.
Everything except the office
Join us for a business building breakfast
any Wednesday
Houston's greatest
energy
resource is its Entrepreneurial Energy!
Entrepreneurship Spoken Here!
Way to go Stros!
Houston
Astros
World Series Champions
October 31st, 2017
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