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This week's roundup of Houston innovators includes recent Rice Business alumna Kelly Avant. "[Venture capital] is an awesome way to shape the future in a more positive way because you literally get to wire money to the most innovative thinkers, who are building solutions to the world’s problems,"

Take a look at some of the most promising MBAs from the Class of 2023 at Rice University's Jones Graduate School of Business.

New research from Rice Business Ph.D. student Sung Hun (Brian) Chung and colleagues shows that the more CEOs take credit for positive results, the more they will be credited for a company's shortcomings -- whether they are at fault or not.

If the social cost of carbon were a tax paid by consumers, gas would cost 50 cents more per gallon--but it has no direct effect on the price of gas. Instead, it influences government policy & investments, write Rice Business lecturer Jim Krane & Baker Institute fellow Mark Finley.

Aziz Gilani, a Rice Business lecturer and general partner and managing director at the Houston-based Mercury Fund, was one of 32 industry leaders and experts named to the advisory committee by Commerce Secretary Gina M. Raimondo.

It’s no exaggeration to say that Indian and Chinese students are essential to both the academic and financial health of universities in the United States. The same is true of graduate business education. Rice Business has the third highest percentage of Indian students in the U.S. at 50%.

Nine energy startups from across the country were recognized as the most promising in a pitch competition during the Offshore Technology Conference earlier this month. The Rice Alliance for Technology and Entrepreneurship staged its annual pitch competition at the Ion in Midtown. 

On May 10, Craig Taylor, founder and CEO of Houston-based Iapetus Holdings, was named as one of the Entrepreneur Of The Year 2022 finalists in the program’s Central South region. Meanwhile, Taylor last month was named 2022 Veteran Entrepreneur of the Year by the Rice Business Veterans Association at Rice Business.

This week, 39 energy startup companies from all over the world pitched in Houston — and nine were recognized as being the most promising of the batch. The Rice Alliance for Technology and Entrepreneurship returned its Offshore Technology Conference pitch event to its in-person capacity.

The Rice Business Veterans Association at Rice Business elected Craig Taylor as the recipient of the 2022 Veteran Entrepreneur of the Year Award. Taylor is the founder and CEO of Iapetus Holdings LLC.