Training that advances your venture

The mission of the University-Technology Enterprise Network (UTEN) is to help create a sustainable technology transfer system in Portugal. UTEN Entrepreneur Training contributes to this goal by advancing real-life commercialization cases through the joint efforts of researchers, inventors, entrepreneurs, Portuguese Technology Transfer staff, and UTEN experts and trainers.

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Business Development in Austin and Texas

The mission of UTEN is to build wealth in Portuguese companies through development of a sustainable technology transfer system. For new companies, UTEN trains entrepreneurs to build wealth in their ventures.

Explore below how Austin and Texas partners can contribute to the success of your ventures. Consider placing a corporate subsidiary in Austin or elsewhere in Texas.

Quotes -- Business in Texas

Top five of the Best States for Business for 2007 (Forbes , July 2007)

Second overall … top 10 in Economy, Access to Capital, Cost of Living, Technology & Innovation , Transportation, and Workforce. (CNBC, July 2007)

Second (in) international trade-related jobs in U.S. states (Business Roundtable, June 2007)

No. 2 in the number of patents issued annually and No. 3 in investments into venture-backed companies … No. 42 of 50 in the percentage of individuals' income that goes to local, state and federal taxes. ( The Wall Street Journal , June 2007)

http://texaswideopenforbusiness.com

AUSTIN

http://ic2.org

The IC² Institute hosts the Global Fellows Program, a network of peers from the U.S., Canada, Mexico, Brazil, Columbia, England, Sweden, Belgium, the Netherlands, Italy, Russia, Israel, China, Japan, Singapore, and Australia.

http://www.ati.utexas.edu

The Austin Technology Incubator works with early stage technology companies to increase their odds of success and decrease their time to capital and markets. Since its founding in 1989, ATI has worked with over 150 teams of entrepreneurs, who collectively have raised over $725 million dollars in investor capital while at ATI. ATI is part of the IC² Institute, University of Texas at Austin.

UNIVERSITIES AND MEDICAL CENTERS

The University of Texas at Austin 50,000 students US$400 million annual research funding $5 million annual licensing revenue The University of Texas at San Antonio 28,500 students US$42 million annual research funding 20% growth The UT Health Science Center at San Antonio 2,700 students US$200 million annual research funding The University of Texas at Dallas 14,000 students Nobel laureate (physics) 33 research centers UT M.D. Anderson Cancer Center UT Southwestern Medical Center 4,200 students Four Nobel laureates (cholesterol metabolism, understanding of photosynthesis, cell communication)

TEXAS

Texas is home to four of the 16 largest cities in the United States:

US$400 million for University Research Early Stage and Commercialization Funding

The University of Texas System

The UT System consists of fifteen Universiies and Teaching Hospitals/Medical Centers throughout Texas

The four UTEN partner institutions -- UT Austin, UT San Antonio, the UT Health Science Center San Antonio, and UT Dallas, perform almost $800 million per year in research.