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Impact Hub Houston’s ‘Build Equity’ Program Empowers 28 Entrepreneurs to Stimulate Local Economic Growth
Build Equity (BE) Supports Local EntrepreneurshipInspired by the upcoming FIFA World Cup 26™, The Coca‑Cola Company supports the University of Notre Dame’s Urban Poverty and Business Initiative (UPBI) as it expands its work through institutions such as Impact Hub...
Impact Hub Houston Celebrates the Inaugural Ideas to Impact Accelerator Cohort Graduation
After 16 weeks of learning, testing, and building, Impact Hub Houston proudly celebrates the graduates of its inaugural Ideas to Impact Accelerator!
Impact Hub Houston Launches New Program in partnership with University of Notre Dame’s UPBI to Empower Emerging Entrepreneurs in Houston
Houston, TX – January 9, 2026 – Impact Hub Houston is proud to announce a new partnership with the Urban Poverty and Business Initiative (or “UPBI,” housed within the McKenna Center for Human Development and Global Business at the University of Notre Dame’s Keough...
Impact Hub Houston Launches Inaugural “Ideas to Impact Accelerator” to Support Early-Stage Entrepreneurs Across Houston
New 16-week hybrid program helps founders test, validate, and grow their ventures using LeanStack innovation method and community mentorship. FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Houston, Texas — December 1, 2025 Impact Hub Houston, the city’s leading hub for social innovation and...
Art can make a difference: Reflections from Seven Months of Climate Resilience in Houston’s Third and Fifth Wards
On October 17th, 2025, a group of Houstonians met at the Ion for an interactive art showcase journey of the Art for Climate Resilience program, led by Impact Hub Houston member, Ryn Delpapa, Founder of AR+E COMETS. From the group’s first gathering in April at the...
Impact Hub Houston Fiscally Sponsors The Change Lab to Launch “StepUP” Civic Action Platform
HOUSTON — Sept. 16, 2025 — Impact Hub Houston, an impact incubator and accelerator dedicated to helping people create solutions and build businesses that address the world’s most pressing challenges, is excited to announce that we will be fiscally sponsoring The...
THE LATEST FROM OUR GLOBAL NETWORK
adidas Community LAB Announces Third Cohort, Includes Two Houston Founders Driving Access and Equity in Sport
2024-2025 Inductees: Samad Hinton, Andrea Brown, Heather Alonzo, Jamal Burger & Rachel Hale, Moÿo Akinade, A.R. Cooper, Vidal Quesada Guzman & Javana Mundy Quesada, Rich Rodriguez, Jessa Williams, & Karina Martinez Building upon its mission to uplift Black...
ADIDAS CULTIVATE & B.L.O.O.M. PROGRAM ELEVATES BLACK AND LATINX ENTREPRENEURS TO ACCELERATE THEIR GROWTH & IMPACT
In Spring 2022, adidas announced its partnership with Impact Hub and Blavity.org to launch a new program called Cultivate & B.L.O.O.M. (Building Legacies Out of Movements), an accelerator program for social entrepreneurs of color. Through knowledge sharing and...
Environmental Action: What is Impact Hub Doing to Address Key Environmental Issues?
For the launch of our global Environmental Strategy, we spoke to Anne Merkle, Environmental Lead at Impact Hub Network. Q: First things first, tell us, why do you do what you do? A: Simply put, because I carry a deep love for our planet in me and want to know that I...
Diverse Entrepreneurs: We Want to Help You! #CloseTheGap
If you are an impact-driven social entrepreneur and have an idea or startup that is creating a positive impact in your community, we are launching "Close the Gap" to help accelerate your project! To encourage and support change on a community level, Impact Hub and...
Impact Hub Joins Alliance to Help Social Entrepreneurs Overcome Impacts of COVID-19
We are a community that cares. In addition to the work that Impact Hub Houston is doing locally to support our members and community through current crises, we proudly join the Impact Hub Network in the #COVIDResponse Alliance for Social Entrepreneurs: an...
What the Pact for Impact Summit can Teach us about Measuring Success
In 2019, we saw a proliferation of protest movements around the world. From France to Hong Kong, going across Algeria, Peru, Lebanon, and many more nations, although the causes are different, experts do see a pattern: democracy is a source of disappointment,...