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Advancing technological innovation and collaboration in Charleston, South Carolina.
Wiki Outline
A Semi-Complete List of Startup Accelerator Programs
Accelerating Success: A Study of Seed Accelerators and Their Defining Characteristics
Accelerato.rs
Charleston Metro Chamber of Commerce Catalyst Center
Complete List of Incubators and Accelerators - launch.co
European Accelerators Map
Follow accelerators on Twitter
Global Accelerator Network
National Business Incubation Association - search for incubators
Seed-db.com
US & Canada Seed Stage Tech Accelerators
Specific accelerators/incubators:
AngelPad.org
Bolt - Boston - internet-connected hardware
HAXLR8R - Bay Area, Shenzhen - hardware
Harbor Accelerator - Mt. Pleasant/Charleston, SC
Lemnos Labs - Bay Area - hardware
NSF Innovation Corps
PCH Accelerator - hardware, run by international supply chain management company
Rock Health - Seed accelerator for digital health startups
Shopify Build-A-Business
TechStars - Boulder, Boston, NYC, Seattle - mostly web-based companies
Y Combinator - Bay Area
List of Books for Startups on Steve Blank's blog
r/startups thread
The Circuit Designer's Companion by Tim Williams
Cradle to Cradle by Michael Braungart
Designing Interactions by Bill Moggridge
Democratizing Innovation by Eric Von Hippel (free)
Discovery Driven Growth by Rita McGrath
Founders at Work by Jessica Livingston
Influence: The Psychology of Persuasion by Robert Cialdini
The Innovator's Solution by Clayton Christensen
Innovation and Entrepreneurship by Peter Drucker
The Lean Startup by Eric Ries
An Introduction to Practical Electronics, Microcontrollers and Software Design (free e-book)
Pitch Anything by Oren Klaff
Pitching Hacks by Venture Hacks
The Portable MBA in Entrepreneurship (& Case Studies) by William Bygrave and Andrew Zacharakis
Product Design and Development by Karl Ulrich and Steven Eppinger
Smart Customers, Stupid Companies: Why Only Intelligent Companies Will Thrive, and How To Be One of Them by Michael Hinshaw and Bruce Kasanoff
The Startup Owner's Manual: A Step By Step Guide for Building a Great Company by Steve Blank and Bob Dorf
Ten Rules for Strategic Innovators: From Idea to Execution by Vijay Govindarajan
BizBuilder SC
BizFilings.com Business Owner's Toolkit
Charleston Digital Corridor
Charleston Regional Development Alliance
Charleston Small Business Development Center
Fledgewing (Top 50 University Entrepreneurship Clubs)
Foundation for Enterprise Development
Kauffman Foundation - Entrepreneurship
LeanLaunchLab
SCORE - Find a Mentor
Small Business Charleston
South Carolina Business One Stop
U.S. Small Business Administration
Startup Genome
StartupNation
Academic Earth
Coding resources
8 Useful Resources to Learn How to Code Quickly
W3Schools
Coursera.org
E Squared (Educational class search)
Education-portal.com
edX
Engineering Motion
EnergineerGuy.com
FCC Certification FAQS
HCD Connect - Human Centered Design by IDEO (PDF toolkit)
InTech - Open-access online book publisher
Intellectual Property
Intellectual Property: The Practical and Legal Fundamentals
Protecting Your Intellectual Property - University of Oklahoma
Khan Academy
MIT OCW, Fab Lab
Saylor Foundation
Solve For X - talks by Google's think tank
Proto Labs Educational Resources
Technology Entrepreneurship - Stanford class (Prof. Eesley's blog)
TED - Technology, Entertainment, Design talks
Udacity
Adafruit Blog
Alltop (Guy Kawasaki's aggregator)
Bryce.vc (Bryce Roberts, O'Reilly AlphaTech Ventures)
Chipreport.tv - video blog that covers newly released chips
Control Engineering
For Entrepreneurs (David Skok, Matrix Partners)
Design News
Design World
Entrepreneur Magazine
EvD - solidsmack (design process), cadjunkie (design training) EngineerVsDesigner (design insight)
GigaOm
Hack-A-Day
Hackers/Founders TV
Harvard Business Review
Inc Magazine
Jim Vileta's Business Research Launch Pad (University of Minnesota)
Karl Ulrich (wiki)
PracticeTrumpsTheory / LeanStack - Ash Maurya
Machine Design
Manufacturing Engineering
Mixergy
NewbieHack - mechatronics tutorials
no upside - (Renee DiResta, O'Reilly AlphaTech Ventures)
Paul Graham - (Y Combinator)
PE Hub
Product Design & Development
Rita McGrath (Columbia University)
Roger Martin
scanlime
Startup Lessons Learned (Eric Ries)
Steve Blank
Make
MIT Technology Review
TechCrunch
Tim Ferriss
Wired
Venture Beat
VentureBlog (David Hornik, August Capital)
Venture Hacks
Vijay Govindarajan
Vincius Vacanti
Adafruit forum
Arduino.cc forum
element14
Eng-Tips
Engineer's Edge
Hack-A-Day forum
Hacker News (Y Combinator)
Instructables - Share What You Make
Maker Faire - The World's most diverse showcase of creativity and innovation in technology, craft, science, fashion, art, food and more!
Mechanical Design Forum
Physics Forums
Reddit - r/hwstartups, r/startups, r/entrepreneur, r/askengineers
Sparkfun Forum
Stack Exchange - Q&A aggregator with a programming focus
Ask Patents
Stanford Product Design Wiki
Quora - high quality Q&A site
Angel Investors ($10K-250K+)
AngelList
Charleston Angel Partners
Upstate Carolina Angel Network
SouthEast Angel groups:
Angel Capital Group - Charleston, SC (based in Kansas City, MO)
Ariel Savannah Angel Partners - Savannah, GA
Atlanta Technology Angels - Atlanta, GA
Atlantis Group - Raleigh, NC
Blue Angel Ventures, Inc - Morrisville, NC
Blue Ridge Angel Investment Network (BRAIN) - Asheville, NC
Charleston Angel Partners - Charleston, SC
Charlotte Angel Partners - Charlotte, NC
Columbia Angel Partners - Columbia, SC
Emergent Growth Fund - Gainesville, FL
Fund for Arkansas' Future - Little Rock, AR
Inception Micro Angel Fund - Greensboro, NC
Nashville Capital Network - Nashville, TN
New World Angels - Boca Raton, FL
Piedmont Angel Network - Greensboro, NC
Springboard Capital - Jacksonville, FL
Startup Florida - Sarasota, FL
Triangle Accredited Capital Forum - Wake Forest, NC
Tri-State Investors Group - Chapel Hill, NC
WED3 (The Charlotte Area Angel Network) - Charlotte, NC
Wilmington Investor Network - Wilmington, NC
Competitions
Innocentive
Proto Labs Cool Idea! Award
X-Prize Foundation
Crowdfunding
Christie Street
CrowdRise (charity, events, & special projects)
IndieGoGo
Kickstarter
Tindie
Rock The Post
Equity basics: vesting, cliffs, acceleration, and exits (article)
Founder's Pie Chart - tool to determine founder equity split
Funding Post
GoBig Network
Google.org - philanthropic arm of Google, offers investments and grants
Pitch Development
How To Create An Early-Stage Pitch Deck For Investors - TechCrunch
Best Pitch Deck Examples on SlideShare
The Transparent Term Sheet & What's in a Term Sheet? by Founders Fund
Small Business Innovative Research (SBIR) - government open solicitations, $150k in first phase (6-9 months) and $850k (1.5-2 years) in second phase
US Air Force
Overview schedule of SBIR and STTR agencies
Venture Capital Firms ($2M - 50M+)
VentureMaven - follow VCs on Twitter
National Venture Capital Association
Top 100 Venture Capital Firms
Charleston Entrepreneur Ecosystem
Entrepreneurship Education Resource
Harvard Business School - Entrepreneurship
Resources & Tools - Chuck Eesley
Resources - Celery crowdfunding app
NYU - Resources for Entrepreneurs
sbtdc - Online marketing resources & research tools
Steve Blank - Startup Tools
Start-up Tools - another PBWorks Wiki, mainly web-based tools for web-based companies
Startup Weekend - Resources
Y Combinator - Startup Library - articles, books, blogs
Operational Resources
Authorize.net (payment gateway, requires shopping cart)
DAQ & Analysis software
MATLAB
LabVIEW
Maple
Mathematica
Coroflot - hire designers
CRM
Highrise by 37signals
Zen Desk
Docstoc - professional, legal, and financial documents
Employment Law Information Network
Finance
Expensify - expense reports
Financial Projections Model (first 5 years)
Freshbooks
Find-an-Expert Services
Clarity.fm
GLG Research
Freelancer.com - hire a freelancer
GeniusRocket - crowd-sourced video production
Harvest - Timekeeping Software and App
IdeaConnection - crowd-sourced technology development, sourcing, IP monetization
IFTT - If This Than That - easy to use web automation service
IRS Small Business
Legal
Legal Zoom - legal documents
FindLaw Small Business
RocketLawyer - create legal documents, have lawyers review them
Marketing
HootSuite - Social media management
MailChimp - email newsletters and mailing lists
PRLog.com - free press release distribution
MixPanel - web & mobile analytics (freemium)
NineSigma - open innovation, crowd-sourced solutions
ODesk - hire a freelancer
Open Source Software
Octave - Analysis / Visualization (like Matlab)
GIMP - Graphics Program (like Photoshop)
Project Outline Template
Project Management
Asana
Basecamp by 37signals
PBWorks (more than just a wiki)
Comidor : Enterprise Collaboration Platform for Project Management, CRM, Finance and Business Intelligence
Square - mobile CC payment system
ShipStation - shipping discounts, custom USPS labels, packing slips
Task Rabbit - Hire someone to run an errand or complete a task
TopCoder - crowd-sourced software development
Trade Show News Network - Top Trade Shows
ULINE - packaging materials (small MOQ & fast delivery)
UTest - crowd-sourced software testing
Web development
Freedigitalphotos.net - free stock photos
LaunchRock - Quick & easy launch page
Simple Machines - free forum software
Weebly - Quick & easy website builder
Wix - Free website builder
Dreamhost - Website hosting and domain registration
American Fact Finder
arXiv.org (Cornell)
FedStats.com
Google Patents
Google Scholar
Harvard Business School - Baker Library
PLOS (Public Library of Science)
ResearchGate
SBA Office of Economic Research
U.S. Commercial Service - Market Research Library
3D Printing
123d - Software, content, and fabrication from Autodesk
3D Systems - 3D printers and 3D printing, based in Rock Hill, SC -
Engitype, LLC - 3D Systems Rep for NW. Will print parts at a low cost. They also do engineering visualizations (videos).
ExOne - sand, metal, glass 3D printing
Shapeways - 3D printing, including metals and ceramics
80/20 Inc - The Industrial Erector Set
Amazon Supply
American Science & Surplus
Big Blue Saw - waterjetting services
Carr Lane - component parts of jigs and fixtures
Design2Parts - Design & contract manufacturing trade shows across the US
Directindustry.com
Electronic Parts
Adafruit - electronics for hackers
Allied Electronics (RS Components)
Arrow
AVNet
Digikey
Mouser
Monoprice - cheap wiring and electronics accessories
Newark
Parts-express.com - great for DIY audio
Seeed Studio - Shenzhen-based "open hardware facilitation" electronics company
SmartMaker
Sparkfun - electronics for hackers/makers
Tindie - buy & sell electronics for hackers/makers
Electronic Board Fabrication
Advanced Circuits - they have free PCB layout/routing software on their website, they also do board assembly
ExpressPCB - free PCB layout software, low cost boards
San Francisco Circuits - For more advanced circuit boards for larger projects - bare and assembled; Also offers a hobbyist PCB Special (2 lyr, max 60 in2 Qty: 3 .062", $199) & (4 lyr, max 32 in2 .062", Qty: 3 $319); Made in USA & shipping included
South Coast
Reviews of PCB houses from 3rd parties: Hackaday: Finding Cheapest Boardhouse * Near Future Laboratory: PCB Fab House Review * Build Electronic Circuits: Review of cheap PCB prototype shops
International sourcing
Alibaba
Global sources
MFG.com
Freeman Manufacturing & Supply - mold making, tool making, foundry work
KellySearch - B2B Supplier search
McMaster
Misumi - machine components, semi custom parts, materials, and mechanisms (linear slides, etc.)
PIC Design - precicion mechanical components
Plastics
Protomold - injection molding and rapid prototyping
Ponoko - download your products from the internet and make them locally
Rapid Prototyping
Cubify (3D Systems)
Firstcut - CNC machining
Quick Parts
Star Prototype - endorsed by Haxlr8r
RushGears - Custom gears and online CAD gear generator
Stream Unlimited - embedded software, hardware development, wireless
Scientific/Lab equipment
Edmunds Scientifics
Fisher Scientific
VWR
SDP/SI - Precision mechanical components
Surplus Center
ThomasNet - Supplier Discovery and Product Sourcing
ToolDiscounter.com
Uline - shipping supplies
Vistatek - rapid prototyping, rapid tooling, and injection molding (formerly CloudFab)
Who-sells-it.com - catalog product search
WM Berg - Precision mechanical components
Application Development
Apple Developer Library (99.00/yr membership to download s/w - must have an newer Apple computer - app must be approved by Apple)
iOS Human Interface Guidelines - Apple App guidelines
Start Developing iOS Apps Today - Walks you through all requirements and includes tutorial to build first app
App Design Strategies - design principals for a "good" app
DC motor tutorials (Micromo)
efunda - The Ultimate Online Reference for Engineers
Electronics
Arduino - open source Wiring platform/microcontroller (forum)
CircuitLab - Browser-based circuit design & testing
Electric Imp - easy WiFi integration
Raspberry Pi - $25 ARM GNU/Linux board (forum)
Engineer's Edge
Engineering Toolbox
Free CAD Models
3dContentCentral
Cubify (3D printing)
GrabCAD
Thingiverse (3D printing)
TurboSquid
Gowelding.com - welding calculations
IDES - plastics data sheets & UL yellow cards
Institutes, Societies, Publishers
Acoustical Society of America
American Geophysical Union
American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics
American Institute of Physics
American Society of Mechanical Engineers
AVS Science and Technology of Materials, Interfaces and Processing
Association for Facilities Engineering
Audio Engineering Society
Consumer Electronics Association
The Electrochemical Society
The Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers
Institute of Physics Publishing
International Union of Crystallography
Optical Society of America
Professional Engineering Publishing
Society for Industrial and Applied Mathematics
SPIE Optics and Photonics
The Society for Information Display
KiCad - Open Source EDA Software
Kinematic Models for Design (Cornell)
Lagoa - cloud-based photorealistic rendering
MakeItFrom - material properties databsse
Make Lab Charleston - Charleston's local Hacker Space
MakerBot / Thingiverse
Matweb - online materials information resource
Metal working reference charts
Drill & Tap Chart
Helicoil
Metals stock list (Ryerson)
PEM - PennEngineering
Pipe Schedules
Sheet Metal Thickness/Gauge Chart
Weld Joint and Weld Types
Octoparts Common Parts Library
Open Source Hardware
BuildLog.net - CNC laser cutter
CNCZone - open source CNC machine forum
Lasersaur - CNC laser cutter
Open Source Software
Sourceforge
Plastics Wiki
Protomold's YouTube channel - plastic injection molding design
RoyMech
SmartDraw - Mechanical/electrical schematic software ($197)
System Engineering “Toolbox” forDesign-Oriented Engineers
ThisToThat - find the right glue for any two materials
TradePub.com - free trade magazines & technical papers
WolframAlpha - Computational Knowledge Engine
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