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Charleston Tech Wiki

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Welcome to Charleston Tech!

An organization dedicated to advancing technological innovation and collaboration in Charleston, South Carolina.

 

 

Current Projects 

RipCord - smart, portable strength training equipment

Smart Collar - pet monitoring system

 

 

Business Resources

BizBuilder SC

BizFilings.com Business Owner's Toolkit

Charleston Digital Corridor

Charleston Regional Development Alliance

Charleston Small Business Development Center

Foundation for Enterprise Development

Kauffman Foundation - Entrepreneurship

SCORE - Find a Mentor

Small Business Charleston

U.S. Small Business Administration

Startup Genome

StartupNation

 

 

Educational Resources

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

Khan Academy

Machinedesign.com

MIT OCW

Protecting Your Intellectual Property - University of Oklahoma

Saylor Foundation

Solve For X - talks by Google's think tank

Technology Entrepreneurship - Stanford class (Prof. Eesley's blog)

TED - Technology, Entertainment, Design talks

Udacity

 

 

Research Resources

American Fact Finder

FedStats.com

Google Patents

Google Scholar

Harvard Business School - Baker Library

SBA Office of Economic Research

 

 

Entrepreneurial/Tech Blogs & Publications

Adafruit Blog

Alltop (Guy Kawasaki's aggregator)

For Entrepreneurs (David Skok, Matrix Partners)

Entrepreneur Magazine

Hack-A-Day

Harvard Business Review

Inc Magazine

Jim Vileta's Business Research Launch Pad (University of Minnesota)

Mixergy

Paul Graham (Y Combinator)

Reddit - r/hwstartups, r/startups, r/entrepreneur, r/askengineers

Rita McGrath (Columbia University)

Roger Martin

Startup Lessons Learned (Eric Ries)

Steve Blank

Make

MIT Technology Review

TechCrunch

Tim Ferriss

Wired

Venture Beat

VentureBlog (David Hornik, August Capital)

Vijay Govindarajan

Vincius Vacanti

 

Supplier & Prototyping Resources

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, just ask for John and mention Krissa  They also do engineering visualizations (videos).

     ExOne - sand, metal, glass 3D printing

     Shapeways - metal 3D printing

Directindustry.com

Electronic Parts

     Adafruit - electronics for hackers

     Digikey

     Mouser

     Monoprice - cheap wiring and electronics accessories

     Newark

     Sparkfun - electronics for hackers

Electronic Board Fabrication

     Advanced Circuits - they have free PCB layout/routing software on their website, they also do board assembly

     South Coast

International sourcing

     Alibaba

     Global sources

     MFG.com

     McMaster

     Misumi - Semi custom parts, materials, and mechanisms (linear slides, etc.)

Plastics

     Protomold - injection molding and rapid prototyping

Ponoko

Stream Unlimited - embedded software, hardware development, wireless

ToolDiscounter.com

 

 

Technical Resources

3dCADCentral - free CAD models

efunda

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

Electronics
     Arduino - open source Wiring platform/microcontroller (forum)

     Electric Imp - easy WiFi integration

     Raspberry Pi - $25 ARM GNU/Linux board (forum)

Engineer's Edge

GrabCAD - free CAD models

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

     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

Make Lab Charleston - Charleston's local Hacker Space

MakerBot / Thingiverse

Open Source Hardware

     BuildLog.net - CNC laser cutter

     CNCZone - open source CNC machine forum

     Lasersaur - CNC laser cutter

Open Source Software

     Sourceforge

Protomold's YouTube channel - plastic injection molding design

RoyMech

TradePub.com - free trade magazines & technical papers

 

 

Operational Resources

Authorize.net (payment gateway, requires shopping cart)

DAQ & Analysis software

     MATLAB

     LabVIEW

     Maple

     Mathematica

CRM

     Highrise by 37signals

     Zen Desk

Docstoc - professional, legal, and financial documents

Employment Law Information Network

Expensify - expense reports

Financial Projections Model (first 5 years)

Freelancer.com - hire a freelancer

GeniusRocket - crowd-sourced video production

Harvest - Timekeeping Software and App

IdeaConnection - crowd-sourced technology development, sourcing, IP monetization

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

NineSigma - open innovation, crowd-sourced solutions

ODesk - hire a freelancer

Project Outline Template

Project Management

     Asana

     Basecamp by 37signals

     PBWorks (more than just a wiki)

Square - mobile CC payment system

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

 

 

Funding Resources

AngelList

Charleston Angel Partners

Crowdfunding

     CrowdRise (charity, events, & special projects)

     IndieGoGo

     Kickstarter

     Rock The Post

Funding Post

GoBig Network

Google.org

Protolabs Big Idea Award

Venture Capital Firms

     KPCB

     Sequoia

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 - Topics posted in Mid September

     Overview schedule of SBIR and STTR agencies

     


Accelerator/Incubator Programs

Bolt (Boston - internet-connected hardware)

Global Accelerator Network

HAXLR8R (Bay Area, Shenzhen - hardware)

National Business Incubation Association - search for incubators

NSF Innovation Corps

PCH Accelerator

Shopify Build-A-Business

TechStars (Boulder, Boston, NYC, Seattle - mostly web-based companies)

Y Combinator (Silicon Valley - mostly web-based companies)

 

 

Books

List of Books for Startups on Steve Blank's blog

 

Democratizing Innovation by Eric Von Hippel (free)

Discovery Driven Growth by Rita McGrath

The Innovator's Solution by Clayton Christensen

Innovation and Entrepreneurship by Peter Drucker

The Lean Startup by Eric Ries

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

 

 

Forums

Adafruit forum

Eng-Tips

Engineer's Edge

Hack-A-Day forum

Physics Forums

Stack Exchange - Q&A aggregator with a programming focus

Quora - high quality Q&A site

 

Further Entrepreneurial Resource Lists

Entrepreneurship Education Resource

Harvard Business School - Entrepreneurship

 

 


 

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