Welcome to Charleston Tech!

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

Current Projects

RipCord - smart strength training equipment

Smart Collar - pet monitoring system

Business Resources

BizBuilder SC

Charleston Digital Corridor

Charleston Regional Development Alliance

Charleston Small Business Development Center

Project Outline Template

SCORE - Find a Mentor

Small Business Charleston

U.S. Small Business Administration

Educational Resources

Coding resources

     8 Useful Resources to Learn How to Code Quickly

     W3Schools

Coursera.org

E Squared (Educational class search)

edX

Google Patents

Google Scholar

Khan Academy

MIT OCW

Saylor Foundation     

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

Udacity

Entrepreneurial Blogs & Publications

For Entrepreneurs (David Skok, Matrix Partners)

Steveblank.com (Steve Blank)

Vinciusvacanti.com  (Vincius Vacanti, CEO of Yipit)

Supplier Resources

International sourcing

     Alibaba

     Global sources

     MFG.com

Plastics

     Protomold - injection molding and rapid prototyping (YouTube channel)

Technical Resources

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

     Electric Imp - easy WiFi integration

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

Make Lab Charleston - Charleston's local Hacker Space

Books

The Startup Owner's Manual: A Step By Step Guide for Building a Great Company by Steve Blank and Bob Dorf

The Innovator's Solution by Clayton Christensen

Product Design and Development by Karl Ulrich and Steven Eppinger

Innovation and Entrepreneurship by Peter Drucker

Democratizing Innovation by Eric Von Hippel (free)

The Portable MBA in Entrepreneurship (Case Studies) by William Bygrave and Andrew Zacharakis

To help get you started with PBworks:

• The PBworks Manual can help show you how to edit, add videos and invite users. 
• PBworks educator community
• The best way to get your support questions answered is to click the help link at the top of this page. Our support gurus will get back to you asap.