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)
Entrepreneur Magazine
Harvard Business Review
Inc Magazine
Jim Vileta's Business Research Launch Pad (University of Minnesota)
Rita McGrath (Columbia University)
Roger Martin
Startup Lessons Learned (Eric Ries)
Steve Blank
TechCrunch
Tim Ferriss
Venture Beat
VentureBlog (David Hornik, August Capital)
Vijay Govindarajan
Vincius Vacanti
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
Organizational Resources
Legal Zoom - legal documents
Web development
LaunchRock - Quick & easy launch page
Weebly - Quick & easy website builder
Marketing
HootSuite - Social media management
MailChimp - email newsletters and mailing lists
Square - mobile CC payment system
Expensify - expense reports
Project Management
Asana
Basecamp by 37signals
PBWorks (more than just a wiki)
CRM
Highrise by 37signals
Docstoc - professional, legal, and financial documents
Funding Resources
Rock The Post
Books
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
Accelerator Programs
Y Combinator
TechStars
PCH Accelerator
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.
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