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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 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)

Paul Graham (Y Combinator)

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

Bolt (Boston - internet-connected hardware)

HAXLR8R (Bay Area, Shenzhen - hardware)

PCH Accelerator

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

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


 

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