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
StartupNation
Educational Resources
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
Technology Entrepreneurship - Stanford class (Prof. Eesley's blog)
TradePub.com - free trade magazines & technical papers
Udacity
Research Resources
American Fact Finder
FedStats.com
Google Patents
Google Scholar
Harvard Business School - Baker Library
SBA Office of Economic Research
Entrepreneurial Blogs & Publications
Alltop (Guy Kawasaki's aggregator)
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
MIT Technology Review
TechCrunch
Tim Ferriss
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
Electronic Parts
Digikey
Mouser
Monoprice - cheap wiring and electronics accessories
Newark
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
Stream Unlimited - embedded software, hardware development, wireless
Technical Resources
3dCADCentral - free CAD models
efunda
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
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
Protomold's YouTube channel - plastic injection molding design
Operational Resources
Authorize.net (payment gateway, requires shopping cart)
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
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
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
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
Eng-Tips
Engineer's Edge
Physics Forums
Quora - high quality Q&A site
Further Entrepreneurial Resource Lists
Entrepreneurship Education Resource
Harvard Business School - Entrepreneurship
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- 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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