Charles Edge
An Introduction To Troubleshooting 3D Printers
3D printing is one of the more rewarding hobbies for many in computing. We spend a lifetime telling computers to do things that remain...
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Charles Edge
- 9 min
It's Time For 3D Printing To Evolve From The Hobbyist Market
The Apple II, Commodore PET 2001, and TRS-80 are known in computer history as the 1977 Trinity. The release of these computers signaled a...
Charles Edge
- 11 min
A Visual Representation of The History of Computing (and what it means)
The end of the year is a great time to reflect and think deeper about how we are changing, how the world is changing, and what our place...
Charles Edge
- 18 min
An Analysis Of The Impact Quantum Computing Will Have On Modern Cryptographic Techniques
Abstract We will soon reach the physical limits on how small a transistor can be to act in a deterministic manner rather than being...
Charles Edge
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Building Sales Battlecards
One of the most common forms of sales collateral that product marketing teams create and maintain are battlecards. Battlecards arm...
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TinyML Is Simpler (And More Useful) Than It Seems
Most of our projects these days involve machine learning in some way. And writing these tools usually starts with, let’s say importing...
Charles Edge
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Immature Machine Learning Models As A Threat Vector
Software is eating the world. The industry has evolved since that movement began in the 1960s. First we digitized processes, then...
Charles Edge
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Customer Contract Negotiations For Early Stage Startups
Contract negotiations are potentially one of the larger expenses a startup can incur, especially when selling to large organizations....
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One on Ones
Every manager should meet with team members on a routine schedule. There are a lot of names for these meetings. The one we’ll use is a...
Charles Edge
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Learn To Agree Even When We Disagree
One aspect of leadership that’s important is consensus building. Let’s not confuse getting to the point of a unanimous vote with the idea...
Charles Edge
- 6 min
Sharing The ROI Of Products With Customers And Prospects
Return on Investment, or ROI, is a simple formula that takes the payout from an investment and subtracts the cost to show what the value...
Charles Edge
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Mentorship At Early Stage Startups (And Beyond)
We can learn from people who have gone through what we’re going through. The mentorship provided can be a simple comment on an airplane,...
Charles Edge
- 10 min
Philosophies On The Commercialization Of Intellectual Property
We’ve all had moments of inspiration. Sometimes those are about an evolution in technology not previously considered. Other times our...
Charles Edge
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Classes, Levels, And Equipment For The RPG We Call A Startup
A campaign in most tabletop gaming platforms is a collection of games that follow a common storyline, usually with the same characters....
Charles Edge
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Common Financial Instruments Used To Fund Startups
We occasionally mention various financial terms in articles. Some are types of securities held by investors in exchange for providing...
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Board Meetings for Startups
Once we’ve developed a diverse board that can help us grow the company, it’s time to convene and run board meetings on a routine basis....
Charles Edge
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What's Our Mission (Statement)
Most startups are created in support of an innovation. The innovation should help people somehow and represents an evolution (and likely...
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Application Vulnerability Scanning
There are about as many reasons to test apps for vulnerabilities as there are apps. For the purposes of this article, we’ll look at...
Charles Edge
- 5 min
User Personas
A persona is an archetype of a group of users whose characteristics represent those of a larger group of users. Those characteristics can...
Charles Edge
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The Seven Leadership Styles
Leadership is about motivating people towards a common goal. Many think of leadership as motivation. Many confuse management and...