If the topic was very interesting, I would come to such a talk. This would be true if I sensed the talk might be of real value to me. I have a number of venues to learn about technology. I would also be OK if such talks didn’t dominate our inclination to provide consulting business education to our members, which I believe is our…[Read more]

I am looking for some “easy to work with” PCB Contract Assembly houses. Would any of you that know of such vendors? Please email me regarding their names and at least their website.

I will gather these, and share them with the list after I compile them.

Thanks,
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Carl Angotti
Angotti Product Development
http://www.angotti.com
408-462-2189

If you participated in the PATCA Rate Survey in July of this year, you should have received a copy of the results for free. For those that did not participate, the results are now available for sale. Proceeds will help defray costs.

The results shown are the critical information you need t…[Read more]

One of our own long-time members, Walt Maclay, President of Voler Systems will be speaking this Tuesday, 11 Sept, on Wearables, IoT and Sensors: The Trends in Staying Connected at this month’s IEEE Consultants’ Network Meeting. Look forward to a great talk, free refreshments, and a good networking event at a meeting hosted by the other…[Read more]

I am in the process of working on a paper on Agile Based Projects that involve New Product Developments on a project that uses Agile or Lean Project Management techniques to develop so called “Hybrid” projects. These projects can consist of the use of two or more of the following elements: Micro-controllers, User Interface Software,…[Read more]

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I just read an article from Forbes Magazine entitled “How Inbound Marketing Killed Cold Calling” (See http://www.forbes.com/sites/steveolenski/2016/06/30/how-inbound-marketing-killed-cold-calling/#4e5bee76bafc ). Most of us don’t use cold calling, but instead we do the “Warm Calling” suggested in this article. Check over the strategies he…[Read more]

I was hoping the Sean Murphy would have responded. He seems to have some knowledge in this area.

Carl

Wow! This a great summary of what was discussed last Thursday. It is like attending the meeting once again. This indeed captured what was rapidly discussed at the meeting. This has been a real service for those that didn’t attend.

Carl

I did some minor checking and the area code 953 is at best in Mexico, and often is used for scams.

Carl

Does anyone know anything about this group, like who is it run by, is it local, etc?

Daniel Ross
Email: dan@zenworks.xyz
Phone: (953) 382-8713
Company: ZenWorks
Website: http://www.zenworks.xyz
Project Name: “Micro-consulting” for top Industry Experts. Flex hours & good clients

I checked, and can find out nothing about it as yet.

Carl

Here is the original note that went out on via Email on the 13 Nov:

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Carl

Here is the original note that went out on via Email on the 13 Nov:

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I forgot to enter the Survey Link in the first email. Here it is. Do this before you forget.

Please visit the following link to take the survey – https://www.surveymonkey.com/r/patca-pre-ratesurvey

Here is the original note that went out on via Email on the 13 Nov.

Dear Members of PATCA,

PATCA will…[Read more]

I have spent the last 1.5 years writing this white paper for the CNSV, and it has finally been completed. It shows a complete, step-by-step method on formally using Craigslist as one tool to promote yourself to potential clients. It was peer reviewed by eight other consultants, one that uses this method regularly. Later this year I…[Read more]

This is the first posting on our new Blog, and I hope it works OK.

We are going to have an evening meeting soon that is slated to have a discussion about the appropriate uses of Brokers for Consultants. We hope to have a panel of Brokers (at least two) come to discuss how they work, trends in placements, etc. We might even have a…[Read more]