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===Spring 2018===
<onlyinclude> 2018-03-06:Troubleshot Key Terms program with Christy, continued to read articles.  2018-03-05: Tested the Key Terms program, found it not to be working. Troubleshot and alerted Christy. 2018-03-01: Started to read articles for key-terms testing.  2018-02-28: Adjusted some wiki pages, started testing the revamped tools.  2018-02-27: Drafted email with concerns to Ed, met with Ed to resolve concerns. Created action plan of testing the revamped tools and codifying a subset of known papers.  2018-02-26: Reviewed Christy's new documentation, prepared to meet with Ed.  2018-02-22: Tested RegEx-Excel Filter process, flagged some additional questions that need guidance from Ed. Met with Christy and worked to resolve coding issues.  2018-02-21: Finished RegEx-Excel Filter process, spoke with Ed about long-term goals of project. 2018-02-20: Continued working on the RegEx-Excel filter. 2018-02-19: Continued working on the RegEx-Excel filter. 2018-02-15: Started developing a RegEx and Excel filter for processing and cross-referencing sources.  2018-02-14: Identified the status of all codes. Drafted an email to Christy about retunring temporarily to help with the codes. 2018-02-13: Ran the KeyTerms and PDF Converter Python Codes. 2018-02-12: Finished troubleshooting crawler, reached out to Ed for guidance. Was redirected to testing Key Terms code. 2018-02-07: Troubleshot the crawler with Christy. 2018-02-06: Troubleshot the crawler with Christy. 2018-02-05: Reached out to Ed for guidance, was redirected to testing the scholar crawler.  2018-02-01: Continued PDF - BibTex filtering 2018-01-31: Started PDF - BibTex filtering process as per meetings with Christy and Lauren. 2018-01-30: Met with both Christy and Lauren.  2018-01-29: Reviewed the current state of PTLR project in order to prepare for meetings on Tuesday. 2018-01-26: Assisted with the McNair Center Event.  2018-01-25: Reached out to previous project owners to gather information for next steps. Was on standby to assist with the [[CategoryLyceum Research Page]]  2018-01-24:Work LogSearched for tools to accomplish the strategies outlined in [[Patent Thicket Strategic Planning]]. Had a hard time locating anything, or getting a good grasp on where exactly the project is and what it needs. Gathered contact information for previous owners to make communications later this week. Also continued to prep the [[Lyceum Research Page]] for Ed.  2018-01-23: Finished [[CategoryPatent Thicket Strategic Planning]] and sent to Ed. Ed approved.  2018-01-22:InternalRead Patent Thicket literature. Met with Ed to discuss broad strategy, began planning for next steps. [[Patent Thicket Strategic Planning]] 2018-01-18: Met with Ed to discuss Patent Thicket Project. Helped complete his research for the Amazon HQ2 Report. 2018-01-11: Finalized sourcing for Venture Capital Gap for Women 2018-01-10: Sourced all of Venture Capital Gap for Women, downloaded PDF's for about 3/4 of sources 2018-01-09: Found additional sources on the Venture Capital Gap for Women, as well as Fondren availability for a portion of the sources.
[[Dylan Dickens]] [[Work Logs]] [[Dylan Dickens (Work Log)|(log page)]]</onlyinclude>
===Summer WorkFall 2017===06/01/2016 15:48 - Set Up Work Log Pages
06/02/2016 102017-12-1:23 - Set Up "Battlestation" with two monitors, "real mouse" Matched additional files for the [[Estimating Unobserved Complementarities between Entrepreneurs and non-mac keyboard.Venture Capitalists]] project
06/07/2016 032017-11-30:42 - Finished first draft of Matched files for Ed, documented work on [[Entrepreneurship Estimating Unobserved Complementarities between Entrepreneurs and the 2016 Election (Blog Post)Venture Capitalists]]
06/08/2016 022017-11-29:20 - Finished first draft of Compiled the [[What Does A Female Entrepreneur Look Like? (Blog Post)Lyceum Research Page]], hunted for Ben's Accelerator data
06/10/2016 052017-11-14:00 - Finished first draft of [[Social Media Usage in Entrepreneurship (Blog Post)]] Created and started filling the [[Houston SBA Loans (Blog Post)Lyceum Research Page]].
06/2017-11-13/2016 05:00 - Finished first draft of [[Business Dynamism Update work logs, worked to produce VC Firm table for Ed and Diane. Saved in High Tech (Blog Post)]] and [[Navigating the Entrepreneurship Ecosystem (Vlog)]]\Projects\Houston\2017 VC Project\VC Data
06/14/2016 052017-11-08:00 - Finished first draft of [[Patent Trolls (Blog Post)]] and Generated the [[Small BusinessDylan' Best Import (Blog Post)s Filter Method]]page.
06/15/2016 042017-11-07:48 - Finished first draft of [[Economic Impact of Immigrant Entrepreneurs on America (Blog Post)]]Conducted second lesson also demonstrating proper graph construction.
2017-11-06/16/2016 05:00 - Finished Cleaned data in preparation for Pivot Table lesson with Anne. Conducted first draft of [[En Bra Uppfattning (Blog Post)]]lesson.
06/17/2016 052017-1-01:00 - Finished first draft of [[Poaching and Entrepreneurship (Blog Post)]]Finalized work on artifacts for Ed. Sent in the requested graphs.
06/20/2016 05:00 - Finished first draft of [[Tackling Stagnation of Texas Entrepreneurship (Blog Post)]]===Spring 2017===
0601/2109/2016 05:00 2017 - Researched for potential info Drafted tweets that were on Muslim entrepreneurs, was diverted to Wiki Maintenance.backlog from over break
0601/2211/2016 05:00 2017 -Continued with Wiki Maintenance Broke down and Muslim entrepreneur research disposed of boxes, drafted tweets, worked on accelerator sheets
0601/2318/2026 05:00 2017 -Did the privacy policy and stuff for wiki. Finished first draft of[[Muslim Entrepreneurs (Issue Brief)]]Drafted backlog tweets, worked on accelerator sheets
061/2423/2016 05:00 2017 -Finished first draft of [[The Brexit and Entrepreneurship (Started Report)]]on Houston
061/2930/2016 05:00 2017 -Finished first draft of [[Theories of Entrepreneurship (Blog Post)]]Continued Report on Houston
062/2801/2016 05:00 2017 -Finished first draft of [[Measuring Entrepreneurship (Blog Post)]]Continued Report on Houston
2/06/29/2016 12:30 2017 -Finished reviewing NHL PaperWorked on Accenture Project
062/2908/2016 05:00 2017 -Calculated firm birth rate for U.S. per dollar of VCWorked on Accenture Project
062/3013/2016 05:00 2017 -Continued to try and find firm birth rate statistics for various nationsWorked on Accenture Project, found Worked on Houston report, fixed some for Israel, Canada and France but decided not worth time at the moment. Started first draft of [[5 Myths about Venture Capital (Blog Post)]]Wiki security issues
072/0115/2016 05:00 2017 -Finished first draft of [[Predicting Venture Capital (Blog Post)]]Worked on Accenture Project
072/0520/2016 05:00 2017 -Cleaned up wikiGoogled M&A data for Accenture, finished first up draft of [[Defining Venture Capital (Blog Post)]] by refor Report on Houston, started SDC pulls for potential Market v non-purposing the start of [[5 Myths about Venture Capital (Blog Post)]], and conducted research on GIS sources and data.market
072/0622/2016 05:00 2017 -Finished first draft of [[Innovation and the U.S. Military (Blog Post)]] Though I think I may Ran pulls for Market v NonMarket, helped develop into a more long format tomorrow, could be a good policy proposal.methodology
072/0727/2016 05:00 2017 -Started first draft of [[Strategic Innovation Investment and the U.S. Military (Policy Report)]] plan to finish tomorrow.Pulled for Market v NonMarket, cleaned data
073/081/2016 05:00 2017 -Finished first draft of Built potential artifacts for [[Strategic Innovation Investment and the U.S. Military (Policy VC Report)Houston 2017]].
073/116/2016 05:00 2017 -Finished first draft of Cleaned up and built a new artifacts for [[Clinton and Entrepreneurship (Blog Post)VC Report Houston 2017]].
073/128/2016 05:00 2017 -Finished first draft of Cleaned up and built a new artifacts for [[The ACA and Entrepreneurship in the 2016 Election (Blog Post)VC Report Houston 2017]].
073/1320/2016 12:30 2017 -Organized the Finalized Artifacts for [[Blog Series PlanningVC Report Houston 2017]] page, started [[Importance of Entrepreneurship in the 2016 Election (Blog Post)]].
073/1323/2016 05:00 2017 -Finished first draft Attempted to find Count of [[Importance of Entrepreneurship in the Live Companies per Year 1986-2016 Election (Blog Post)]].
073/1527/2016 05:00 2017 -Finished first draft of [[Immigration and Entrepreneurship in the 2016 Election (Blog Post)]].Edited Report on Houston
073/1829/2016 05:00 2017 -Finished first draft of [[Trump and Entrepreneurship (Blog Post)]].Edited Report on Houston
074/193/2016 05:00 2017 -Finished first draft of [[Economic Regulation Built artifacts for Report on Houston Entrepreneurship Institutions and Entrepreneurship Report on VC in the 2016 Election (Blog Post)]].Houston
074/205/2016 05:00 2017 - Finished final drafts of [[Importance of Entrepreneurship in the 2016 Election (Blog Post)]], [[The ACA and Entrepreneurship in the 2016 Election (Blog Post)]], [[Immigration and Entrepreneurship in the 2016 Election (Blog Post)]], [[Economic Regulation and Entrepreneurship in the 2016 Election (Blog Post)]], [[Clinton and Entrepreneurship (Blog Post)]], and [[Trump and Entrepreneurship (Blog Post)]]. Also finished a rough draft of Bob McNair's biography.Set up "adobe" account
074/2110/2016 05:00 2017 -Investigated feasibility of a blog post on Gary JohnsonFinished Timeline Artifact, William Weld, and the Libertarian party, found none. Assembled and began to analyze VC data against industry averages with Ben for the [[Houston Accelerators (issue brief)]]Started descriptive paragraphs
074/2212/2016 05:00 2017 -Continued to calculate benchmark statistics for Ycombinator and Tech StarsDescriptive paragraphs
074/2517/2016 05:00 2017 -Reworked edits on [[Importance of Entrepreneurship in the 2016 Election (Blog Post)]], created record pages on Clinton, Pence, and Kaine.Finished Descriptive paragraphs 4/19/2017 - Tweaked artifacts for Issue Brief
075/262/2016 05:00 2017 -Reworked edits on [[Clinton and Entrepreneurship (Blog Post)]], and [[Trump and Entrepreneurship (Blog Post)]], sent Anne editable copies of all written postsCleared backlogged tweets. Updated portfolios for Houston Institutions
075/273/2016 05:00 2017 -Finished first draft of Entrepreneurship as Foreign Policy (Blog Post) and helped compile Confirmed data for the [[Houston Accelerators (issue brief)]].Institutions
075/284/20162017 -08/04/2016 - In DohaStarted updating artifacts for Houston Institutions
085/055/2016 05:00 2017 -Worked on Finished updating artifacts for Houston Ecosystem spreadsheet w/ Ben, learned all I needed to take it on individuallyInstitutions
085/088/2016 05:00 2017 -Worked on Finalized artifacts for Houston Ecosystem spreadsheetInstitutions. Began standardizing Houston Investment artifacts. Started updating services provided.
085/099/2016 05:00 2017 -Worked on Houston Ecosystem spreadsheet, helped design blogProduced artifacts for reports.
085/10/2016 05:00 2017 -Worked on Houston Ecosystem spreadsheetLast day, edited McNair Biocranked out artifacts for all three reports.
===Fall Work2016===
09/26/2016 - Tested various links on blog, readjusted layout, finalized and pushed out the 2/3 election series posts
12/19/2016 - Half-day, helped Anne adjust hiring procedures, printed CV's and Abstracts, helped find graphics for blog posts
===Summer 2016===06/01/2016 15:48 - Set Up Work Log Pages 06/02/2016 10:23 - Set Up "Battlestation" with two monitors, "real mouse" and non-mac keyboard. 06/07/2016 03:42 - Finished first draft of [[Entrepreneurship and the 2016 Election (Blog Post)]] 06/08/2016 02:20 - Finished first draft of [[What Does A Female Entrepreneur Look Like? (Blog Post)]] 06/10/2016 05:00 - Finished first draft of [[Social Media Usage in Entrepreneurship (Blog Post)]] and [[Houston SBA Loans (Blog Post)]] 06/13/2016 05:00 - Finished first draft of [[Business Dynamism in High Tech (Blog Post)]] and [[Navigating the Entrepreneurship Ecosystem (Vlog)]] 06/14/2016 05:00 - Finished first draft of [[Patent Trolls (Blog Post)]] and [[Small Business' Best Import (Blog Post)]] 06/15/2016 04:48 - Finished first draft of [[Economic Impact of Immigrant Entrepreneurs on America (Blog Post)]] 06/16/2016 05:00 - Finished first draft of [[En Bra Uppfattning (Blog Post)]] 06/17/2016 05:00 - Finished first draft of [[Poaching and Entrepreneurship (Blog Post)]] 06/20/2016 05:00 - Finished first draft of [[Tackling Stagnation of Texas Entrepreneurship (Blog Post)]] 06/21/2016 05:00 - Researched for potential info on Muslim entrepreneurs, was diverted to Wiki Maintenance. 06/22/2016 05:00 -Continued with Wiki Maintenance and Muslim entrepreneur research  06/23/2026 05:00 -Did the privacy policy and stuff for wiki. Finished first draft of[[Muslim Entrepreneurs (Issue Brief)]] 06/24/2016 05:00 -Finished first draft of [[The Brexit and Entrepreneurship (Report)]] 06/29/2016 05:00 -Finished first draft of [[Theories of Entrepreneurship (Blog Post)]] 06/28/2016 05:00 -Finished first draft of [[Measuring Entrepreneurship (Blog Post)]] 06/29/2016 12:30 -Finished reviewing NHL Paper 06/29/2016 05:00 -Calculated firm birth rate for U.S. per dollar of VC 06/30/2016 05:00 -Continued to try and find firm birth rate statistics for various nations, found some for Israel, Canada and France but decided not worth time at the moment. Started first draft of [[5 Myths about Venture Capital (Blog Post)]] 07/01/2016 05:00 -Finished first draft of [[Predicting Venture Capital (Blog Post)]] 07/05/2016 05:00 -Cleaned up wiki, finished first draft of [[Defining Venture Capital (Blog Post)]] by re-purposing the start of [[5 Myths about Venture Capital (Blog Post)]], and conducted research on GIS sources and data. 07/06/2016 05:00 -Finished first draft of [[Innovation and the U.S. Military (Blog Post)]] Though I think I may develop into a more long format tomorrow, could be a good policy proposal. 07/07/2016 05:00 -Started first draft of [[Strategic Innovation Investment and the U.S. Military (Policy Report)]] plan to finish tomorrow. 07/08/2016 05:00 -Finished first draft of [[Strategic Innovation Investment and the U.S. Military (Policy Report)]]. 07/11/2016 05:00 -Finished first draft of [[Clinton and Entrepreneurship (Blog Post)]]. 07/12/2016 05:00 -Finished first draft of [[The ACA and Entrepreneurship in the 2016 Election (Blog Post)]]. 07/13/2016 12:30 -Organized the [[Blog Series Planning]] page, started [[Importance of Entrepreneurship in the 2016 Election (Blog Post)]]. 07/13/2016 05:00 -Finished first draft of [[Importance of Entrepreneurship in the 2016 Election (Blog Post)]]. 07/15/2016 05:00 -Finished first draft of [[Immigration and Entrepreneurship in the 2016 Election (Blog Post)]]. 07/18/2016 05:00 -Finished first draft of [[Trump and Entrepreneurship (Blog Post)]]. 07/19/2016 05:00 -Finished first draft of [[Economic Regulation and Entrepreneurship in the 2016 Election (Blog Post)]]. 07/20/2016 05:00 - Finished final drafts of [[Importance of Entrepreneurship in the 2016 Election (Blog Post)]], [[The ACA and Entrepreneurship in the 2016 Election (Blog Post)]], [[Immigration and Entrepreneurship in the 2016 Election (Blog Post)]], [[Economic Regulation and Entrepreneurship in the 2016 Election (Blog Post)]], [[Clinton and Entrepreneurship (Blog Post)]], and [[Trump and Entrepreneurship (Blog Post)]]. Also finished a rough draft of Bob McNair's biography. 07/21/2016 05:00 -Investigated feasibility of a blog post on Gary Johnson, William Weld, and the Libertarian party, found none. Assembled and began to analyze VC data against industry averages with Ben for the [[Houston Accelerators (issue brief)]] 07/22/2016 05:00 -Continued to calculate benchmark statistics for Ycombinator and Tech Stars 07/25/2016 05:00 -Reworked edits on [[Importance of Entrepreneurship in the 2016 Election (Blog Post)]], created record pages on Clinton, Pence, and Kaine. 07/26/2016 05:00 -Reworked edits on [[Clinton and Entrepreneurship (Blog Post)]], and [[Trump and Entrepreneurship (Blog Post)]], sent Anne editable copies of all written posts 07/27/2016 05:00 -Finished first draft of Entrepreneurship as Foreign Policy (Blog Post) and helped compile data for the [[Houston Accelerators (issue brief)]]. 07/28/2016-08/04/2016 - In Doha 08/05/2016 05:00 -Worked on Houston Ecosystem spreadsheet w/ Ben, learned all I needed to take it on individually 08/08/2016 05:00 -Worked on Houston Ecosystem spreadsheet 08/09/2017 2016 05:00 -Worked on Houston Ecosystem spreadsheet, helped design blog 08/10/2016 05:00 - Drafted tweets that were Worked on backlog Houston Ecosystem spreadsheet, edited McNair Bio Added from over breakmain work log page: 9/23/2016 2:00-4:30 Introductory explanation/exploration, helped Catherine find source for Ed  9/26/2016 2:00-4:00 Began research for blog post about largely unknown entrepreneurial hubs, checked links on McNair Center blog  9/27/2016 4:00-6:00 Set up personal and work log pages, researched for blog post
01/11/2017 - Broke down and disposed of boxes, drafted tweets, worked on accelerator sheets[[Category:Work Log]]

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