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[[Dylan Dickens]] [[Work Logs]] [[Dylan Dickens (Work Log)|(log page)]]2018-03-06:Troubleshot Key Terms program with Christy, continued to read articles.
===Summer Work===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 [[Lyceum Research Page]] 2018-01-24: Searched 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 [[Patent Thicket Strategic Planning]] and sent to Ed. Ed approved. 2018-01/2016 15-22: Read Patent Thicket literature. Met with Ed to discuss broad strategy, began planning for next steps. [[Patent Thicket Strategic Planning]] 2018-01-18:48 Met with Ed to discuss Patent Thicket Project. Helped complete his research for the Amazon HQ2 Report. 2018-01- Set Up Work Log Pages11: Finalized sourcing for Venture Capital Gap for Women
06/02/2016 2018-01-10:23 - Set Up "Battlestation" with two monitorsSourced all of Venture Capital Gap for Women, "real mouse" and non-mac keyboard.downloaded PDF's for about 3/4 of sources
06/07/2016 032018-01-09:42 - Finished first draft Found additional sources on the Venture Capital Gap for Women, as well as Fondren availability for a portion of [[Entrepreneurship and the 2016 Election (Blog Post)]]sources.
06</08/2016 02:20 - Finished first draft of [[What Does A Female Entrepreneur Look Like? (Blog Post)]]onlyinclude>
06/10/2016 05:00 - Finished first draft of [[Social Media Usage in Entrepreneurship (Blog Post)]] and [[Houston SBA Loans (Blog Post)]]===Fall 2017===
06/13/2016 052017-12-1:00 - Finished first draft of Matched additional files for the [[Business Dynamism in High Tech (Blog Post)]] Estimating Unobserved Complementarities between Entrepreneurs and [[Navigating the Entrepreneurship Ecosystem (Vlog)Venture Capitalists]]project
06/14/2016 052017-11-30:00 - Finished first draft of Matched files for Ed, documented work on [[Patent Trolls (Blog Post)]] Estimating Unobserved Complementarities between Entrepreneurs and [[Small Business' Best Import (Blog Post)Venture Capitalists]]
06/15/2016 042017-11-29:48 - Finished first draft of Compiled the [[Economic Impact of Immigrant Entrepreneurs on America (Blog Post)Lyceum Research Page]], hunted for Ben's Accelerator data
06/16/2016 052017-11-14:00 - Finished first draft of Created and started filling the [[En Bra Uppfattning (Blog Post)Lyceum Research Page]].
06/17/2016 052017-11-13:00 - Finished first draft of [[Poaching Update work logs, worked to produce VC Firm table for Ed and Entrepreneurship (Blog Post)]]Diane. Saved in \Projects\Houston\2017 VC Project\VC Data
06/20/2016 052017-11-08:00 - Finished first draft of Generated the [[Tackling Stagnation of Texas Entrepreneurship (Blog Post)Dylan's Filter Method]]page.
06/21/2016 052017-11-07:00 - Researched for potential info on Muslim entrepreneurs, was diverted to Wiki MaintenanceConducted second lesson also demonstrating proper graph construction.
06/23/2026 052017-1-01:00 -Did Finalized work on artifacts for Ed. Sent in the privacy policy and stuff for wikirequested graphs. Finished first draft of[[Muslim Entrepreneurs (Issue Brief)]]
06/24/2016 05:00 -Finished first draft of [[The Brexit and Entrepreneurship (Report)]]===Spring 2017===
0601/2909/2016 05:00 2017 -Finished first draft of [[Theories of Entrepreneurship (Blog Post)]]Drafted tweets that were on backlog from over break
0601/2811/2016 05:00 2017 -Finished first draft Broke down and disposed of [[Measuring Entrepreneurship (Blog Post)]]boxes, drafted tweets, worked on accelerator sheets
0601/2918/2016 12:30 2017 -Finished reviewing NHL PaperDrafted backlog tweets, worked on accelerator sheets
061/2923/2016 05:00 2017 -Calculated firm birth rate for U.S. per dollar of VCStarted Report on Houston
061/30/2016 05:00 2017 -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)]]Report on Houston
072/01/2016 05:00 2017 -Finished first draft of [[Predicting Venture Capital (Blog Post)]]Continued Report on Houston
072/0506/2016 05:00 2017 -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 Worked on GIS sources and data.Accenture Project
072/0608/2016 05:00 2017 -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.Worked on Accenture Project
072/0713/2016 05:00 2017 -Started first draft of [[Strategic Innovation Investment and the U.S. Military (Policy Report)]] plan to finish tomorrow.Worked on Accenture Project, Worked on Houston report, fixed some Wiki security issues
072/0815/2016 05:00 2017 -Finished first draft of [[Strategic Innovation Investment and the U.S. Military (Policy Report)]].Worked on Accenture Project
072/1120/2016 05:00 2017 -Finished first Googled M&A data for Accenture, finished up draft of [[Clinton and Entrepreneurship (Blog Post)]].for Report on Houston, started SDC pulls for potential Market v non-market
072/1222/2016 05:00 2017 -Finished first draft of [[The ACA and Entrepreneurship in the 2016 Election (Blog Post)]].Ran pulls for Market v NonMarket, helped develop methodology
072/1327/2016 12:30 2017 -Organized the [[Blog Series Planning]] pagePulled for Market v NonMarket, started [[Importance of Entrepreneurship in the 2016 Election (Blog Post)]].cleaned data
073/131/2016 05:00 2017 -Finished first draft of Built potential artifacts for [[Importance of Entrepreneurship in the 2016 Election (Blog Post)VC Report Houston 2017]].
073/156/2016 05:00 2017 -Finished first draft of Cleaned up and built a new artifacts for [[Immigration and Entrepreneurship in the 2016 Election (Blog Post)VC Report Houston 2017]].
073/188/2016 05:00 2017 -Finished first draft of Cleaned up and built a new artifacts for [[Trump and Entrepreneurship (Blog Post)VC Report Houston 2017]].
073/1920/2016 05:00 2017 -Finished first draft of Finalized Artifacts for [[Economic Regulation and Entrepreneurship in the 2016 Election (Blog Post)VC Report Houston 2017]].
073/2023/2016 05:00 2017 - Finished final drafts Attempted to find Count of [[Importance of Entrepreneurship in the Live Companies per Year 1986-2016 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.
073/2127/2016 05:00 2017 -Investigated feasibility of a blog post Edited Report 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)]]
073/2229/2016 05:00 2017 -Continued to calculate benchmark statistics for Ycombinator and Tech StarsEdited Report on Houston
074/253/2016 05:00 2017 -Reworked edits Built artifacts for Report on [[Importance of Houston Entrepreneurship Institutions and Report on VC in the 2016 Election (Blog Post)]], created record pages on Clinton, Pence, and Kaine.Houston
074/265/2016 05:00 2017 -Reworked edits on [[Clinton and Entrepreneurship (Blog Post)]], and [[Trump and Entrepreneurship (Blog Post)]], sent Anne editable copies of all written postsSet up "adobe" account
074/2710/2016 05:00 2017 -Finished first draft of Entrepreneurship as Foreign Policy (Blog Post) and helped compile data for the [[Houston Accelerators (issue brief)]].Timeline Artifact, Started descriptive paragraphs
074/2812/20162017 -08/04/2016 - In DohaContinued Descriptive paragraphs
084/0517/2016 05:00 2017 -Worked on Houston Ecosystem spreadsheet wFinished Descriptive paragraphs 4/ Ben, learned all I needed to take it on individually19/2017 - Tweaked artifacts for Issue Brief
085/082/2016 05:00 2017 -Worked on Cleared backlogged tweets. Updated portfolios for Houston Ecosystem spreadsheetInstitutions
085/093/2016 05:00 2017 -Worked on Confirmed data for Houston Ecosystem spreadsheet, helped design blogInstitutions
085/104/2016 05:00 2017 -Worked on Started updating artifacts for Houston Ecosystem spreadsheet, edited McNair BioInstitutions
Added from main work log page:5/5/2017 - Finished updating artifacts for Houston Institutions
95/238/2016 2:002017 -4:30 Introductory explanation/exploration, helped Catherine find source Finalized artifacts for Ed Houston Institutions. Began standardizing Houston Investment artifacts. Started updating services provided.
95/2710/2016 4:002017 -6:00 Set up personal and work log pagesLast day, researched cranked out artifacts for blog postall three reports.
0106/0914/2017 2016 05:00 - Drafted tweets that were 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 backlog from over breakMuslim 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)]]
0106/1128/2017 2016 05:00 - Broke down and disposed Finished first draft of boxes, drafted tweets, worked on accelerator sheets[[Measuring Entrepreneurship (Blog Post)]]
0106/1829/2017 2016 12:30 - Drafted backlog tweets, worked on accelerator sheetsFinished reviewing NHL Paper
106/2329/2017 2016 05:00 - Started Report on HoustonCalculated firm birth rate for U.S. per dollar of VC
106/30/2017 2016 05:00 - Continued Report on Houstonto 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)]]
207/01/2017 2016 05:00 - Continued Report on HoustonFinished first draft of [[Predicting Venture Capital (Blog Post)]]
207/0605/2017 2016 05:00 - Worked 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 Accenture ProjectGIS sources and data.
207/0806/2017 2016 05:00 - Worked on Accenture ProjectFinished 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.
207/1307/2017 2016 05:00 - Worked on Accenture Project, Worked on Houston report, fixed some Wiki security issuesStarted first draft of [[Strategic Innovation Investment and the U.S. Military (Policy Report)]] plan to finish tomorrow.
207/1508/2017 2016 05:00 - Worked on Accenture ProjectFinished first draft of [[Strategic Innovation Investment and the U.S. Military (Policy Report)]].
207/2011/2017 2016 05:00 - Googled M&A data for Accenture, finished up Finished first draft for Report on Houston, started SDC pulls for potential Market v non-marketof [[Clinton and Entrepreneurship (Blog Post)]].
207/2212/2017 2016 05:00 - Ran pulls for Market v NonMarket, helped develop methodologyFinished first draft of [[The ACA and Entrepreneurship in the 2016 Election (Blog Post)]].
207/2713/2017 2016 12:30 - Pulled for Market v NonMarketOrganized the [[Blog Series Planning]] page, cleaned datastarted [[Importance of Entrepreneurship in the 2016 Election (Blog Post)]].
307/113/2017 2016 05:00 - Built potential artifacts for Finished first draft of [[VC Report Houston 2017Importance of Entrepreneurship in the 2016 Election (Blog Post)]].
307/615/2017 2016 05:00 - Cleaned up and built a new artifacts for Finished first draft of [[VC Report Houston 2017Immigration and Entrepreneurship in the 2016 Election (Blog Post)]].
307/818/2017 2016 05:00 - Cleaned up and built a new artifacts for Finished first draft of [[VC Report Houston 2017Trump and Entrepreneurship (Blog Post)]].
307/2019/2017 2016 05:00 - Finalized Artifacts for Finished first draft of [[VC Report Houston 2017Economic Regulation and Entrepreneurship in the 2016 Election (Blog Post)]].
307/2320/2017 2016 05:00 - Attempted to find Count Finished final drafts of [[Importance of Live Companies per Year 1986-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 2016Election (Blog Post)]], [[Clinton and Entrepreneurship (Blog Post)]], and [[Trump and Entrepreneurship (Blog Post)]]. Also finished a rough draft of Bob McNair's biography.
307/2721/2017 2016 05:00 - Edited Report 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 [[HoustonAccelerators (issue brief)]]
307/2922/2017 2016 05:00 - Edited Report on HoustonContinued to calculate benchmark statistics for Ycombinator and Tech Stars
407/325/2017 2016 05:00 - Built artifacts for Report Reworked edits on Houston [[Importance of Entrepreneurship Institutions in the 2016 Election (Blog Post)]], created record pages on Clinton, Pence, and Report on VC in HoustonKaine.
407/526/2017 2016 05:00 - Set up "adobe" accountReworked edits on [[Clinton and Entrepreneurship (Blog Post)]], and [[Trump and Entrepreneurship (Blog Post)]], sent Anne editable copies of all written posts
407/1027/2017 2016 05:00 - Finished Timeline Artifact, Started descriptive paragraphsfirst draft of Entrepreneurship as Foreign Policy (Blog Post) and helped compile data for the [[Houston Accelerators (issue brief)]].
407/1228/2017 2016- Continued Descriptive paragraphs08/04/2016 - In Doha
408/1705/2017 2016 05:00 - Finished Descriptive paragraphs 4Worked on Houston Ecosystem spreadsheet w/19/2017 - Tweaked artifacts for Issue BriefBen, learned all I needed to take it on individually
508/208/2017 2016 05:00 - Cleared backlogged tweets. Updated portfolios for Worked on Houston InstitutionsEcosystem spreadsheet
508/309/2017 2016 05:00 - Confirmed data for Worked on Houston InstitutionsEcosystem spreadsheet, helped design blog
508/410/2017 2016 05:00 - Started updating artifacts for Worked on Houston InstitutionsEcosystem spreadsheet, edited McNair Bio
5/5/2017 - Finished updating artifacts for Houston InstitutionsAdded from main work log page:
59/823/2017 2016 2:00-Finalized artifacts 4:30 Introductory explanation/exploration, helped Catherine find source for Houston Institutions. Began standardizing Houston Investment artifacts. Started updating services provided. Ed
59/926/2017 2016 2:00- Produced artifacts 4:00 Began research for reports.blog post about largely unknown entrepreneurial hubs, checked links on McNair Center blog
59/1027/2017 2016 4:00- Last day6:00 Set up personal and work log pages, cranked out artifacts researched for all three reports. blog post
→Spring 2018
===Spring 2018===
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2017-11-06/22/2016 05:00 -Continued Cleaned data in preparation for Pivot Table lesson with Wiki Maintenance and Muslim entrepreneur research Anne. Conducted first lesson.
5/9/26/2016 2:002017 -4:00 Began research Produced artifacts for blog post about largely unknown entrepreneurial hubs, checked links on McNair Center blog 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
===Spring WorkSummer 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)]]
[[Category:Work Log]]
