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This “Information Partner to the Venture Capital Industry” is famous for its regular statistics on the state of the VC market. On the site, you will also find their publications, a directory of VCs, resources for entrepreneurs, and some fee-based services, notably their customized valuation reports and their.

Content: Online Resource | Source: Venture One | Subjects: Entrepreneurship, Venture Capital

A comic strip about the VC world. Here’s their ‘comical’ executive summary: “The VC Comic Strip is the leading provider of advanced comic strip solutions to the venture capital industry. Leveraging best-of-breed industry vernacular, The VC Comic Strip dominates the market through highly scalable comic delivery infrastructure and defensible intellectual property.”

Content: Online Resource | Source: The VC | Subject: Venture Capital

TiE is “a non-profit global network of entrepreneurs and professionals, established to foster entrepreneurship and nurture entrepreneurs.” Although it has its origins in the Indian subcontinent and is dominated by members from that part of the world, the group is open to all. This group also puts on an excellent annual conference (TiEcon) – you can find the speakers’ presentations on the site … [ Read more ]

Content: Online Resource | Source: TiE | Subjects: Entrepreneurship, People

Famous Kleiner Perkins Caufield & Byers partner and serial entrepreneur

Content: Thought Leader | Source: Red Herring | Subjects: Management, Venture Capital

former Pepsi executive and CEO of Apple Computer

Content: Thought Leader | Source: tnbt.com | Subjects: Management, Venture Capital

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This new service from the online technology magazine _Red Herring_ is a database of start-up companies. The database is browseable by company name, name of a person, industry, or funding stage, as well as being keyword-searchable. Information on each company in Herringtown is presented in several layers. The first offers general information such as company contact information, year founded, and number of employees. The second … [ Read more ]

Content: Online Resource | Source: Red Herring | Subject: Entrepreneurship

What ivory tower? Today’s entrepreneurship profs are jumping on board student start-ups just as soon as their pupils graduate.

Content: Article | Authors: Donna Fenn, Michael Warshaw | Source: Inc.com | Subjects: Entrepreneurship, MBA Related

Internet Capital Group has invested hundreds of millions of dollars in companies that are looking to make their mark in e-commerce. John Hamm evaluates and advises the entrepreneurs who run those companies. Here are the character traits that he looks for. Do you have what it takes?

Content: Article | Authors: Cheryl Dahle, John Hamm | Source: Fast Company | Subjects: Entrepreneurship, Leadership

Entrepreneurs often say they’re looking for smart money. So it should come as no surprise that more of them are shunning old-school venture capitalists in favor of savvy tech veterans who have started their own investment funds…

Content: Article | Author: Matthew A. DeBellis | Source: Red Herring | Subjects: Entrepreneurship, Venture Capital

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Beneath the chaotic dot-com busts of the last half-year, an overlooked breed of Internet companies–mostly small and nimble–is thriving…

Content: Article | Authors: Ashley Dunn, Karen Kaplan | Source: LA Times | Subjects: Entrepreneurship, IT / Technology / E-Business

NCOE looks at the latest development in the VC industry – Community Development Venture Capital (CDVC). CDVCs seek to tap the proven approach of traditional venture capital, but, for a different purpose: they aim to bring new investment to regions and sectors not participating in the current economic boom.

Editor’s Note: see related article, “Community Development Venture Capital: A Double-Bottom Line Approach to Poverty … [ Read more ]

Content: Article | Source: National Commission on Entrepreneurship (NCOE) | Subjects: Social Responsibility (ESG), Venture Capital

Bill Joos, vice president of business development for Garage.com, teaches entrepreneurs how to perfect their elevator pitches — a sales lesson anyone can apply in under a minute, or in fewer than three floors.

Content: Article | Author: John Hoult | Source: Fast Company | Subject: Entrepreneurship

ABCs of Small Business is the small business education site of VentureConsult. It is a resource for small business owners and the people who want to start or buy a business. It aims to provide one place that would answer most basic business questions without getting deeply into esoteric academics or giving people a hard sell.

Content: Online Resource | Source: VentureConsult | Subject: Small Business

The goal of the DRC is to ask the right questions about state economies. How well is the state’s economy performing in generating a more widely shared and sustainable standard of living? How vital are its large and small businesses? What is the state’s capacity for future development? Each major index tries to answer one of these questions. The DRC provides policymakers, development professionals, … [ Read more ]

Content: Online Resource | Source: Corporation for Enterprise Development (CFED) | Subjects: Economics, Entrepreneurship

More and more B-schools are starting ”business incubators” to launch startups. Is it education or business? Well, it’s both

Content: Article | Author: Jennifer Merritt | Source: BusinessWeek | Subjects: Entrepreneurship, MBA Related

Founder of Hummer Winblad Venture Partners

Content: Thought Leader | Source: BusinessWeek | Subjects: Management, Venture Capital

former journalist – now VC with New Enterprise Associates

Content: Thought Leader | Source: tnbt.com | Subjects: Management, Venture Capital