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Article from Accel Partners (VCs) spells out the following important issues to consider:
– Gathering the team
– Quality
– Turning a technology lead into a market position
– Credibility
– Financing
– Organizing for change
– Defining the contribution
– Developing individual potential
– International sales
– Balancing optimism with objectivity
– Nurturing initiative
– Management information
– Legal
– Achieving value pricing
– … [ Read more ]

Content: Article | Source: Accel Partners | Subjects: Entrepreneurship, Management

SmallBusiness.com is a “knowledge sharing community and human-powered search tool” for those running and serving small businesses. The SmallBusiness.com advice network is based on the knowledge management systems of large businesses, meaning that they expect community members to informally share their successes and failures. Users are encouraged to ask for advice on a variety of business topics. Advisors answer questions, and those looking for advice … [ Read more ]

Content: Online Resource | Source: smallbusiness.com | Subject: Small Business

Content: Book | Authors: Kent L. Lineback, Randy Komisar | Subject: Entrepreneurship

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

Here is a standard introduction to venture capital that the ATV (Alliance Technology Ventures) partners use in a variety of situations.

Content: Online Resource | Source: Alliance Technology Ventures | Subjects: Entrepreneurship, Venture Capital

Venture capitalists only have two emotions: fear and greed. All their decisions are reached by balancing one against the other.

Content: Quotation | Source: Alliance Technology Ventures | 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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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

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