Fish or Cut Bait: How green is the Valley?
There’s a huge misconception regarding Silicon Valley and it goes like this: you step off the plane in San Jose, sign up with a dot-com, pop open an umbrella, and t starts raining money. Nothing could be further from the truth.
Content: Article | Source: Red Herring | Subject: Entrepreneurship
Diary of a Start-Up
Sanjay Mazumder and his Sambah.net team describe their experiences literally from day 1
Content: Article | Source: netimperative.com | Subject: Entrepreneurship
StartUpStreet.com
StartUpStreet is creating a comprehensive portfolio of services for Entrepreneurs launching high-tech ventures from pre-Seed Stage through the first couple of capitalization events, to the mezzanine capital rounds.
Content: Online Resource | Source: startupstreet.com | Subject: Entrepreneurship
Small Business 2000
web site of the popular PBS show for entrepreneurs; has some good content, incl. 4 steps for starting and 4 step for growing a business, a checklist, and extensive links
Content: Online Resource | Source: Small Business School | Subjects: Entrepreneurship, Small Business
Diaries of a Startup
CEOs, founders, and presidents of various startup companies share their thoughts, gripes, and advice in an effort to facilitate mind sharing and promote unfettered learning. We hope the fever is catching.
Content: Article | Source: Fast Company | Subjects: Entrepreneurship, Small Business
Why the Founder Isn’t Always the Best CEO
How to hire management who attract venture capital
Content: Article | Source: DataMerge | Subject: Entrepreneurship
15 Steps to a Start-up Investors Will Buy
presents a 15-point plan for those seeking money from venture capitalists, private investors, or even traditional lenders.
Content: Article | Source: Inc. Magazine | Subject: Entrepreneurship
What Makes an Entrepreneur
A seasoned professor debunks some myths about an entrepreneur’s traits and lists those he sees as crucial.
Content: Article | Author: Jon P. Goodman | Source: Inc. Magazine | Subject: Entrepreneurship
Ditch your business plan. Tell the moneymen why they should care.
In the Internet Economy, the right B-plan isn’t a B-plan at all, but a great 8-point startup story (inc. business case, customer, solution, alternatives, accomplishments, background, company details and basic financials)
Content: Article | Source: Business 2.0 | Subject: Venture Capital
Fear and greed in VC funding
To understand venture capitalists – and get them to open their wallets for you – is as simple as understanding greed and fear, says Sanchez Capital Partners’ Gene Lowenthal.
Content: Article | Authors: Gene Lowenthal, Ted Hughes | Source: dbusiness.com | Subject: Venture Capital
PWC Money Tree Survey
quarterly study of equity investments made by the venture capital community in emerging private companies in the United States.
Content: Online Resource | Subject: Venture Capital
What Makes an Entrepreneur?
multi-part article that really hits the nail on the head and dismisses common beliefs (author Wm J. Stolze)
Content: Article | Source: morebusiness.com | Subject: Entrepreneurship
Structuring Your Startup.pdf
Getting Your Idea Funded
VCprocess.ppt
Balancing Founders and VC’s Interests.pdf
What Does It Take to Be an Entrepreneur?
Highlights from WetFeet.com’s guide on Entrepreneurship: passion, winning team, big idea, market insight, and business plan are discussed
Content: Article | Source: WetFeet | Subject: Entrepreneurship
Getting A Jump Start(up)
Short article list ways MBAs looking for work in the Internet Economy can crack the startup scene
Content: Article | Source: The Standard | Subjects: Career, Entrepreneurship
Built to Flip
excellent discussion from author of Built to Last about new mentality toward building companies and the associated implications
Read follow-up article, “Built to Flip – Where Do You Come Down?”
Content: Article | Source: Fast Company | Subjects: Entrepreneurship, General
Venture Economics
leading provider of accurate and comprehensive private equity information
Content: Online Resource | Subjects: Competitive Intelligence, Venture Capital
