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.

Diary of a Start-Up

Sanjay Mazumder and his Sambah.net team describe their experiences literally from day 1

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.

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

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.

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.

What Makes an Entrepreneur

A seasoned professor debunks some myths about an entrepreneur’s traits and lists those he sees as crucial.

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)

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.

PWC Money Tree Survey

quarterly study of equity investments made by the venture capital community in emerging private companies in the United States.

What Makes an Entrepreneur?

multi-part article that really hits the nail on the head and dismisses common beliefs (author Wm J. Stolze)

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

Getting A Jump Start(up)

Short article list ways MBAs looking for work in the Internet Economy can crack the startup scene

Venture Economics

leading provider of accurate and comprehensive private equity information