Web resources:
Resources and links
about entrepreneurship
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Kauffman
Center Resources for Entrepreneurs: http://www.entreworld.org/
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Inc.
magazine site for entrepreneurs: http://inc.com/
Writing a business plan:
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Outlines
for a business plan:
1. http://www.nvst.com/resources/
2. http://www.inc.com/guides/start_biz/20660.html
3. http://www.inc.com/articles/2000/04/18470.html
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Article
on bullet proof business plans: http://www.vfinance.com/ent/bulletproof_business_plan
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“A Venture Capitalist and Business Planner Look at Business Plans”
by David Pierce-Pierce Investments and Michael Goldstein: http://www.proplana.com/news.html this article helps
you understand the relationship between business plans and venture capital.
Funding Models
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Cash management basics: http://www.smallbusinessconcepts.com/cashman.php
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Small Business Administration Online Library Reading Room http://www.sba.gov/library/pubs.html#mt-1
Contains a
variety of publications on potential funding sources
·
Pricing Your Product or Service,” Robert Sullivan, The Small
Business Advisor http://www.isquare.com/ Advice and forms to determine
financing needs and financing sources
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CEO Express: The Executive's Toolbox http://www.ceoexpress.com/ Comprehensive site for all kinds of business
resources and data
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Finance Hub http://www.financehub.com/ Information, articles, advice, links to all
types of financial resources
·
Garage.com http://www.garage.com/ Annotation Information and links for
entrepreneurs and investors in high technology
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Venture Capital Resource Library http://www.vfinance.com/ Resources and links to venture information and
investors
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Technology Capital Network http://www.tcnmit.org/ A site that matches entrepreneurs with
investors
Marketing Research & Planning
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Norm Brodksy, “The Truth About Selling”: http://www.inc.com/magazine/19960201/1543.html
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Susan
Greco, “The Online Sleuth: Market Research via the Web”: http://www.inc.com/articles/biz_online/search_internet/evaluation/13177.html
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Susan Greco, “Selling: Five Ways to Blow a Sale” http://www.inc.com/magazine/19960901/1805.html
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Small Business Administration Online Library Reading Room http://www.sba.gov/library/pubs.html#mt-1
Contains a
variety of publications, directories, studies and statistics for marketing and
research to help new and small businesses
·
Guerrilla Marketing Online: http://gmarketing.com/cgi-bin/main.pl Articles and resource for innovative and
inexpensive marketing
·
How to Identify a Target Market and Prepare a Customer Profile http://www.esmalloffice.com/rlibrary/PL12_2000.htm
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How to Prepare a Market Analysis http://www.esmalloffice.com/rlibrary/PL12_2300.htm
Silicon IP and design services web sites:
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http://www.charteredsemi.com/
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http://www.design-reuse.com/
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http://www.fmf_public_models/
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http://www.gec-tokyo.co.jp/Eg/index.html
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http://www.inicore.com/ipcores.htm
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http://www.qualcorelogic.com
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http://www.siliconaccess.com/products/ip.html
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http://www.synopsys.com/products/design_reuse/design_reuse.html
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http://www.virtual-silicon.com/
Reuse:
·
Synopsys
Design for Reuse Manual: http://www.synopsys.com/
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VSIA (Virtual Socket Interface
Alliance): http://www.vsi.org
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VCX (Virtual Components Exchange): http://www.vcx.co.uk
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RAPID: http://www.rapid.org
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OMIMO: http://www.omimo.be
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“Is design for reuse the same as design for IP
trading?” http://www.iprias.co.uk/
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IMEC Reuse Site: http://www.imec.be/reuse/
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Thesis on Reuse: http://www.imec.be/reuse/pdf/thesis.pdf
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Berkeley Lecture on IP Reuse: http://www-cad.eecs.berkeley.edu/
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MARCO Papers on IP Reuse: http://citeseer.nj.nec.com/
Outsourcing:
·
Introduction to the Global Foundry
Markets: Global_outsoucing.pdf
Business
Magazine Links
INC |
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Fast Company |
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CFO |
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Business Week |
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Fortune |
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Forbes |
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Newsweek |
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Entrepreneur |
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Biz Journals |
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Startup Journal |
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Business
Resource Links
Entreworld |
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CEO Business Express |
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Yahoo Small Business |
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U.S. Chamber of Commerce |
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American Express |
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Quicken Small Business |
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Small Business Portal |
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eWeb |
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Additional reading material
Brown, Shona L. & Kathleen M. Eisenhardt. Competing on the Edge:
Strategy as Structured Chaos, 1998. http://www.amazon.com/
Christensen,
Clayton M. The Innovator’s Dilemma: When New Technologies Cause Great Firms
to Fail. Cambridge: Harvard Business School Press, 1997. http://www.amazon.com/
Collins,
James and Jerry Porras, Built to Last: Successful
Habits of Visionary Companies, New York: HarperBusiness,
1994. http://www.amazon.com/
Coombs,
Rod, Richards, Albert et.al. Technological
Collaboration. (Biddles
Limited, 1996).
Davidow, William H., and
Michael S. Malone. The Virtual Corporation. New
York: Edward BurlingameBooks/HarperBusiness, 1992. http://www.amazon.com/
Downes, Larry & Chunka , Mui. Unleashing
the Killer App: Digital Strategies for Market Dominance. Cambridge:
Harvard Business School Press, 1998.
Gates,
Bill. Business @ the Speed of Thought: Using a Digital Nervous System, New
York: Warner Books, 1999.
Gross,
Michael. Travels to the Nanoworld: Miniature
Machinery in Nature and Technology. New York: Plenum Trade, 1999.
Gupta, Udayan. Done Deals: Venture
Capitalists Tell Their Stories. Cambridge: Harvard Business
School Press, 2000.
Jager, Rama
Dev & Rafael Ortiz. In the Company of Giants: Candid Conversations with
the Visionaries of the Digital World. New York: McGraw-Hill, 1997.
Moore,
Geoffrey A. Living on the Fault Line. New York: Harper Business, 2000.
Moore,
Geoffrey. Crossing the Chasm: Marketing and Selling High
Tech Products to Mainstream Customers. New York:
HarperCollins, 1995. http://www.amazon.com/
Moore,
Geoffrey. Inside the Tornado: Marketing Strategies from Silicon Valley’s
Cutting Edge. New York: HarperCollins, 1995.
Peppers, Don, and Martha Rogers. The One to One
Future: Building Relationships One Customer at a Time. New York:
Currency/Doubleday, 1993.
Senge, Peter. The Fifth Discipline: The Art and Practice of the
Learning Organization. New York: Currency/Doubleday, 1990.
Shapiro, Carl & Hal R. Varian. Information Rules:
A Strategic Guide to the Network Economy, Cambridge: Harvard Business
School Press, 1999.
Sullivan,
Neil F. Technology Transfer: Making the Most of Your Intellectual Property (Cambridge
University Press, 1995).
Wheelwright, Steven C., and Kim B. Clark. Revolutionizing
Product Development. New York: The Free Press, 1992.