Web resources:

 

Resources and links about entrepreneurship

·          Kauffman Center Resources for Entrepreneurs: http://www.entreworld.org/

·          Inc. magazine site for entrepreneurs:  http://inc.com/

 

Writing a business plan:

·          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

·          Article on bullet proof business plans: http://www.vfinance.com/ent/bulletproof_business_plan

·          “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

·          Cash management basics: http://www.smallbusinessconcepts.com/cashman.php

·          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

·          CEO Express: The Executive's Toolbox  http://www.ceoexpress.com/  Comprehensive site for all kinds of business resources and data

·          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

·          Venture Capital Resource Library  http://www.vfinance.com/  Resources and links to venture information and investors

·          Technology Capital Network http://www.tcnmit.org/   A site that matches entrepreneurs with investors

 

Marketing Research & Planning

·          Norm Brodksy, “The Truth About Selling”: http://www.inc.com/magazine/19960201/1543.html

·          Susan Greco, “The Online Sleuth: Market Research via the Web”: http://www.inc.com/articles/biz_online/search_internet/evaluation/13177.html

·          Susan Greco, “Selling: Five Ways to Blow a Sale” http://www.inc.com/magazine/19960901/1805.html

·          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

·          How to Prepare a Market Analysis http://www.esmalloffice.com/rlibrary/PL12_2300.htm

 

Silicon IP and design services web sites:

·          http://www.1stsilicon.com/

·          http://www.alma-tech.com/

·          http://www.artisan.com/

·          http://www.ast.co.il/

·          http://www.atmel.com/

·          http://www.auroravlsi.com

·          http://www.cast-inc.com/

·          http://www.charteredsemi.com/

·          http://www.design-reuse.com/

·          http://www.dolphin.fr/

·          http://www.eda.org/

·          http://www.fmf_public_models/

·          http://www.gec-tokyo.co.jp/Eg/index.html

·          http://www.hwswworld.com/

·          http://www.hynix.com/eng/

·          http://www.inicore.com/ipcores.htm 

·          http://www.matricus.com/

·          http://www.ocp.org/en/

·          http://www.opencores.org/

·          http://www.ose-usa.com/

·          http://www.qualcorelogic.com

·          http://www.siliconaccess.com/products/ip.html

·          http://www.synopsys.com/products/design_reuse/design_reuse.html  

·          http://www.tsmc.com/

·          http://www.umc.com/

·          http://www.viragelogic.com/ 

·          http://www.virtual-silicon.com/

·          http://www.xilinx.com/

Reuse:

·          Synopsys Design for Reuse Manual: http://www.synopsys.com/

·          VSIA (Virtual Socket Interface Alliance): http://www.vsi.org

·          VCX (Virtual Components Exchange): http://www.vcx.co.uk

·          RAPID: http://www.rapid.org

·          OMIMO: http://www.omimo.be

·          “Is design for reuse the same as design for IP trading?” http://www.iprias.co.uk/

·          IMEC Reuse Site: http://www.imec.be/reuse/

·          Thesis on Reuse: http://www.imec.be/reuse/pdf/thesis.pdf

·          Berkeley Lecture on IP Reuse: http://www-cad.eecs.berkeley.edu/

·          MARCO Papers on IP Reuse: http://citeseer.nj.nec.com/

Outsourcing:

·                      Introduction to the Global Foundry Markets: Global_outsoucing.pdf

 

Business Magazine Links

 

INC

http://inc.com

Fast Company

http://www.fastcompany.com

CFO

http://www.cfo.com/cfo_home/

Business Week

http://www.businessweek.com

Fortune

http://www.fortune.com/fortune/

Forbes

http://www.forbes.com

Newsweek

http://www.msnbc.com/news/NW-front_Front.asp

Entrepreneur

http://entrepreneur.com

Biz Journals

http://www.bizjournals.com/

Startup Journal

http://www.startupjournal.com/

 

 

 

Business Resource Links

 

Entreworld

http://www.entreworld.org/

CEO Business Express

http://www.ceoexpress.com/default.asp

Yahoo Small Business

http://smallbusiness.yahoo.com/

U.S. Chamber of Commerce

http://www.chamberbiz.com

American Express

http://home3.americanexpress.com/smallbusiness/

Quicken Small Business

http://www.quicken.com/small_business/

Small Business Portal

http://www.smallbusinessportal.co.uk/nmegasites.htm

eWeb

http://eweb.slu.edu/Default.htm

Hoover’s Online

www.hoovers.com

 

 

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.