Related Print Materials

• Bell, C. Gordon, McNamara, John E. and Beel, C. Gordon. High-Tech Ventures: The Guide for Entrepreneurial Success, Perseus Pr; 1991.
  The book provides insight into the problems entrepreneurs face and gives a model for successful startup companies in a formal checklist.
• Chandler, Linda. Winning Strategies for Capital Formation: Secrets of Funding Start-Ups and Emerging Growth Firms Without Losing Control of Your Idea, Project, or Company, Irwin Professional Pub, 1996.
  Focuses on the thought processes involved in planning financing and obtaining capital.
• Cohan, Peter S. The Technology Leaders: How America's Most Profitable High-Tech Companies Innovate Their Way to Success, Jossey-Bass Publishers, 1997.
  An in-depth look at twenty of America's leading companies, such as 3M, Microsoft and Merck that focuses on insight and innovation.
• Gates, William H., III. The Road Ahead, Penguin Books, 1995.
  Review of the personal computer revolution and the forthcoming "Information Age."
• Harvard Business Review on Managing High-Tech Industries,Harvard Business School Press, 1999.
  Collection of articles on high-tech management from recent years of the Harvard Business Review.
• Harmon, Steve and Doerr, John. Zero Gravity: Riding Venture Capital from High-Tech Start-up to Breakout IPO, Bloomberg Pr., 1999.
  Guide for finding and securing venture capital.
• Kalakota, Ravi, Robinson, Marcia and Tapscott, Don.E-Business: Roadmap for Success, Addison-Wesley Pub Co., 1999.
  Survey of business processes, applications and organizational structure necessary to create a high-performance e-business.
• Nesheim, John L. High Tech Start-Up: The Complete How-To Handbook for Creating Successful New High Tech Companies, Strategic Enterprise Consulting, 1997.
  Handbook covering every phase of a start-up, from idea to IPO: how to create a winning business plan, how to value the firm, finding venture capital and alternative sources of funding, and legal issues.
• O'Farrell, Neil.Stepping into Magic - A Handbook for the High Tech Start-up, Pylon Books, 1998.
• Roberts, Edward B. Entrepreneurs in High Technology: Lessons from MIT and Beyond, Oxford University Press, 1991.
• Sigismund, Charles G. Champions of Silicon Valley: Visionary Thinking from Today's Technology Pioneers,John Wiley & Sons, 2000.
  Profiles of the high-tech industry's most powerful venture capitalists, technologists, and entrepreneurs.

Related Web Sites

• Entrepreneur Magazine
  Online magazine for the internet entrepreneur.
• Bottom Up
  Online magazine for the internet entrepreneur.
• Resources for the Entrepreneur
  Links to a variety of sites for internet startups.
• Web Sites Recommended By The Entrepreneur's Corner Office
  Links to a variety of sites for internet startups.
• The Entrepreneur Association
  Links to a variety of sites for internet startups.
• The Entrepreneur's Survival Guide
  Online guide for high tech entrepreneurs.
• Starting a Creative or High Tech Enterprise
  Articles and links regarding legal aspects of starting a high tech company.

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