ENTREPRENEURSHIP
SITES
The Atlantic Monthly: Building Wealth
An article on "the new rules for individuals, companies, and nations" - an examination of how the road to riches works at the end of the twentieth century.
EntreWorld
A site for entrepreneurs, with original content and off-site links. Three main sections: Starting Your Business, Growing Your Business, and Supporting Entrepreneurship.
garage.com
A Silicon Valley-based startup that helps start startups; with Guy Kawasaki on the board, they groom small companies to meet a select group of investors.
IPOs -- Initial Public Offerings -- Resource Page
Historical IPO activity, papers analyzing IPOs, links, and more.
StartupNetwork.com
A database-driven site providing opportunities for high-tech job seekers to find potential employers, and startups to find potential employees.
ARTICLES
Are Tech Stocks Actually Undervalued?
Wall Street analysts provide a series of formulas that suggest that technology stocks are actually undervalued in comparison to the rest of the stock world. (10/22/1999 at Red Herring)
A (Bad) Case of Startup Fever
There are a lot of good reasons to join a startup; but here is a cautionary tale, full of the warning signs you should look for when you consider joining a just-formed company. (2/4/2000 at Web Review)
CBS to Bribe Net Surfers; Reporter Sniffs at Filthy Lucre
CBS bought iwon.com, a "portal" that gives users a chance to win millions of dollars for stopping buy, for $30 million; the Industry Standard examines the press' reaction. (10/6/1999 at The Industry Standard)
GE's Brain Drain
General Electric, unwilling to pay their Internet-area employees and executives Internet-high wages, is having trouble retaining them. (10/20/1999 at Forbes)
Going Full Term
Things, other than valuation, to consider when negotiating terms with an investor: investor control of the company; representations and warranties; preferred exit strategy; etc. (4/3/2001 at Tornado-Insider)
Google Keeps Search Simple
Rather than trying to become a portal, Google, a well-reviewed search engine, will provide services for other Net companies, including portals. (10/6/1999 at The New York Times)
How Much Should You Tell a VC?
You shouldn't ask a venture capitalist to sign an NDA; but you should be wary of talking about anything beyond the core business idea. (7/10/2001 at News.com)
Invention Is a Flower, Innovation Is a Weed
Bob Metcalfe, inventor of Ethernet and founder of 3Com, outlines his beliefs on the nature of innovation and entrepreneurship. (11/4/1999 at Technology Review (MIT))
IPO Aftermarket Valuation Seeing Double
The average IPO this year raised $72.4 million, and the average IPOed company was worth $435 million, both large increases from previous years. (10/5/1999 at Red Herring)
Life After Nasdaq: Techs Contemplate Going Private
As publicly-held web companies are threatened with being delisted from the Nasdaq, a good strategy for some would be to go private by buying all their outstanding shares. (4/24/2001 at ECommerce Times)
Net IPOs: Are They Worth It?
Despite how well Net IPOs do on their first day of trading, the fact is that historically, new stocks trail established companies for their first few years. (10/11/1999 at Wired News)
The Origin of the Entrepreneurial Species
An interview with Amar V. Bhide, author of The Origin and Evolution of New Businesses, a book based on 10 years of study into the question: what makes a start-up successful? (2/1/2000 at Inc. Magazine)
Scenes From An IPO
Internet World examines Interland's IPO, and what went wrong with it: timing, choice of underwriters, and differentiation. (9/15/2000 at Internet World in Print)
Selling Market Smarts to the People
Several major companies, including Hewlett-Packard and Ziff-Davis, are getting into the business of selling market research and expensive industry reports online. (10/11/1999 at The Industry Standard)
Some Thoughts From a Mom Whose Baby Failed
Andria McClellan, a 30-year-old mother, closed the doors on her startup, CivicZone.com, a few months ago; despite not being around for her 21-month-old son, she says she doesn't regret the experience of 80-hour-workweeks. (7/17/2000 at The Washington Post)
Staffing Your Online Publishing Company
Some advice from the publisher of Clickz, on hiring the right people to work at your start-up publisher. (8/11/2000 at ClickZ Network)
Startup Nation
20 basic rules for successfully launching a start-up now - before the IPO window closes down. (12/20/1999 at Worth Magazine)
Taking Care of Business
How to set up your online business - starting with what kind of entity you want to be: sole proprietorship, partnership, LLC, or corporation. (8/11/2000 at Web Review)
Valley of the Dollars
Reporter Eryn Brown goes to Silicon Valley to see how money - and lack of it - have changed the people there. (9/3/1999 at Fortune)
VC P.S.: Suck it up, part 2
David Ladd, general partner at VC firm Mayfield, answers questions on firing CEOs, what to do if your company is running out of cash, and complex technology vs. strong marketing concept. (5/31/2001 at Red Herring)
What Women Need to Know About Starting Up
Male entrepreneurs currently get 97.7% of the early-stage investment money distributed each year in the U.S.; to compete, women need to understand and manipulate the culture that male venture capitalists are part of. (10/4/2000 at The New York Times)
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