14 May 2008

Internet Resources

Online sources for additional information about technology start-ups

Bizworld

A Web site for teaching children the basics of business, entrepreneurship, and money management and for promoting teamwork and leadership in the classroom.

http://www.bizworld.org/index.html

Corante

A collection of blogs and technology news postings that cover biotechnology, communications, e-business, the Internet, law, personal technology, venture capital, and more.

http://www.corante.com/

DealBook

Financial news and analysis covering mergers and acquisitions, investment banking, initial public offerings, private equity, hedge funds, venture capital, legal matters, and related topics from the New York Times.

http://dealbook.blogs.nytimes.com/

The Encyclopedia of Private Equity and Venture Capital

A resource of VC Experts for private equity and venture capital educational and reference material.

www.vcexperts.com

Money Tree Survey

A PricewaterhouseCoopers Web site that offers information on emerging companies that receive financing, and the venture capital firms that provide it. 

http://www.pwcmoneytree.com/

National Venture Capital Association

A trade association that represents the U.S. venture capital industry.

http://www.nvca.org/

San Jose Mercury News — Venture Capital

News from the Silicon Valley’s newspaper of record.

http://www.mercurynews.com/vc

Science and Technology Entrepreneurship Program — Case Western Reserve University

Offers degrees in graduate-level science, business, and innovation.

http://step.case.edu

Startup Search

A directory tracking “facts and figures about new Web products, start-up companies, key start-up employees, and the funding dollars powering their growth.” 

http://www.startupsearch.org/

TechCrunch

An influential blog about Silicon Valley.

http://www.techcrunch.com/

Articles, Books, and Studies

Anderson, Stuart, and Michaela Platzer. American Made: The Impact of Immigrant Entrepreneurs and Professionals on U.S. Competitiveness. National Venture Capital Association (November 2006).

www.nvca.org/pdf/AmericanMade_study.pdf

Ante, Spencer E. Creative Capital: Georges Doriot and the Birth of Venture Capital. Harvard Business School Press (2008).

Augustine, Norman. “The Future of U.S. Competitiveness.” The Brookings Institution (5 October 2006): transcript p. 7.

www3.brookings.edu/comm/events/20061005.pdf

Committee on Prospering in the Global Economy of the 21st Century. Rising Above the Gathering Storm: Energizing and Employing America for a Brighter Economic Future. National Academies Press (2005).

www.nap.edu/catalog.php?record_id=11463

Galama, Titus, and James Hosek, eds. Perspectives on U.S. Competitiveness in Science and Technology. RAND Corporation (2007).

www.rand.org/pubs/conf_proceedings/2007/RAND_CF235.pdf

Pink, Daniel H. “Revenge of the Right Brain.” Wired (February 2005).

http://www.wired.com/wired/archive/13.02/brain.html

Wadhwa, Vivek. “Keeping Research and Leadership at Home.” BusinessWeek Online (18 January 2007).

www.businessweek.com/print/smallbiz/content/jan2007/sb20070118_135378.htm

The U.S. Department of State assumes no responsibility for the content and availability of the resources from other agencies and organizations listed above. All Internet links were active as of April 2008.