Creating a successful company is a complex process that takes equal measures of critical planning and strategic action. The following links provide excellent resources for not just successfully raising investment funding but for building your company thereafter.
Entrepreneur Resources
Invest your time in the right resources.
Creating a successful company is a complex process that takes equal measures of critical planning and strategic action. The following links provide excellent resources for not just successfully raising investment funding but for building your company thereafter.
Books
A great guide for “anyone starting anything.”
One of the best books on high-tech marketing.
A hands-on, step-by-step approach that’s easy to follow, even for non-finance types.
Another insightful book by Moore on understanding how customers think.
How to take an unknown concept and product to the mass market.
A free eBook on strategies for profitable exists by angel investors and VCs–and worthwhile reading for entrepreneurs.
A free eBook to help high-net-worth individuals become successful angel investors.
A free eBook about fundraising for entrepreneurs and founders of high-growth ventures.
The last in the series of free eBooks for maximizing the sale value of your entrepreneurial venture.
Local Southern California Organizations
CalTech / MIT Enterprise Forum
Forum for Women Entrepreneurs and Executives
Business Technology Center of Los Angeles County
Entretech
Blogs
Ask The Angels (Pasadena Angels Blog)
EarlyStageVC
A Fundraising Survival Guide
Jeff Clavier’s Software Only
Redeye VC
TechCrunch
Valleywag
Web Sites, Articles and Tools
Alltop – Guy Kawasaki’s latest venture
10 things to know before you pitch a VC for money
Garage Technology Ventures
entrepreneur.com
Entrepreneurship – Ewing Marion Kauffman Foundation
MIT Enterprise Forum
PricewaterhouseCoopers Vision to Reality
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