Put Together by the Washington Chapter of TiE, this is a wonderful overview. A must read for entrepreneurs. The sections in this guide are:

• A sensible approach to writing a good business plan
• Raising venture capital
• Accounting policies and procedures for early stage companies
• Selected legal issues for early stage entrepreneurs
• Managing explosive growth in technology companies
• Choosing an exit strategy

Download the Handbook (370 KB)

How to start a business: A great presentation from TiECON 99

We can't resist including this great presentation from TiECON 99: "How to start a business". Although this material is now a few years old it has some great fundamental pointers that is useful to all. The presentation is offered in three segments as follows:

Translating your ideas in to a business plan

• Market Segmentation and validation - Geoff Yang, Partner, IVP
• How are you uniquely differentiated -Susan Mason, Onset Ventures
• How to write a compelling business plan - Michael Danahar, Wilson Sonsini Goodrich and Rosati
• Financially, what will it take - Brian S. Curran, Manager, Technology Ventures, KPMG

Download the first segment (165 KB)

Structuring your start-up

• Entrepreneur checklist - Steve Benston, Emerging Company Services, PricewaterhouseCoopers
• Getting your capital structure right - Chirag V. Karia, Gray Cary Ware Friedenrich LLP
• Planning Capitalization - Richard M. Brenner, The Brenner Group LLC
• Funding your startup - Christine Comaford, Managing Director, Artemis Venture

Download the second segment (306 KB)

Getting your idea funded

• Your Funding Options - Asheem Chandra, VP, Marketing & Business Development, Checkpoint Software
• Getting your idea funded by Angels - Lata Krishnan,,VP, Human Resources, Smart Modular Technologies
• Your First Venture Funding - Peter Wagner, General Partner, Accel Partners
• Anecdotes on funding a software startup Jim Goetz, VP & GM, Insoft

Download the third segment (464 KB)

Business Week Online: Small Business:
www.businessweek.com/smallbiz/index.html

We found this BusinessWeek Online section to be informative. Especially useful is a full 24 chapter online book titled "Legal Guide for Starting and Running a Small Business, Vol. 1" by Attorney Fred A. Steingold, located at http://businessweek.findlaw.com/book/toc.html

Inc Magazine online, small business resources and business advice:
www.inc.com

This section offers a resource center for entrepreneurs and small business owners. Check out the "Getting Started" and "Growing your business" categories under the "Advice" section.