High-tech Entrepreneurship: How to Create Successful High-tech Companies

Author: John Nechama
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Publish Date: 2004-06-01
Features: As a practical reference book praised by global entrepreneurs, it collects much of the information needed to start a high-tech enterprise, including from concept to initial public offering, how to create a winning business plan, how to evaluate venture capital firms, how venture capitalists operate, how they make money, how to find alternative funding sources, how to choose a good lawyer, and how to protect intellectual property. This book aims to increase the chances of success for entrepreneurs who are starting high-tech companies for the first time. Many innovative companies fail because entrepreneurs do not learn valuable lessons from the real experiences of venture capital from successful companies. This book is a compilation of such experience. As the new revised edition of the Silicon Valley pioneer bestseller, it includes case studies of 23 successful innovative companies, including a wealth table showing how much founders and investors invested in each venture capital investment. As a practical reference book praised by global entrepreneurs, it collects much of the information needed to start a high-tech enterprise, including from concept to initial public offering, how to create a winning business plan, how to evaluate venture capital firms, how venture capitalists operate, how they make money, how to find alternative funding sources, how to choose a good lawyer, and how to protect intellectual property. This book aims to increase the chances of success for entrepreneurs who are starting high-tech companies for the first time, and provides insider advice on the most challenging challenges they face—convincing venture capitalists or investment banks to provide funding. It is a must-read for entrepreneurs starting high-tech companies for the first time and for those already involved in innovative enterprises who want to elevate them to top-tier status.