Literature
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If you are interested in some further reading and some more detailed expert information, then have a look online at these articles or take a trip down to the library or book store to get your hands on some of these very helpful books.
Articles
Guy Kawasaki. "The Art of the Start: The Time-Tested, Battle-Hardened Guide for Anyone Starting Anything" (2004)
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Fred Wilson www.avc.blogs.com "Does Age Matter?" from Avc.Blogs.com
The link between Dyslexia and Entrepreneurs
Daile Tucker "Are You An Entrepreneur?" in Pandecta Magazine
Mitchell Gooze "Managing for Innovation: The only Sustainable Advantage" on Leader-Values.com
Books
Richard Branson. Losing My Virginity: How I've Survived, Had Fun, and Made a Fortune Doing Business My Way. Three Rivers Press (1999).
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James Dyson. Against the Odds: An Autobiography Texere Publishing (1998, 2000).
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Lacy Sarah. Once You're Lucky, Twice You're Good: The Rebirth of Silicon Valley and the Rise of Web 2.0 Gotham Books (2008).
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Richard C. Dorf and Tom Byers. Technology Ventures: From Idea to Enterprise McGraw-Hill (2004)
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Randy Komisar. The Monk and the Riddle: The Art of Creating a Life While Making a Living Harvard Business School Press (2001)
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Geoffrey A. Moore. Crossing the Chasm: Marketing and Selling Technology Products to Mainstream Customers HarperBusiness (1998, 2002).
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Jack Lang. The High-Tech Entrepreneur’s Handbook – How to Start and Run a High-Tech Company FT Prentice Hall (2002).
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Charles Ferguson. High Stakes, No Prisoners: A Winner's Tale of Greed and Glory in the Internet Wars Times Books (1998, 2001)
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Kenneth L. Hess. Bootstrap: Lessons Learned Building a Successful Company from Scratch S Curve Press (2001).
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Udayan Gupta. Done Deals: Venture Capitalists Tell Their Stories Harvard Business School Press (2000)
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Randall Stross. eBoys: The First Inside Account of Venture Capitalists at Work Crown Publications (2001)
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Steward C. Gillmore. Fred Terman at Stanford: Building a Discipline, a University, and Silicon Valley Stanford University Press (2004).
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John Nesheim. High Tech Start Up, Revised and Updated: The Complete Handbook For Creating Successful New High Tech Companies Simon&Schuster Books (2004).
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David J. BenDaniel. International Mergers and Acquisitions, Joint Ventures and Beyond: Doing the Deal John Wiley & Sons (1997, 2002).
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Jeffrey Timmons & Stephen Spinella. New Venture Creation – Entrepreneurship for the 21st Century McGraw-Hill (2006, 2008)
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Howard Schultz & Dori Jones Yang. Pour Your Heart Into It: How Starbucks Built a Company One Cup at a Time" Hyperion (1997, 1999)
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Fred Deluca and John P Hayes. Start Small, Finish Big: 15 Key Lessons to Start – and Run – Your Own Successful Business Business Plus Imports (2001)
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Mike Southon & Chris West. The Beermat Entrepreneur: Turn Your Good Idea into a Great Business Prentice Hall Business (2005, 2008)
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Michael A. Cusumano. The Business of Software: What Every Manager, Programmer, and Entrepreneur Must Know to Thrive and Survive in Good Times and Bad Simon&Schuster Ltd. (2004)
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John Nesheim. The Power of Unfair Advantage: How to Create it, Build it, and Use it to Maximum Effect Simon&Schuster Ltd (2005)
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Jessica Livingston. Founders at Work: Stories of Startups' Early Days APress (2008)
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Richard Stutely & John Mullins. The New Business Road Test: What Entrepreneurs and Executives Should Do Before Writing a Business Plan Financial Time Prentice Hall Publishing (2008)
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Robert I. Sutton. Weird Ideas that Work: How to Build a Creative Company Free Press (2002, 2007)
- Read an extract
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