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<body topmargin=0 leftmargin=0 marginheight=0 marginwidth=0> <table cellpadding=0 cellspacing=0 border=0><tr> <td valign="top" colspan=2 height=82 BGCOLOR="#000099" TEXT="#F7F7FF"> <div> <FONT SIZE="5" COLOR="#FFFFFF" FACE="Arial" ><B>Alex Eckelberry</B></FONT><B>     |     </B><A HREF="index.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Alex Eckelberry"><U><B>home</B></U></A></div> <div> <A HREF="id3.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="About me "><U>About me </U></A>   |   <A HREF="id4.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Companies Ive been involved with"><U>Companies I've been involved with</U></A>   |   <A HREF="id6.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Contact me"><U>Contact me</U></A>   |   <A HREF="id43.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Recent Media"><U>Recent Media</U></A>   |   <A HREF="id50.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Boat for sale"><U>Boat for sale</U></A>   |   <B>Resources</B>   |   <A HREF="id38.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="WebMail"><U>WebMail</U></A>   |   <A HREF="id46.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE=" "><U> </U></A></div> <div> </div> </td> </tr><tr> <td valign="top" width=210 BGCOLOR="#FFFFFF" TEXT="#080000"> <bR> <bR> <bR> </td> <td valign="top" height=398 BGCOLOR="#FFFFFF" TEXT="#080000"> <div> <B>Venture Financing links:</B></div> <bR> <bR> <div> <A HREF="http://www.fenwick.com/pub/corp_pubs/vencap/VC%202001%20frameset.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="http://www.fenwick.com/pub/corp_pubs/ven"><U><B>Fenwick and West on Venture Capital</B></U></A></div> <div> <I>Attorney Jacqueline Daunt writes an excellent overview of the venture capital process for new entrepreneurs.   Highly recommended. </I></div> <div> <A HREF="http://www.eysu.org" TARGET="_top" TITLE="http://www.eysu.org"><U><B>Engineering Your High Tech Startup</B></U></A></div> <div> <I>The full book online!  A great read on the whole startup expericne, with detailed explanastions of the VC process. </I><I> </I></div> <div> <A HREF="http://www.mikebaird.com/ieee-seminar/ " TARGET="_top" TITLE="http://www.mikebaird.com/ieee-seminar/ "><U><B><U>IEEE high tech funding seminar presentation</U></B></U></A></div> <div> <I>An extremely helpful presentation on the money-raising process.</I> </div> <div> <A HREF="http://web.mit.edu/entforum/res_hadzima_val.html" TARGET="_top" TITLE="http://web.mit.edu/entforum/res_hadzima_"><U><B><U>MIT Business Journal, “Thinking about valuation</U></B></U></A><FONT SIZE="2" COLOR="#000000" FACE="Arial" ><B>”</B></FONT></div> <div> <I>Useful information on valuation.</I></div> <div> <A HREF="http://www.growco.com/" TARGET="_top" TITLE="http://www.growco.com/"><U><B><U>The Growth Company Guide</U></B></U></A></div> <div> <I>A vital web site for the new entrepreneur.</I></div> <div> <A HREF="http://www.vcinstitute.org/bookstore/publicmushkin.html" TARGET="_top" TITLE="http://www.vcinstitute.org/bookstore/pub"><U><B><U>How the IPO process works</U></B></U></A></div> <div> <A HREF="http://www.bizjournals.com/austin/stories/1998/01/26/focus3.html" TARGET="_top" TITLE="http://www.bizjournals.com/austin/storie"><U><B><U>Dealing with Venture Capitalists</U></B></U></A></div> <div> <A HREF="http://www.dack.com/web/bullshit.html" TARGET="_top" TITLE="http://www.dack.com/web/bullshit.html"><U><B><U>New Economy Phrase Generator</U></B></U></A></div> <div> <I>Uh, we all see a little too much of this... </I></div> <div> <A HREF="http://www.whiteandlee.com/papers_transactions.html" TARGET="_top" TITLE="http://www.whiteandlee.com/papers_transa"><U><B><U>Venture Capital Financing Process</U></B></U></A></div> <div> <I>This is an EXCELLENT document that provides a well-written overview of the process.  </I></div> <div> <A HREF="http://www.redherring.com/insider/1999/0825/vc-vcps.html" TARGET="_top" TITLE="http://www.redherring.com/insider/1999/0"><U><B><U>Protecting your idea</U></B></U></A></div> <div> <I>Why VC's don't like NDAs...</I></div> <div> <A HREF="http://www.ovp.com/vc_mind.html" TARGET="_top" TITLE="http://www.ovp.com/vc_mind.html"><U><B><U>The Money Trail</U></B></U></A></div> <div> <I>Somewhat wry but useful articles from Gerry Langeler, partner at Olympic Venture Partners.</I></div> <div> <A HREF="http://www.thevc.com/" TARGET="_top" TITLE="http://www.thevc.com/"><U><B>VC Comics</B></U></A></div> <div> <I>A lighter view of venture capital investing.  </I></div> <div> <A HREF="http://www.assetnews.com/ped/primer.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="http://www.assetnews.com/ped/primer.htm"><U><B>Private Equity Primer</B></U></A></div> <div> <I>Useful information about the venture capital and private equity world.</I></div> <div> <A HREF="http://www.vpvp.com/article2.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="http://www.vpvp.com/article2.htm"><U><B>The Venture Financing Process</B></U></A></div> <div> <I>A robust overview of venture financing by Alan Salzman and John Doerr, including a sample term sheet.</I></div> <bR> <bR> <div> <B>Critical news sources:</B></div> <div> <A HREF="http://technologicpartners.com/" TARGET="_top" TITLE="http://technologicpartners.com/"><U><B><U>Venture Wire</U></B></U></A></div> <div> <I>Anybody involved with the venture funding process needs to be on the Venture Wire.</I></div> <div> <A HREF="http://www.herring.com/" TARGET="_top" TITLE="http://www.herring.com/"><U><B><U>Herring.com</U></B></U></A></div> <div> <I>Simply the best.</I></div> <div> <A HREF="http://www.theharrowgroup.com/" TARGET="_top" TITLE="http://www.theharrowgroup.com/"><U><B><U>Harrow Technology Report</U></B></U></A></div> <div> <I>If you want to appear really smart about upcoming technology, read this biweekly newsletter.  </I></div> <div> <A HREF="http://wdfm.com/" TARGET="_top" TITLE="http://wdfm.com/"><U><B><U>Larry Chase's Web</U></B></U></A><B><U> </U></B><A HREF="http://wdfm.com/" TARGET="_top" TITLE="http://wdfm.com/"><U><B><U>Digest for Marketers</U></B></U></A></div> <div> <I>One of the great email newsletters.   </I></div> <bR> <div> <B>Other general tools for executives:</B></div> <div> <A HREF="http://www.salary.com" TARGET="_top" TITLE="http://www.salary.com"><U><B><U>Salary.com</U></B></U></A></div> <div> <I>Excellent site on compensation matters.</I></div> <div> <A HREF="http://www.plan2ipo.com/Downloads/2020_criteria.pdf" TARGET="_top" TITLE="http://www.plan2ipo.com/Downloads/2020_c"><U><B><U>Score your company </U></B></U></A></div> <div> <I>Monterey Investment Partners put together this simple 1-page form that will help you understand the critical aspects of VC investing.  </I></div> <div> <A HREF="http://www.uspto.gov" TARGET="_top" TITLE="http://www.uspto.gov"><U><B><U>US Patent and Trademark Office</U></B></U></A></div> <div> <I>Search patents and trademarks.  An adjunct to the services of a good lawyer.   </I></div> <div> <A HREF="http://www.dnb.com/" TARGET="_top" TITLE="http://www.dnb.com/"><U><B><U>Dun & Bradstreet</U></B></U></A></div> <div> <I>Market data and demographics </I></div> <div> <A HREF="http://www.tannedfeet.com/" TARGET="_top" TITLE="http://www.tannedfeet.com/"><U><B><U>Tanned Feet</U></B></U></A></div> <div> <A HREF="http://www.venturepreneurs.com/links.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="http://www.venturepreneurs.com/links.htm"><U><B><U>Venturepreneurs </U></B></U></A></div> <div> <I>A big bunch of links.</I></div> <div> <A HREF="http://www.catalog.com/experts/index.html" TARGET="_top" TITLE="http://www.catalog.com/experts/index.htm"><U><B><U>Experts.com</U></B></U></A></div> <div> <I>Encyclopedia of subject matter experts and associations </I></div> <div> <A HREF="http://www.startup.wsj.com/" TARGET="_top" TITLE="http://www.startup.wsj.com/"><U><B><U>Startup.wsj.com</U></B></U></A></div> <bR> <bR> <bR> <bR> <bR> <bR> <bR> <bR> <bR> <bR> <bR> <bR> <bR> <bR> <bR> <bR> <bR> <bR> <bR> <bR> <bR> <bR> <bR> <bR> </td> </tr></table></body>