Corporate/Entrepreneurship

Entrepreneurship

• STARTING UP: Column Reprints by Joe Hadzima from Boston Business Journal
• Larta University and CalTech/MIT Enterprise Forum
• ABusinessPlan (Consulting company)
• 10 Tips for Perfecting Your Pitch
• Trends in Legal Terms in Venture Financings
• StartupNation - The Destination for Entrepreneurs to Start a Business, Work from Home, and More.
• Small-business articles from the Microsoft Small Business Center
• Innovative Minds Don't Think Alike - New York Times (2007-12-30) : Experts in a field can benefit from an outsider's perspective.
• A Social Order Shaped by Technology and Traffic - New York Times (2007-12-20) : Silicon Valley is a collection of remarkably local clusters based on industry niches, skills, school ties, traffic patterns, ethnic groups and even weekend sports teams.

Hiring Practices

• "Age Schism" Maryland Daily Record--Techlink (09/01) Vol. 112, No. 278, P. 6; Steinberg, Liz
  Information technology remains a youth-filled industry that has not been able to shed the perception that ageism is rampant. Mike Oliver, former chair of the Maryland State Bar Association Technology Committee, says even the firms that do business with high-tech companies expect visiting IT workers to be younger professionals. Older IT workers add that their managers are likely to be a younger person, which creates some tension because supervisors might view them as a threat. One result of the dot-com fallout is that venture capitalists and angel investors want to see some older employees working at the firms they intend to invest in. In January, Techies.com conducted a study of more than 1,000 technology workers that revealed that 40 percent felt age discrimination is a big problem in the industry. Among the respondents who were at least 45 years of age, more than two-thirds said ageism is a widespread problem. Experts encourage all tech workers to make sure their skills remain up-to-date in order to meet the demands of the industry. And whether or not discrimination continues, they must be persistent, experts add. http://www.mddailyrecord.com/specialpubs/techlink/n-age.html (moved or no longer accessible)

Hiring

• Headhunter Database from CircleOfExperts headhunters, as well as many hig

Salary Comparison

• Payscroll.com
• PayScale - Salary Survey, Salaries, Wages, Compensation Information and Analysis "Excellent analysis comparing your job profile to the salary and compensation packages of people whose skills and experiences match yours."
• Salary.com Job salaries- Performance reviews- Compensation software "Salary's on demand talent management software connecting people,pay and performance Salary data solutions Reviews,Cost of living calculator,Articles, Compensation Surveys,Whitepapers, Salary Wizards, Talent Mgt."

Resumes: Writing and Processing

• 1st Writer Professional Resumes & Career Strategies

Careers

• Quintessential Careers: College, Careers, and Jobs Guide
• 'I Quit!' 15 Reasons You Probably Left Your Last IT Job

Public Relations

• Effective TV Interviews

Patents

• Patent Searching Database
• A VICTORY FOR THE STUDENT RESEARCHER: CHOU V. UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO: graduate student inventor rights

Lawyers

• Wilson Sonsini Goodrich & Rosati Web

Innovation

• Innovation Flourishes with Greater Access to Technology (from Sun)
• The Social Contradictions of Japanese Capitalism - 98.06

Leadership / Management / Motivation

• View All Demotivators®
• The Writings of Benjamin Franklin, Volume II: Philadelphia, 1726 - 1757 -- Rules for Making Oneself a Disagreeable Companion
• (Donald) Rumsfeld's Rules (Original 1974-Dec-01, Revised 2001-Feb-20)
• Evidence-based Management: Research & Practice: Commentary: Jeffrey Pfeffer Testifies to Congress About Evidence-Based Practices

Intellectual Property

• Columbia Law Library Music Plagiarism Project

Knowledge Management

• Charting a Knowledge Management Course | Computerworld News & Features Story
• ACM: Ubiquity - Working Knowledge: How Organizations Manage What They Know

Research

• Means Business: database of business book excepts. Free search, fee/subscription for use of extracts.

Capital

• Futuredex: The Private Capital Marketplace : including contests on business plans
• Enron Valley Project (alleged VC abuse of people at startup Nishan)

Misc Articles

• National Product Price Guide

Social Networking

• LindedIn
• Link Silicon Valley
• Ryze
• Spoke Software
• Tribe

Job Search

• CareerBuilder.com Jobs - The Largest Job Search, Employment & Careers Site "Search 1.9 million Jobs on CareerBuilder.com. Find new employment or work. Fresh job listings posted daily. Have jobs emailed to you. Explore career opportunities. Search and apply online today."
• Search jobs, talk about work, and kick-start your career | Jobster "Search for jobs, learn about companies you want to work for and connect with the hiring team. Meet your future employer with Jobster."
• Job Search Made Simple | SimplyHired "Simply Hired job search engine. Search over 5 million job listings and thousands of jobs sites to find a job. Free resume builder!"

Leaving / Getting Fired

• You're Fired! 20 signs that a pink-slip is coming from Wise Bread.com