Entrepreneurs' Library

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and legal tips, checklists for the entrepreneur and past speakers' presentations.
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Entrepreneurs' Library Table of Contents (available on Members-Only Intranet Site)

• Startup Legal Checklist
• Incorporating
• How to Intellectual Property Folio
• International Patent Planning
• Life Sciences IP Trends
• IP Litigation
• IP Transactions
• Patent Law for Academics
• Patents - General Info
• Software Patents
• Trademarks
• Raising Capital
• Hot Investment Areas
• Money & Power
• Capital Term Sheets
• Gap Financing in Rhode Island
• Venture Capital: the Good, Bad, & Ugly
• Venture Perspective on Team Building
• Licensing Decisions
• Open Source Software
• Maximizing Licensing Income
  

Other helpful resources

SMARTBIZ
YOUNG ENTREPRENEURS' ASSOCIATION
ENTREWORLD

Selected publications 

Engineering Your Start-up: A Guide for the High-Tech Entrepreneur, by M. Baird and J. Swanson

The Ernst & Young Business Plan Guide, by E. Siegel, B. Ford, and J. Bornstein

Harvard Business Review on Entrepreneurship

Built to Last: Successful Habits of Visionary Companies, by J. Collins and J. Porras

The Corporate Mystic: A Guidebook for Visionaries With Their Feet in the Ground, by G. Hendricks and K. Ludeman

You Need to Be a Little Crazy: The Truth About Starting and Growing Your Business, by Barry Moltz

When Venture Capitalists Say No, by Ron Peterson