Reading list

My opportunity: Why will or won't this work?

Chapter 1 from "The New Business Road Test: What entrepreneurs and executives should do before writing a business plan" by John W Mullins.

Available at:    http://faculty.london.edu/jmullins/The_New_Business_Road_Test.htm

What every chemist should know about patents.

Written and edited by :- Le-Nhung McLeland for the ACS Joint Board-Council Committee on Patents and Related Matters, ACS Publication   

Available at: http://membership.acs.org/C/CPRM/

Sample agreements:
  • Agreement to negotiate a license
  • Option agreement
  • Patent license agreement
Available at:    http://www.autm.net/aboutTT/aboutTT_policies.cfm
Manual for free valuation spreadsheet called Valuate 2000

Available (along with Excel sheets) at:   http://www.autm.net/aboutTT/aboutTT_valuation.cfm

Sample business plan: Virtual Ink

Available at:   http://entrepreneurship.mit.edu/15975/

Reading the numbers- How to decipher a balance sheet

Appendix 2:    "Learn to Earn", by Peter Lynch and John Rothchild

Available at:   http://www.amazon.com/Learn-Earn-Beginners-Investing-Business/dp/0684811634

Sources of capital

Chapter 18 :   "Technology Ventures", by Richard Dorf and Thomas Byers

Available at:    http://www.stanford.edu/group/techventures/book/chapter_18.htm
Term sheet for Series A preferred stock financing by a Venture Fund

Available at:    http://www.nvca.org/model_documents/model_docs.html