Engineering Your Start-Up: A Guide for the High-Tech Entrepreneur

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Three New Chapters:

The Term Sheet: A Practical Overview demystifies the structure and terms of venture financing, an all-important event in the life of most successful start-ups that is familiar ground to professional investors but unfamiliar and threatening to many entrepreneurs

Protecting Your Intellectual Property covers the major types of intellectual property protection (copyrights, patents, trade secrets, and trademarks)

The Legal Form of Your Start-Up discusses the various choices for your start-up (corporation, partnership, limited liability corporation, and so forth) and how to decide which is best for you

Updated Business Plan Information:
The latest advice on researching and writing your business plan
Reasons why many entrepreneurs have difficulty writing their business plans--and practical tips to avoid the problem

Expanded Section on Finding Money:
Much more on where and how to find money, including advice on corporate investors and strategic partners
Tips from investors on how to raise money
Recent trends in venture funding

Plus:
Tips on creating a compelling "elevator pitch"
The latest views on company valuation and exit strategies
Updates on legal and accounting matters, including stock options and other forms of compensation
A greatly expanded Resources section and lots of links to useful information