Entrepreneur's Page

 

IEEE Entrepreneurs' Networks

Local IEEE Entrepreneurs' Networks are being formed in several locations. The Networks share information, publish newsletters, hold meetings with invited speakers, and provide an excellent opportunity to "network." Established Networks include:

• Boston (Mass.) Area Contact: Les Brown, by email at Les.Brown@ieee.org or call (781-861-1283)

• Connecticut Contact: Ernie Heidelberg by phone at (212-705-7054).

• Orange County/Los Angeles (Calif.) Area Contact: Nick Smith, (714-978-3719)(smithx@ix.netcom.com)

IEEE Publications

IEEE Press has published the following books of special interest to Entrepreneurs:

• Starting A High-Tech Company, by Michael Baird, Independent Consultant. This practical guide will tell you when and if the time is right to go into business for yourself. Includes information on the founder, the opportunities that are available, what your life will be like, how to write a business plan, how to define your market and how to secure funding. Copyright 1995/Softcover/160pp. List Price: $19.95. Member Price: $14.95. IEEE Order No. HL5707-QAJ. [How to Order]

• Marketing for Engineers, by Stan Haavik. This guide presents the key aspects of marketing technical products, focusing on three principle components of the marketing process: customers, products, and marketing channels. Emphasis is on special marketing considerations affecting technical products. Copyright 1996/Softcover/150pp List Price: $19.95 Member Price: $14.95 IEEE Order No. HL4747-QAJ [How to Order]

• Successful Patents and Patenting for Engineers and Scientists, edited by Michael A. Lechter, Esq., Robert B. Familglio, Esq., Earl C. Clifford, Esq., and Dr. R.J. Joenk. Designed expressly for engineers and scientists, this beginner's manual for patents and patenting gives thorough coverage of both U.S. and international concerns. With this book you will learn the intricacies of: pre-filing considerations and procedures, preparing and prosecuting the U.S. patent application, and obtaining patent protection outside of the United States. Copyright 1995/Softcover/432pp. List Price: $34.95. Member Price: $28. IEEE Order No. PP4478-QAJ. [How to Order]

• IEEE Entreprenurial Skills Seminar, is a video seminar sponsored by the IEEE Foundation to prepare engineers and scientists for entrepreneurial opportunities in the 21st century.

You will find other useful titles of General Interest in IEEE's Virtual Bookstore.

Entrepreneurs on the World Wide Web

IEEE-USA is also collecting links to on-line resources for prospective and experienced entrepreneurs. William Anderson, w.anderson@ieee.org, welcomes your comments and suggested additions.
 

General Resources

• Aerospace Business Development Center

• Business Forum On-Line

• BRINT (Business Research in Technology)

• CCH's Business Owners Toolkit

• Commerce Net

• CyberPreneur

• Datamerge's Entrepreneurs Links

• Entrepreneur Net

• Entrepreneurs on the Web

• Forum for Women Entrepreneurs  

• Garage.Com is "dedicated to helping entrepreneurs and investors build great businesses" and is the brainchild of Guy Kawasaki of Apple fame.

• Home Office Association of America

• Invention Dimension (MIT) 

• Maryland One-Stop Shop for Business Assistance

• National Association of Seed and Venture Funds

• National Business Incubation Association (NBIA holds conferences and training sessions, publishes books, and maintains databases designed to help "small businesses grow".)

• National Commission on Enterpreneurship

• New York's Small Business Development Center collects links to information for entrepreneurs.

• Netpreneur Exchange (Information and services targeted at promoting high-tech entrepreneurism in the Northern Virginia-Washington, DC area.)

• Small Business Knowledge Base

• SmallBusiness Focus (search engine for small business/entrepreneurs)

• smallbizNET (Edward Lowe Foundation)

• Venture Capital Marketplace

• Venture Capital Resource Library

• Wild@Start (series on entrepreneurship and high-tech startup culture)

• Yahoo! Small Business

• Yahoo! on Small Business.

• Yahoo! on Venture Capital.

• ZDNET's Small Business Advisor (Covers everything from business basics to financing and tax advice)
   

Government Assistance and Procurement Opportunities

• Commerce Business Daily is the official source for notices of Federal procurement and contract opportunities. The Government Printing Office's CBDNet extracts and publishes these notices on-line in a searchable format. On-line fee-based subscriptions are also available through the Community of Science and the Loren Data Corporation.

• Federal Laboratory Consortium for Technology Transfer (FLC) -- Organized in 1974 and formally chartered by the Federal Technology Transfer Act of 1986 to promote and to strengthen technology transfer nationwide, the FLC is comprised of more than 700 major federal laboratories and centers and their parent departments and agencies.

• FedMart, a "government-industry cybermarket."

• National Technology Transfer Center is your window to access technical assistance and technologies with commercial potential from the U.S. government.

• Small Business Innovative Research Program (SBIR).

• Federal/State Technology Development Resources courtesy of ASME.

• Tax Information for Business from the Internal Review Service.

• U.S. Business Advisor

• U.S. Small Business Administration
   

Legal and Intellectual Property Resources

• FindLaw on Intellectual Property

• IEEE-USA Intellectual Property Committee

• Intellectual Property Creators

• Intellectual Property Information Mall

• Inventure Place--National Inventors Hall of Fame

• Netpreneur Exchanges' Intellectual Property Resource Center

• U.S. Patent and Trademark Office

Updated:  15 May 2007
Contact: Scott Grayson, s.grayson@ieee.org