This is a page of web links that you may find useful if you are looking to start a business or want to improve your existing business. If you would like to suggest a link that should be added to this page please send us an email.

New Links - February,1999:

Company of the Future
A great article from Fast Company magazine and what a great company of the 21st century might look like (in fact all of Fast Company is a great read every month for the entrepreneur).
http://www.fastcompany.com/online/19/comfuture.html

The Gilder Report
George Gilder offers very informed views on the future of technology. Sign up for his newsletter or review some of his past articles.
http://www.gildertech.com

Resources:

Business Information
CEO Express is an excellent place to start if you need access to the main business-related links on the web.
www.ceoexpress.com

If you want to track technology try the IBM Patent Server.
www.patents.ibm.com

This site contains information on companies around the world - especially useful if you are looking for information that goes beyond the United States.
www.corporateinformation.com

If you want to access information on publicly traded companies try SEDAR for companies on Canadian stock exchanges and EDGAR for U.S. exchanges. If you have a competitor who is publicly traded, a tremendous amount of information on them is available on-line.
www.sedar.com
www.edgar.com

Venture Finance is also an extensive source for investment and venture capital information and includes a fairly decent business plan outline that can be downloaded.
www.vfinance.com

Excellent Reading for an Entrepreneur or Investor
These publications are excellent sources of information on the latest business trends and happenings in the technology industry. Many of the articles of the print versions of the magazines are available on-line.

Upside Magazine www.upside.com
The Red Herring www.herring.com
Fast Company www.fastcompany.com
Garage.com www.garage.com
(at Garage.com sign up for "Geoff's Gems" email service. It offers a good scan of press articles regarding start-ups).

The Rapidly Changing Face of Computing - an interesting journal regarding the current and future impact of computers on our lives
http://www.digital.com/rcfoc/

Netrpreneur Exchange - a group out of Washington DC that offers services to new and fledgling companies. They have published some interesting articles and interviews in the past
http://netpreneur.org/core.html

Forbes ASAP - a publication of Forbes magazine that has a stronger focus on the digital and technology age than the other mainstream business magazines
http://www.forbes.com/asap/

TechWeb - offers a daily email service covering more of the technical versus the business press. An excellent way to the keep in touch of more of the technical issues.
http://www.techweb.com/

Accounting & Management Consulting Firms
The following firms try to sell themselves as being knowledgeable about technology based businesses. In many cases, they are also a good source of technology industry information (Price Waterhouse for example produces a comprehensive venture capital industry report) and business plan outlines.

Accounting Firms:

KPMG
Canada: www.kpmg.ca
International: www.kpmg.com

PriceWaterhouseCoopers
International: www.pwcglobal.com

Ernst & Young
Canada: www.eycan.com
International: www.ey.com

Deloitte Touche
Canada: www.deloitte.ca
International: www.deloitte.com

Arthur Andersen & Co.
www.arthurandersen.com

Management Consulting Firms:

A.T. Kearney www.atkearney.com
Andersen Consulting www.ac.com
Bain & Compnay www.bain.com
Booz Allen & Hamilton www.bah.com
McKinsey & Company www.mckinsey.com

Research and Government Related Information
Alberta Research Council www.arc.ab.ca
Alberta Heritage Foundation for Medical Research www.ahfmr.ca
Alberta Microelectronic Centre www.amc.ualberta.ca
Centre for Engineering Research www.cfer.ualberta.ca
Economic Development Edmonton www.ede.org
Export Development Corporation www.edc.ca
Government of Alberta www.gov.ab.ca
Government of Canada www.gc.ca
Strategic (Industry Canada's web site of business information) strategis.ic.gc.ca
TR Labs www.trlabs.ca
University of Alberta www.ualberta.ca
Industrial Liaison Office www.ualberta.ca/~ind/
Research Technology Management www.rtmalberta.com
Research Institute for Multimedia Systems (RIMS) www.cs.ualberta.ca/~rims/

Canadian Banks
The following banks actively promote programs for knowledge-based businesses. Some banks also have arms that raise capital for companies.

CIBC www.cibc.com
TD Bank www.tdbank.ca
Royal Bank of Canada www.royalbank.com
Bank of Montreal www.bmo.com or www.mbanx.com
Business Development Bank of Canada www.bdc.ca

Other Venture Capital Firms
These links contain interesting information on how venture capital firms judge investment opportunities. Ventures West also has a downloadable business plan outline which is an appropriate place to start if you are looking to prepare a business plan.

Ventures West www.ventureswest.com
21st Century Venture Partners www.21vc.com
Charles River Ventures www.crv.com
Draper Fisher Jurvetson Venture Capital www.drapervc.com
Hummer Winblad www.humwin.com
Kleiner Perkins Caulfied & Byers www.kpcb.com

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