Publications

• Stanford's Progeny, Business Week chart showing "pedigree" of companies; pdf format.
• A Wellspring Called Stanford, Business Week article, 8/25/97; pdf format.

Carolyn Tajnai's Links

• Fred Terman, The Father of Silicon Valley
• From the Valley of Heart's Delight to the Silicon Valley
• The Links Between Stanford University and Industry

Stanford University Entrepreneurship:

• Center for Entrepreneurial Studies, (Graduate School of Business)
• BASES, a student-run organization that hosts educational and motivational programs to provide employment resources, business plan development assistance and company start-up seminars. Conducts the Stanford Entrepreneur’s Challenge, BASES Global Challenge, Industry Thought Leaders Seminar, the Interact Forum, and the Startup Job Fair.
• Mayfield Fellows Program, affiliated with STVP
• Stanford Biodesign Network, encourages and facilitates invention, patenting and early stage development of medical devices. "With a member base of nearly 900 academic and industry participants, the Biodesign Network website provides a mechanism for networking among individuals who work in the biomedical technology industry, particularly medical devices, diagnostics, tissue engineering and related areas."
• Office of Technology Licensing (OTL)
• Stanford Entrepreneurship Task Force, provides one point of contact for all entrepreneurship-related activities, resources, and networking opportunities on campus.
• Stanford Technology Ventures Program, (STVP); entrepreneurship center within the School of Engineering, with courses, conferences, internships, web sites and research activities designed to promote entrepreneurship education.

Web sites about Silicon Valley:

• Joint Venture: Silicon Valley Network
• Internet Valley, Inc: Silicon Valley History

Books about Silicon Valley:

• The Silicon Valley Edge: A Habitat for Innovation and Entrepreneurship, Edited by William F. Miller, Chong-Moon Lee, Marguerite Gong Hancock, and Henry S. Rowen; Stanford University Press.
• The Making of Silicon Valley, Ward Winslow (Editor)
• The Monk and the Riddle The Education of a Silicon Valley Entrepreneur, by Randy Komisar with Kent Lineback
• The New New Thing: A Silicon Valley Story, by Michael Lewis
• The Nudist on the Late Shift And Other True Tales of Silicon Valley, by Po Bronson
• Regional Advantage, by AnnaLee Saxenian
• The Silicon Boys and Their Valley of Dreams, by David A. Kaplan
• Silicon Valley's New Immigrant Entrepreneurs, by Annalee Saxenian
• Startup: A Silicon Valley Adventure, by Jerry Kaplan
• Technology and Economic Development The Dynamics of Local, Regional and National Competitiveness, by Edward J. Malecki

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