Managing Network Resources

New Rules on Value and Profit from Silicon Valley

the key finance and business trends in e-commerce

Viewing Silicon Valley as a test lab for e-commerce strategies, this book delivers the latest financial and business models shaping the e-commerce industry. TechVenture focuses on the Silicon Valley phenomenon, the new financial strategies, and evolving e-business models. Each chapter draws from field research and interviews with the top minds in business today, and covers the most recent advances in e-finance, including: technology incubators, start-up funds, measuring intellectual capital, valuation techniques for Internet firms, and emerging technologies. In addition, TechVenture features intriguing and informative case studies and examples of major companies, including Idealab, Merrill Lynch, Pfizer, and Amazon.com. General business and finance readers, as well as those fascinated by the Internet economy, will find TechVenture an invaluable read that is on the cutting edge of e-business.

As technology moves from being a tool to a driver of business strategy, TechVenture and its insights will be mission critical.

Vinod Khosla

Partner, Kleiner Perkins, Caufield & Byers

As technology moves from being a tool to a driver of business strategy, TechVenture and its insights will be mission critical.

Vijay Mahajan

John P. Harbin Centennial Chair in Business, The University of Texas at Austin and co-editor of Digital Marketing