Resources
WEST Tip Sheets
Informational Interviews (May 2010)
Positive Impact (May 2010)
Dealing With Difficult People (May 2010)
Program Management 101 (March 2010)
Highlights of 2009 Leadership Awards (June 2009)
How To Become A Board Member (May 2009)
Licensing Technology From Universities (March 2009)
Tips on Productive Meetings (February 2009)
Negotiation Tips (December 2008)
Inside Venture Capital (October 2008)
Marketing Your Ideas (And Yourself) (September 2008)
Insights from WEST 2008 Leadership Award Recipients (June 2008)
Pros and Cons of MBAs (May 2008)
Life Science Patent Strategies (April 2008)
Exploring Alternative Careers (March 2008)
Reports
2009 ION Annual Report on Status of Women Directors
• Download Report PDF
Web Sites
Do It Yourself MBA Site
• Personal MBA
General Funding Sources
• Massachusetts Small Business Development Center Network
• Small Business Administration office, Massachusetts
• SBA Office of Technology SBIR/STTR
• Active Capital or Angel Capital Electronic Network
• Investors’ Circle
Life Sciences Funding Sources
• National Association of Seed and Venture Funds
• National Venture Capital Association
• CleanTech Venture Network
• National Association of Small Business Investment Companies
Business Plan Development
• U.S. Business Advisor
• Net Impact: New Leaders for Better Business
Legal
• United States Patent and Trademark Office
Publications
• Inc.com — The Resource for Growing Companies
• Invention to Venture
• Entrepreneur Magazine
• Harvard Business School — Working Knowledge
Books
Athena Unbound: The Advancement of Women in Science and Technology
Henry Etzkowiz, Carol Kernelgor, Brian Uzzi
The Door in the Dream: Conversations with Eminent Women in Science
Elga Wasserman, Ph.D
The Difference “Difference” Makes: Women and Leadership
Deborah L. Rhode
Extraordinary Women Scientists
Darlene R. Stille
The Gender and Science Reader
Muriel Lederman (Editor) and Ingrid Bartsch (Editor)
Mountains Beyond Mountains: The Quest of Dr. Paul Farmer, The Man Who Would Cure the World
Tracey Kidder
Nobel Prize Women in Science
Sharon Bertsch McGrayne
The Science Glass Ceiling: Academic Women Scientists and the Struggle to Succeed
Sue V. Rosser
Warped Passages: Unraveling the Mysteries of the Universe’s Hidden Dimensions
Lisa Randall, Ph.D.
Why So Slow: The Advancement of Women
Virginia Valian
