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• National Venture Capital Association: Industry Overview

• News and journal articles - available via Jackson eJournals, such as Venture Capital Journal. 

For print industry guides, check the Reference Room (subject section: Venture Capital). Notable titles are:

• Venture capital handbook: an entrepreneur's guide to raising venture capital • Catalog record
• Venture capital investing : the complete handbook for investing in private businesses for outstanding profits. • Catalog record
  
• Structuring venture capital, private equity, and entrepreneurial transactions • Catalog record

Search Jackson Library Catalog using the subject term "venture capital". Notable titles are:

• Venture capital and private equity: a casebook • Catalog record
• Private equity and venture capital : a practical guide for investors and practitioners • Catalog record
• Basics of venture capital [videorecording] • Catalog record

• GSB cases - search by keyword "venture capital".

• PriceWaterhouseCoopers MoneyTree Survey is a quarterly study of venture capital investment activity in the U.S.
• SDC (Trader's Pit) - provides data on IPOs, and VC funding ( VentureXpert ). 
• The Web version VentureXpert is available to GSB users. Please contact Information desk (723-2163) or email Ask a Librarian for access.
• TheDeal.com - information on deal flow, private capital, VC funding, VC statistics, PE auction block, PE deals of the week, etc. To access this source, please stop by the Information Desk at the library. 
• Venture Capital Database - from a survey conducted by PricewaterhouseCoopers, Thomson Venture Economics and the National Venture Capital Association. It lists recipients of funding from venture-capital firms for the past four quarters. See who got VC money, how much, from whom and for what, using any of several different search criteria.

Check the print directories in the Reference Collection (subject section: Venture Capital):

• Galante's venture capital & private equity directory - also available on CD-ROM at Jackson's CD-ROM Workstation. (Stanford Users may obtain online access at the Information Desk of the Library ) • Catalog record
  
• Pratt's guide to private equity sources • Catalog record
  

• PriceWaterhouseCoopers MoneyTree Survey - a quarterly study of venture capital investment activity in the U.S.
• Sand Hill Index - benchmarks venture capital value. It is compiled on a monthly basis from 65,000 valuation events for 20,000 companies since January 1989. Data and graphs are in Excel format. Also includes links to full text news and research articles.
• SDC (Trader's Pit) - provides data on IPOs, and VC funding ( VentureXpert ). 
• The Web version VentureXpert is available to GSB users. For access, contact Jackson's Information desk (723-2163) or email Ask a Librarian. 
• TheDeal.com - information on deal flow, private capital, VC funding, VC statistics, PE auction block, PE deals of the week, etc. To access this source, please stop by the Information Desk at the library. 
• National Venture Capital Association: Industry Statistics

• National Venture Capital Association yearbook - current and historical statistics on many aspects of the investment industry activity. • Catalog record
• Venture capital industry report - presents detailed statistics and data-driven analysis on fundraising and IPO and M&A activity, along with individual information on investors and service providers. • Catalog record

• News and journal articles - available via Jackson eJournals, such as Venture Capital Journal.

For industry performance:

• S&P NetAdvantage - includes e-version of S&P industry survey, which summarizes the current environment of an industry, trends, how the industry operates, key ratios, and the keys to analyzing a company in the industry. 
• OneSource's Business Browser - integrates information from over 2,500 business sources. The industry Profiles can include market research reports, analyst reports, industry norms, and articles. Financial data on the companies in the industries can be downloaded into Excel. 
• RMA Annual Statement Studies (Reference Room: Alphabetical Subject Section: Financial Ratios) - gives standard ratios by industry. • Catalog record
• Key Business Ratios - D&B draws statistics from over one million public and private companies providing 14 key business ratios for over 800 lines of business. 
• D&B's Zapdata.com - free industry reports give quick market analysis. You can choose the specific industry segments you would like to target by SIC code. (requires free registration)

For company performance and competitor analysis:

• Capital IQ - A unique platform combining detailed information on investment banking, private equity, corporations, investment management, professional services, and brokerage.
• Thomson Research - provides full-text SEC filings and historical financial reports of companies worldwide. 
• Thomson One Banker - Analytics - offers company financials, earnings estimates, real time market data and stock quotes. 
• Compustat - includes financial data from public traded companies worldwide. 
• Thomson Investext (IE Browser only) - Investment research reports written by analysts at investment banks and consulting firms. Go to "Company Analysis > Research" area.  
• Articles databases, such as ABI Inform and Business Source Complete - full-text journal and news articles on specific companies. 

Check the Jackson Reference Collection (Alphabetical Subject Section: Business Plans). Notable titles are:

• Business Plan in a Day: Get It Done Right, Get It Done Fast! • Catalog record
  
• Anatomy of a Business Plan : a step-by-step guide to building a business and securing your company’s future • Catalog record
  
• Bankable business plans • Catalog record
  

Sample business plans are available from a number of websites:

• Moor Corp Competition - sample plans from MBAs
• Bplan.com
• Business.gov

Search Jackson Library Catalog using the subject term "business planning", "new business enterprises - planning"