As McKinsey & Company's business journal, The McKinsey Quarterly offers public, non-profit, and private management "new ways of thinking." Focus is placed on strategy, corporate finance, governance, economic studies, IT, organization, marketing, and operations. Articles are free (dating back to 1992), a selection of which are available with free registration. Some "premium" articles are available to Premium Members (paid subscribers).

The Founder Syndrome - Part I Why it's still a big messy issue and why attitudes have to change... It has been debated for years yet remains a small-talk favorite around the water coolers of the venture capital industry. It is "The Founder Syndrome" and it goes something like this… founders innovate, incubate and invigorate. The Founder Syndrome - Part II Avoiding the Deadly Trap Part II looks more closely at the early life-stages of entrepreneurial organizations and the painful transitions associated with the founder syndrome. It argues that by understanding the nature of these transitions, and learning to anticipate, prepare and adapt to them, founders can exert far greater control over their fates while also benefiting the firms they so cherish.

Subscribe to BCG Publications to get access to a variety of BCG publications and press releases. Industry topics span from social impact to financial services to automotive. Business topics include marketing, strategy, corporate development and diversity, among others. Search by keyword or select an industry or topic to find and read overviews, table of contents, author bios, and reader comments.

The Rotman Magazine is University of Toronto's Rotman School of Business magazine. Though somewhat UofT centric, the magazine does provide excellent people profiles and discussions on achieving Entrepreneurial success in Canada. Three issues are published per year. Online, RSS feed is available. Paper format too is available but subscription comes at a price.

"The key for VCs in successfully managing CEO change in venture companies is to anticipate it; monitor the relationship for familiar, early-warning signs of leadership problems; and initiate a professional and swift transition before CEO shortfalls create serious, even irreparable, harm to the company. "

Open Culture explores cultural and educational media (podcasts, videos, online courses, etc.) that's freely available on the web, and that makes learning dynamic, productive, and fun. Items of interest to entrepreneurs are: * Business category of resource blog posts * MBA Podcast Collection * Industry podcast collections: science, technology * Web/Tech category of resource blog posts

Wiki-like and boolean-based "Northern Light Search provides access to business and industry news from thousands of hand-selected business news sites, leading business publications, industry authority blogs, regional newspapers, and national news sources." Covered areas include: * Business News: 500,000+ business news stories from newswires, newspapers, corporate news feeds and publications. * Industry Authority Blogs: 200,000+ posts from selected business and industry authority blogs (from journalists, market research analysts, and corporations) * National and International News: 90,000+ news stories from large national and international news feeds. * Regional and Local News: 180,000+ news stories from regional and local news feeds. * White Papers: 7,000+ company submitted white papers, webcasts, case studies and other IT product information. Registered users can browse, search, save, receive Search Alerts, contribute, and set personal user preferences.

The University of Pennsylvania's Wharton School (of business) provides free online access Knowledge@Wharton, its online business journal. The online journal focuses on: * business trends * interviews (faculty & business leaders) * business research * reviews (conferences, book, etc) * providing a search database to over 1,500 relevant articles and abstracts Major categories include Innovation and Entrepreneurship , Business Ethics, Marketing, Finance and Investment, and more. There is a "Special Sections" page that links to more in-depth articles which readers can post comments to. And last but not least, the site also has podcasts accessible via iTunes.

'The Daily Resource for Entrepreneurs' provides free access to INC. Magazine ['Handbook of the American Entrepreneur'] and Inc.TV. It also provides free access to many entrepreneur-centric Resource Centres, Blogs, Technologies, and Events. It is highly current and relevant Though a wonderful resource for all entrepreneurs, Inc.com is also very good for newbies. Its' "Start-Up" section provides links to columns, how-to guides, articles, and other recommended resources. There is even an interactive Ask the Expert section to the site.

As a site of the Kauffman Foundation, this portal provides links to entrepreneurship and technology commercialization publications including 742 journals, 197 books, 70 reports, 73 conferences, and 116 working-papers. All publications are summarized via free access to their abstract, however access to their full-text depends entirely on their publisher/vendor: some are free, some are pay per view, and some require paid subscription. The portal provides direct linking to full-text if available. Since the portal operates on strict headings, it provides excellent access to publications. Since it links to several citation softwares, it is an excellent resource for those looking to compile lists of references. Otherwise, it is an excellent resource for entrepreneurs wanting to keep up with entrepreneurial research and findings, as well as for those wanting to publish entrepreneurial written work. For an example of what can be found on the portal, download the full text version of "The Entrepreneurial Spawing of Scientists and Engineers: Stars, Slugs, and the Small Firm Effect".

While governance and fiduciary matters command a bigger share of their time and attention, the hiring of CEOs is among the most important, value-added responsibilities of Boards of Directors. It is also one exercised ever more frequently, with statistics showing that two-thirds of all venture-backed startup companies replace their founding CEOs and of these replacements, two out of every five fail in the first 18 months.

This online chapter of Canadian Business provides established and up-and-coming Canadian entrepreneurs with current and newsworthy information. Focus is placed on finance, management, sales and marketing, technology, and exporting. In addition: * A 'Personal Development' section provides information on best practices, stress management, and more. * A 'How To' section provides information on dealing with various business problems. o From legal matters to corporate motivation. * A 'Startup Guide' section provides the reader with a report on 2008's best niches for start-ups. * Access to PROFIT Magazine is also given.

This Government of Ontario site provides business advice to several groups of individuals, including youth entrepreneurs and women entrepreneurs. Information tools such as Business Guides, Interactive Business Planners, and Event Workshops are offered. Users can also subscribe to Podcasting sessions such as the Canada Business Audio Workshop. While all documents can be accessed in English and in French, some are now also translated to Spanish, Arabic, Korean, Punjabi and Chinese.

Business Edge provides in-depth coverage of Canadian business scenes. Albeit general in nature, entrepreneurs can use this source to stay on top of local and national entrepreneurial scenes: * Business Edge offers business and tax tips, news, and profiles. * Business Edge publishes entrepreneurial competitions and awards. * "Edge Lists" are available (for a price); provided with the intent to help better market oneself or company. Business Edge publishes 5 regional editions: Ontario, British Columbia, Manitoba/Saskatchewan, Edmonton/North, and Calgary/Red Deer.

The site offers tips on how to build a business, access to NPG journals by subject area (biotechnology to development to pharmacology), tool kit downloads, nature news and events, start-up profiles, and a handful of discussion articles on amazing entrepreneurs!

Over the next decade, two out of every three companies will face the challenge of their corporate lives: redefining their core business. Buffeted by global competition and facing an uncertain future, more and more executives will realize that they must make fundamental changes in their core even as they continue delivering the goods and services that keep them in business today. "Unstoppable" shows these managers how to look deep within their organizations to find undervalued, unrecognized, or underutilized assets that can serve as new platforms for sustainable growth. Drawing on more than thirty interviews with CEOs from companies such as De Beers, American Express, and Samsung, it shows readers how to recognize when the core needs reinvention and how to deploy the "hidden assets" that can be the basis for tomorrow's growth. Building on the author's previous books, "Profit from the Core" and "Beyond the Core", this book shows how any company in crisis can transform itself to become truly unstoppable.

Advertisers are criticized as people who look for the creative and edgy, not the obvious. They will not be happy.Marketing people are criticized for getting hopelessly entangled in corporate egos and complicated projects. They will not be happy.Research people are criticized for generating more confusion than clarity. They will not be happy. Some big companies are criticized for their ill-fated marketing programs or lack of proper strategy. They will not be happy.Wall Street is criticized for putting too much emphasis on growth that is unnecessary and can be destructive to a brand. They will just ignore this criticism and continue trying to make as much money as they can. But this is a book not written to make people happy but to explain to marketers what their real problem is. Only then will they begin to look for the obvious solutions that will separate their products from their competitors -- in a way that is equally obvious to customers. All this comes with no jargon, no numbers, no complexity, and a great deal of common sense.

From Booklist: Joachimsthaler offers another book that promotes use of reinvented basic marketing principles to assist highly innovative companies. The author describes his DIG model (Demand-First Innovation & Growth), which consists of three interlinked parts: explore the demand for their products and services through an in-depth understanding of how people behave and live their lives and how they consume; apply an innovative routine of structured thinking to identify opportunities that customers cannot articulate; and formulate a strategy for effectively pursuing new opportunities. We learn that although most companies conduct some type of market research, they may fail to look for real opportunities and quantify them or fail to develop viable action plans that lead to results. This model illustrates how to become an unbiased observer of people's consumption and usage behaviors and offers a new approach to identifying and executing a company's growth strategy. Joachimsthaler, a consultant, reports that "successful opportunities for innovation and growth are right here, in front of us, and we often can't see them or don't act on them." Mary Whaley Copyright © American Library Association. All rights reserved

"Technology Ventures" is the first textbook to thoroughly examine a global phenomenon known as "technology entrepreneurship". Now in its second edition, this book integrates the most valuable entrepreneurship and technology management theories from some of the world's leading scholars and educators with current examples of new technologies and an extensive suite of media resources. Dorf and Byers's comprehensive collection of action-oriented concepts and applications provides both students and professionals with the tools necessary for success in starting and growing a technology enterprise. "Technology Ventures" details the critical differences between scientific ideas and true business opportunities.

From Publishers Weekly\nChristensen (The Innovator's Dilemma) analyzes the strategies that allow corporations to successfully grow new businesses and outpace the other players in the marketplace. Christensen's earlier book examined how focusing on profits can destroy even well-run corporations, while this book focuses on companies expanding by being "disruptors" who are able to outpace their entrenched competition. The authors (Christensen is a professor at Harvard Business School and Raynor, a director at Deloitte Research) examine the nine business decisions integral to growth, including product development, organizational structure, financing and key customer base. They cite such companies as IBM, AT&T, Sony, Microsoft and others to illustrate their points. Generally, the writing is clear and specific. For example, in discussing whether a company has the resources necessary for growth, the authors say, "In order to be confident that managers have developed the skills required to succeed at a new assignment, one should examine the sorts of problems they have wrestled with in the past. It is not as important that managers have succeeded with the problem as it is for them to have wrestled with it and developed the skills and intuition for how to meet the challenge successfully the next time around"; they then provide a real-life example of a software company. Similar important strategies give readers insights that they can use in their own workplaces. People looking for quick fixes may find the charts, diagrams and extensive footnotes daunting, but readers familiar with more technical business management tomes will find this one both stimulating and beneficial.