Useful Links

• National Collegiate Inventors and Innovators Alliance (NCIIA)
• Advanced Invention To Venture (AI2V)

• Arizona State University (ASU) Launch Pad (pdf)

• University of California San Diego UCSD Connect

Since 1985, UCSD CONNECT has assisted in the formation and development of over 1,200 companies and is widely regarded as the nation’s most successful regional program linking inventors and entrepreneurs with the resources they need for sucecess. See also UCSD CONNECT Springboard Graduates Tracking Survey, December 2008 (pdf)

• UCSD Connect, Springboard Success Stories and Testimonials

• 2008 Index of Massachusetts Innovation Economy (pdf)
• The 2008 State new Economy Index, Benchmarking economic transformations in the states (pdf)
• Where America Stands: Entrepreneurship Competitiveness Index
• Global Entrepreneurship Monitor (GEM)
• Global Entrepreneurship Monitor, 2008 Executive Report
• GEM 2007. Global Report on High-Growth Entrepreneurship
• Deloitte: Technology Fast 500

• PWCMoneytree TM Report - is a quarterly study of venture capital investment activity in the United States
• Ernst & Young. Acceleration. Global Venture Capital Insights Report 2007 (pdf)
• Ernst & Young. Global CVC Survey 2008-2009. Benchmarking Programs and Practices (pdf)
• EVCA 2008 Nordic Report. An EVCA Research Paper, December 2008. (pdf)
• IVC - Israel Venture Capital Research Center
• Israel Venture Association - Israel Global Source of Innovation
• Statistics of the Israeli M&As and IPOs 1994-2008 (xls)
• Ernst & Young, Global IPO trends report 2008