1. High-technology new firms (HTNFs) - the essence and scope of the phenomenon 2. Founders of HTNFs 3. Identification, selection and evaluation of business opportunitiesbased on technological innovations 4. Using patent information in planning a technology business 5. Protection of rights to an invention - obtaining a patent 6. Protection of rights for an invention - informal methods 7. The licensing and cooperative options 8. Financing new technology enterprises - general principles 9. Support of new technology-based enterprises in Poland 10. The characteristics of the start-up stage of technology-based enterprises