Useful Web Sites for Entrepreneurs
General
International Franchise Association – Resources for franchising
Startup Nation – A source for small business advice, venture creation and entrepreneur forum.
SATOP is a free service designed to provide technical assistance and speed the transfer of space technology to the private sector.
Welcome to ESBRI – Entrepreneurship and Small Business Research Institute. Disseminates knowledge on entrepreneurship, innovation and small business
Entrepreneur – A news and resource aggregate site for many topics related to creating new ventures.
An economics-related link listed hosted at the University of Texas.
The Conference Board publishes leading, coincident, and lagging indexes designed to signal peaks and troughs in the business cycle for nine countries around the world.
The North American Industry Classification System (NAICS) is the standard used by Federal statistical agencies in classifying business establishments for the purpose of collecting, analyzing, and publishing statistical data related to the U.S. business economy.
BizFilings – Legal documents to help new ventures incorporate or begin partnerships.
A list of top web hosting companies
eCredit is a leading provider of business information solutions for credit and collections professionals.
Lime Service – An online survey generator.
Business.com – The leading business search engine and business directory designed to help its users find the companies, products, services, and information they need to make the right business decisions.
The Rural Development Leadership Network supports economic growth and new ventures in low-income rural settings.
Entrepreneurship.org – A collection of entrepreneurial resources hosted by the Kauffman Foundation
Business in Books – A blog featuring books on entrepreneurship and entrepreneurial themes
The world of business in movies – A blog featuring films that incorporate entrepreneurial themes
Tim Berry talks about everything to do with business plans, starting ventures and having a life, to boot
Tim Berry’s blog about covering a wider range of topics related to business and venture creation
Florida Virtual Entrepreneur Center: local Florida resources for venture creation
Kauffman Data Symposium: Workshops on entrepreneurship and innovation research
Jim Flowers‘ take on business and venture creation
Virtual Incubator: A “Facebook” for entrepreneurs
The StartUp 411 – Everything an entrepreneur needs to raise capital
Non-Academic Journals
The Wall Street Journal’s resource for entrepreneurs.
Venture Capital
Venture Associates – Information on raising private money, preparation of Private Placement Memorandums (Reg D), writing business plans, going public and Initial Public Offerings (IPOs and DPOs), business plan outlines, Venture Capital, Venture Capital Clubs and “How to” Books about entrepreneuring.
Directory of venture capital links.
Directory of venture capital financers in Europe and Israel.
NVCA is the venture capital industry’s source for advocacy, networking, professional development and reliable and timely information.
Garage Technology Ventures is a seed-stage and early-stage venture capital fund.
Information about small business loans and grants.
Business Plans
An outline of the Contents of a Business Plan :
A concise document describing a new venture
“Nuts and Bolts of Business Plans”
A useful handbook for creating business plans created by Dr. Michael Morris.
Required Outline for Business Plans
Addressing Intellectual Property in Business Plans
Free sample business plans and templates for entrepreneurs
Entrepreneurial Marketing and E-Commerce
The American Marketing Association
A research center on e-commerce issues
An aggregate of links regarding e-commerce and e-commerce research
A library of resources, links and articles, for entrepreneurs
Newsletter on marketing, innovation, tech, & new ventures
A list of events compiled by the National Mail Order Association
News compiled by the National Mail Order Association
Entrepreneurship Abroad
A BBC Q&A with an international entrepreneur
An article aggregate for international entrepreneurs.
A Web site that culls general business data from many countries
Social Entrepreneurship
An international association of social entrepreneurs
Center for the Advancement of Social Entrepreneurship
Audio lectures, speaker series and Podcasts to help you change the world
Entrepreneurship Research
The Entrepreneurship Research and Policy Network, hosted by the Kauffman Foundation, includes entrepreneurship research job board; ejournal subscriptions; a professional directory and conference management services.
Babson Entrepreneurship Research Conference – Frontiers of Entrepreneurship Research
Kauffman Foundation research center – articles, papers and data related to entrepreneurship
Harvard Business School’s catalogue of entrepreneurship research and articles
European Forum for Entrepreneurship Research: Fosters entrepreneurship research in Europe, and contains an aggregate of papers and data pertaining to entrepreneurship.
Strategic Entrepreneurship Journal
Entrepreneurship Theory and Practice
Journal of Small Business Management
Entrepreneurship and Regional Development
Teaching Entrepreneurship
Tools to help teach business principles
Academic resources for all the teachers, professors and students interested in entrepreneurship; and entrepreneurship research, focused on all the researchers interested in investigations, as well as research resources.
Stanford’s Roundtable on Entrepreneurship Education
A network for entrepreneurship instructors as well as resources
Social Entrepreneurship Teaching Resources Handbook
Resources to teach how social entrepreneurship can create a better world
Stanford’s link between technological innovation and entrepreneurial pursuit
University Departments
Florida International University
Videos
Cornell’s video collection on entrepreneurship, business and leadership
Videos from the Loyola Marymount speakers series
Free Podcasts and videos from Stanford University’s Entrepreneurial Corner
“Small Business School:” From PBS and Voice of America
Frontline World Social Entrepreneurs Series
Ideas Worth Spreading: Riveting talks by remarkable people, free to the world
Entrepreneurs Garage Videos: Interviews with San Francisco-area entrepreneurs
Videos to accompany Katz and Green textbook, Entrepreneurial Small Business
Small Business Television: A simulated “news” experience for venture creation and management
British television program dedicated to helping new businesses find financing.
Information, support and network for entrepreneurial women
It May be Time to Start Pursuing Your Dream
Women in Entrepreneurship
Networking, financing and educational resources.
Get advice from leading women experts from all across the country.
The official website of the National Association of Women Business Owners.
Women Presidents’ Organization: Promoting the acceptance and advancement of women entrepreneurs.
Articles, advice and forums hosted by the National Association for Female Executives.
The National Women’s Business Council is a bi-partisan federal advisory council created to serve as an independent source of advice and policy recommendations to the President, Congress, and the U.S. Small Business Administration on economic issues of importance to women business owners.
The Center for Women’s Business Research provides data-driven knowledge that advances the economic, social and political impact of women business owners and their enterprises.
A networking site for women entrepreneurs.
Law
Hundreds of links and resources regarding legal issues and the law.
FindLaw’s resource for small business ventures.
Legal links for Prentice Hall’s Small Business and Entrepreneurship
The WikiPatents Community contributes to the US patent system by reviewing issued patents and pending patent applications. WikiPatents features a wiki-like interface to review, rate, and discuss patents — plus free patent PDF downloads, file histories, and advanced patent searching.
Government
The White House Economic Office
Economic Report of the President
Consolidated Federal Funds Report
Prentice Hall’s link aggregate page for government resources
The Federal Small Business Administration
The Survey of Small Business Finances collects information on small businesses in the United States.
Intellectual Property
Bronwyn Hall is a prolific author on patents and global IP protection and her website has several links to articles and course outlines for Innovation courses, as well as interesting links to patent and IP data. Overall, a useful starting point for detailed teaching and research backgound on the subject.
The World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO) website. Oriented toward providing access to WIPO reports on various topics.
Arnoud Engelfriet’s useful source of information on IP, patents and the patent process and includes commentary on differences between different national patent systems.