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

Entrepreneurship E-Law

Non-Academic Journals

The Wall Street Journal's resource for entrepreneurs.

Inc. Magazine

Fast Company Magazine

Black Enterprise Magazine

American Venture Magazine

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 e-commerce news aggregate

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

Advice and useful information about starting a business abroad, setting up a company, buying an existing overseas businesses, finding finance or loans and franchise opportunities.

An article aggregate for international entrepreneurs.

OECD: An international organization helping governments tackle the economic, social and governance challenges of a globalised economy.

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

Social Enterprise Magazine

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

Journal of Business Venturing

Entrepreneurship Theory and Practice

Journal of Small Business Management

Small Business Economics

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.

Suggested syllabi, class plans, readings, assignments, grading, and more from the University of Oregon

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

Lehigh University

Georgia Tech

St. Louis University

Vanderbuilt University

Wake Tech

Duke 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.

Womenable is a research, program and policy development consultancy whose mission is to improve the environment for women-owned enterprises worldwide.

Networking for businesswomen, is the number one resource for businesswomen of North America to connect, share and grow their businesses.

Resources for business women and female entrepreneurs to start & grow a business, build wealth and boost their health.

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.

Womenable is a research, program and policy development consultancy whose mission is to improve the environment for women-owned businesses worldwide.

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

Patent search site.

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

Congressional Budget Office

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.

Bureau of Labor Statistics

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.