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Resources

General Information for Entrepreneurs

• The Kauffman Foundation promotes entrepreneurial success at all levels, from elementary school students to high-growth entrepreneurs. The Foundation’s entrepreneurship Web site is devoted to this topic and provides more information about programs and resources in this arena.
• The Center for Business Plans offers business planning resources, business planning tools, as well as examples of business plans).
• The Free Management Library provides an integrated library for nonprofits and for-profits.
• Inc.com guides contain resources, handpicked by Inc.com editors, on specific business-management issues.
• Brint.com is a business technology knowledge portal and global community network.
• Startup Journal from the Wall Street Journal Center for Entrepreneurs provides articles and resources on market research, financing, hiring, and management of the startup enterprise.

Technical Information

• Stanford Entrepreneur’s Network – Stanford Entrepreneurs is an offshoot of Stanford Interact, an organization which was co-founded in 1997 by the Business Association of Stanford Engineering Students (BASES) on the one hand, and the Stanford GSB Hi-Tech and Entrepreneurship clubs on the other hand.
• The SBA Cisco Systems San Jose Entrepreneur Center provides entrepreneurs with a full range of support services in one convenient location. The services include, financial programs, technical assistance, training, technology, procurement, and international trade.
• IBM Research Labs work in all areas of information technology, from physics and cognitive science to leading-edge application research. Their work is often done in concert with colleagues in academic and government research centers, as well as “in the marketplace” with customers.
• NanoSIG, Nanoelectronics & Photonics Forum focuses on the commercial development of nanotechnology
• Forum for Women Entrepreneurs offers a premier networking organization for women building and leading high-growth technology and life sciences companies.
• Bay Area Bioscience Center brings together northern California’s bioscience community, promote its culture and important biology-based discoveries, proactively identify and address members’ needs, and forge a potent, savvy constituency.
• Tech Startup Connection helps their members create and grow new computer based technology businesses.

Legal Information

• Lexis-Nexis Small Business Service provides legal, news, public records, and business information, including tax and regulatory publications.
• Find Law for Business offers answers to questions about choosing the right legal structure for your business venture, hiring employees, or safety in the workplace.
• The International Angel Investorsrs provides a forum to empower investors to make better decisions and governments to benchmark securities and tax laws.

Funding/Venture Capital

• The PriceWaterHouseCoopers Money Tree Survey is a quarterly study of venture capital investment activity in the United States. The survey offers information on emerging companies that receive financing and the venture capital firms that provide it.
• Silicon Valley Venture Capital Survey combines breaking world-wide news coverage with cutting edge technology industry analysis from the Silicon Valley.
• AVCE and the accompanying magazine American Venture have been pioneers in helping technology start-ups receive funding since the early 90’s.
• The National Venture Capital Association (NVCA) is the trade association that represents the venture capital industry. NVCA’s mission is to foster the understanding of the importance of venture capital to the vitality of the U.S. and global economies; to stimulate the flow of equity capital to emerging growth companies by representing the public policy interests of the venture capital and private equity communities at all levels of government; to maintain high professional industry standards; facilitate networking opportunities; and to provide research data and professional development for its members.
• Venturewire.com offers a daily e-mail that provides information on the previous day’s venture financings.
• VC Task Force provides a system of services including: business, legal and financial programs that provide real-time, strategic and tactical information addressing imminent concerns of venture capitalists and portfolio companies.
• Women’s Technology Cluster aims to accelerate growth, reduce risk, and facilitate access to angel and venture capital financing to women IT, Life Science and social entrepreneurs.
• 3rd Wave is an educational center for the advancement of high-tech entrepreneurs focusing on the development of professional and entrepreneurial skills connecting them to venture capital.

Business Plans

• Small Business Association Business Plan Outline. This site contains a business plan outline and tutorial that can be used as a reference. It describes the elements that should be included in a business plan.
• Harvard Business School Case: Some Thoughts on Business Plans, Case #9-897-101, November 14, 1996

National and Community Support Organizations

• The Enterprise Network (TEN) is a not-for-profit organization dedicated to promoting new business and economic development in the greater Silicon Valley. As a venture accelerator, resource center and incubator for high-tech startups and early stage companies, TEN helps translate lab research into consumer products and provides an infrastructure and network to support entrepreneurs in realizing their objectives.
• The National Business Incubation Association provides helpful tools and information on the business incubation industry, as well as information on member incubators and principals of business incubation.
• SBA Office of Women’s Business Ownership promotes the growth of women-owned businesses through programs that address business training and technical assistance, and provide access to credit and capital, federal contracts, and international trade opportunities.
• The Service Corps of Retired Executives (SCORE) is a resource partner of the U.S. Small Business Administration. It is a nonprofit association dedicated to entrepreneur education and the formation, growth and success of small business nationwide.
• Silicon Valley SCORE Chapter provides seminars, workshops, free individual counseling, and other services for both existing small businesses and start-ups in Santa Clara County of California.
• The United States Small Business Association offers start-up tools, checklists and resources, including, business start-up tools, financing start-up tools, state/local start-up help, federal start-up resources, and walk-in assistance centers.
• The National Commission on Entrepreneurship was created to focus public policy on the role of entrepreneurship in the national economy and to articulate policies that will foster its continued growth. The NCOE is a resource for anyone interested in entrepreneurship and public policy.
• As a global, non-profit educational organization for business owners under age 40, the Young Entrepreneurs’ Organization (YEO) strives to help its members build upon their successes through an array of learning and networking opportunities.
• The Churchill Club is Silicon Valley’s premier business and technology forum. The 5,000-member, nonprofit organization has built a reputation for dynamic, in-the-news programs featuring Silicon Valley CEOs, up-and-coming executives and national business leaders.
• The Silicon Valley Association of Startup Entrepreneurs (SVASE) is the largest and fastest growing nonprofit association in Northern California dedicated exclusively to helping early stage entrepreneurs across all technology sectors build successful companies.
• IBDNetwork is built on the belief that people and the quality of their relationships determine the success of a particular corporation. We provide an atmosphere that fosters relationships and provide forums that inspire new partnerships.