Introduction
About This Site
About The Textbook
About The Authors
McGraw-Hill Book Website
 
Book Contents
Table of Contents
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Opportunity and Strategy
II
Creating New Ventures
III
Functional Development
IV
Growth and Financing
  Business Plans (App. A)
  Case Studies (App. B)
Online Sources (App. C)
 
Sample Syllabus
Course Overview
Calendar of Sessions
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Entrepreneurial Perspective
II
Idea or Opportunity
III
Gathering Resources
IV
Managing Ventures
V
Entrepreneurship and You
 
Additional Resources
Courses Using This Textbook
 


Categories of resource

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1. General Information on Entrepreneurship

Wall Street Journal

http://www.startupjournal.com

Fast Company

http://www.fastcompany.com

Service Corps of Retired Executives (SCORE)

http://www.score.org

National Dialogue on Entrepreneurship

http://www.publicforuminstitute.org/nde

Kauffman Foundation

http://www.kauffman.org

Entreworld

http://www.entreworld.org

Entrepreneur America

http://www.entrepreneur-america.com

Global Entrepreneurship Monitor

http://www.gemconsortium.org

Always On

http://www.alwayson-network.com

Inc.

http://www.inc.com

2. Student Organizations 

Collegiate Entrepreneurs Organization

http://www.c-e-o.org

Students in Free Enterprise

http://www.sife.org

National Foundation for Teaching Entrepreneurship

http://www.nfte.com

 3. Venture Forums and Women's Networks 

MIT Enterprise Forum

http://web.mit.edu/entforum

Venture clubs

http://www.venturea.com/clubs2.htm

Venture forums

http://www.ventureforums.org              

Forum for Women Entrepreneurs

http://www.fwe.org

Women entrepreneurs

http://www.springboardenterprises.org

 4. Entrepreneurship Education    

American Society of Engineering Education

http://www.asee.org

National Collegiate Investors and Innovators Alliance

http://www.nciia.org

U.S. Association for Small Business and Entrepreneurship

http://www.usasbe.org

National Network for Technology Entrepreneurship and
Commercialization

http://www.n2tec.org

 

Academy of Management

http://www.aomonline.org

National Consortium of Entrepreneurship Centers

http://www.nationalconsortium.org

Stanford Technology Ventures Program (STVP)

http://stvp.stanford.edu       

Georgia Institute of Technology

http://www.entrepreneurship.gatech.edu

Columbia University

http://www.gsb.Columbia.edu/entprog

MIT Entrepreneurship Center

http://entrepreneurship.mit.edu           

Centre for Scientific Enterprise London

http://www.cselondon.com   

National University of Singapore

http://www.enterprise.nus.edu.sg/nec

Penn State University

http://www.smeal.psu.edu/fcfe             

University of Maryland

http://www.rhsmith.umd.edu/dingman

STVP Educators Corner (Teaching Resources)

http://edcorner.stanford.edu

Harvard Business Online (Teaching Resources)

http://www.hbsp.harvard.edu

European Case Clearing House (Teaching Resources)

http://www.ecch.cranfield.ac.uk           

Eweb (Teaching Resources)

http://www.eweb.slu.edu

Center for Venture Education (Kauffman Fellows Program)

http://www.kauffmanfellows.org

5. Ideas, Brainstorming and Creativity 

Idea Fisher

http://www.ideafisher.com

Inspiration Software

http://www.inspiration.com

Problem solving

http://www.whynot.net


6. Business Plans 

Sample plans 

http://www.bplans.com         

National Business Incubator Association

http://www.nbia.org

Start-up plans and forms      

http://www.startupbiz.com

Business plans

http://www.bizplanet.com

7. Industry Information, Technology Trends and Simulations 

Lexis Nexis

http://www.lexisnexis.com

Balanced Scorecard Collaborative

http://www.bscol.com

MIT Technology Review

http://www.technologyreview.com

Silicon Valley

http://www.siliconvalley.com               

Life sciences information

http://www.bio.com

Life sciences information

http://www.biospace.com

Technology news

http://www.worldtechnews.com

Larta

http://www.larta.org              

Business game

http://www.hotshotbusiness.com         

Scenarios

http://www.gbn.org

8. Tax, Legal and Intellectual Capital Information 

Nolo

http://www.nolo.com

Smart Money

http://www.Smartmoney.com/tax

Intellectual property

http://www.patentcafe.com   

U.S. Patent and Trademark Office

http://www.uspto.gov            

Inventors Association

http://www.uiausa.org           

Patent search

http://www.delphion.com

U.S. Copyright Office

http://www.loc.gov/copyright

IBM Intellectual Property and Licensing

http://www.patents.ibm.com 

World Intellectual Property Organization            

http://www.wipo.org               

9. Marketing and Global Business 

International Trade Administration

http://www.ita.doc.gov          

National economies

http://www.cia.gov

World Bank

http://www.worldbank.org

Example of global website

http://www.Holland.com        

Small Business Exporter Association

http://www.sbea.org              

Global trade

http://www.globetrade.com

Marketing research resources

http://www.researchinfo.com

Links to industry web sites

http://www.industrylink.com

Thomas Register

http://www.thomasregister.com

American Demographics

http://www.demographics.com

Nielsen Media Research

http://www.nielsenmedia.com

Direct Marketing Association

http://www.the-dma.org        

Direct marketing

http://www.dmnews.com       

Surveys

http://www.surveymonkey.com

10. Franchising and Family Businesses 

Franchising information

http://www.franchise.com

Franchising opportunities

http://www.franchiseopportunities.com

Family business

http://www.fambiz.com          

 11. United States Government Sources 

Securities and Exchange Commission

http://www.sec.gov               

SEC filings and forms

http://www.sec.gov/edgar.shtml          

Small Business Administration

http://www.sba.gov               

Department of Commerce

http://www.doc.gov               

Patent and Trademark Office

http://www.uspto.gov            

Census Bureau

http://www.census.gov         

 12. General Information on Funding Sources 

Funding directory

http://www.businessfinance.com

Capital Venue

http://www.capitalvenue.com               

Venture Capital

http://www.vcbuzz.com

Startup Nation

http://www.startupnation.com

Venture Reporter

http://www.venturereporter.net

National Venture Capital Association

http://www.nvca.org              

Venture Economics

http://www.ventureeconomics.com

VentureWire

http://www.venturewire.com

VentureOne

http://www.ventureone.com

VentureBlog

http://www.ventureblog.com

 13. Angel Investor Groups 

Silicon Valley

http://www.bandangels.com

Nevada and Northern California

http://www.Sierraangels.com               

Chicago

http://www.prairieangels.com               

Arizona

http://www.arizonaangels.com             

North Carolina

http://www.tignc.com            

Southern California

http://www.techcoastangels.com

Washington State

http://www.allianceofangels.com         

United States

http://www.gatheringofangels.com

Pasadena, California

http://www.pasadenaangels.com

Pennsylvania

http://www.ppig.com             

Ohio

http://www.c-cap.net            

Kansas City

http://www.kcep.com            

Boston

http://www.hcangels.com

Boston-MIT

http://www.tcnmit.org

Toronto, Canada

http://www.tvg.org 

Angel Capital Association

http://www.angelcapitalassociation.org

 14. Venture Capital Firms 

Accel

http://www.accel.com

Advent International

http://www.adventinternational.com    

Apax

http://www.apax.com

Atlas

http://www.atlasventure.com               

Austin Ventures

http://www.austinventures.com

Ben Franklin

http://www.benfranklin.org

Benchmark Capital

http://www.benchmark.com

Carlyle

http://www.thecarlylegroup.com

Charles River Ventures

http://www.crv.com               

Draper Fisher Jurvetson

http://www.drapervc.com

Financial Technology Ventures

http://www.ftventures.com   

Flywheel Ventures

http://www.flywheelventures.com

Garage Technology Ventures

http://www.garage.com         

Kleiner Perkins

http://www.kpcb.com            

Matrix Partners

http://www.matrixpartners.com

Mayfield

http://www.mayfield.com      

Mobius

http://www.mobiusvc.com

Mohr Davidow Ventures

http://www.mdv.com

New Enterprise Associates

http://www.nea.com

North Bridge

http://www.nbvp.com

Norwest

http://www.norwestvp.com   

Sequoia

http://www.sequoiacap.com 

Sutter Hill

http://www.shv.com              

Ventana Global

http://www.ventanaglobal.com

Venrock

http://www.venrock.com

 15. Corporate Venture Capital 

Chevron Texaco, San Ramon, California

http://www.chevrontexaco.com/technology/ventures

Dell Ventures, Austin, Texas

http://www.dell.com

Eastman Ventures, Kingsport, Tennessee

http://www.eastmanventures.com

Intel Capital, Santa Clara, California

http://www.intel.com/capital

Motorola Ventures, Chicago, Illinois

http://www.motorola.com/ventures

Nokia Venture Partners, Menlo Park, California

http://www.nokiaventurepartners.com

Intrapreneurs

http://www.intrapreneur.com

16. Social Innovation and Responsibility 

General information

http://www.enterprisingnonprofits.org

USF Institute

http://www.inom.org              

"Win-Win" Partners

http://www.winwinpartner.com              

Nonprofits

http://www.nonprofits.org     

Investors Circle

http://www.investorscircle.net

Social Enterprise Alliance

http://www.se-alliance.org

Silicon Valley Social Venture Fund

http://www.svz.org

Venture Philanthropy Partners

http://www.venturephilanthropypartners.org

Ashoka

http://www.ashoka.org          

Center for Social Innovation

http://www.gsb.Stanford.edu/csi          

Ethics Resource Center

http://www.ethics.org

Social responsibility

http://www.bsr.org

 

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