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Quick Entrepreneurial Links!
 
Ultimately Excellent Entrepreneurial Links!
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ENTREPRENEURSHIP RESOURCES

   

 

 

 

 

 

BUSINESS PLAN FAQ

Where to find information about Business Plan?

Where to get guidelines on preparing a Business Plan?

Where to get Samples of Business Plans?

Where to find downloadable templates?

 

 

Useful Links:

Organizations
 
Clubs
 
Venture Capital
 
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Patent Research
 
Publications
 
Trade Secrets
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Selected Readings
  • Crossing the Chasm, Geoffrey Moore

  • A gardener's Guide to Plant & Grow Your Business, Edward L. Tapley

  • Relationship Marketing: Successful Strategies for the Age of the Customer, Regis McKenna

  • Business Plans for Dummies, Paul Tiffany and Steven Peterson

  • Only the Paranoid Survive, Andy Grove

  • The Prize, Daniel Yergia

  • Start-Up: A Silicon Valley Adventure, Jerry Kaplan

  • Pratt's Guide to Venture Capital Sources, Tec Weissberg, ed.

  • The Diamond Age, Neal Stephenson

  • The Innovator's Dilemma, Clayton M. Christensen
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Ultimately Excellent Entrepreneurial Links
 
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  • Angelfire - Free space for web pages is yours at this Lycos Network site.
 
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  • Bankrate.com allows you to compare credit card deals, credit unions, loans, and checking accounts with a few mouse clicks.
  • BBB Online Find information on customers and vendors quickly.
  • Business Owner's Toolkit From business legal and tax information publisher and software provider CCH Inc., this is an essential bookmark for entrepreneurs. Get templates, advice, business credit reports and more.
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  • The Commission of Economic Development in Orem (CEDO) has a variety of programs to help start-up entrepreneurs. It is staffed with experienced professionals who offer free-of-charge consulting in entrepreneurial issues. In addition, CEDO offers a revolving loan program and an incubator for start-ups, especially for technology-related enterprises. Services include computer-based marketing research, funding development, needs assessment, strategic planning and more.
  • Companies Online offers information on just about every public and sizable private business on the web.
  • CPA Finder Indicate the type of accountant you want and where you are, and this engine will point you to local CPAs.
 
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  • eBusiness Book Reviews by Richard Dance President of UPCHANNELS LLC
  • E-commerce News delivers on its name--if it's news about selling online, it shows up here.
  • EDGAR Online allows you to retrieve all government filings (10ks, 10qs and more) made by public companies and general SEC information at no cost.
  • Electronic Commerce guide is a sprawling resource with plenty of e-commerce information for both beginners and experts.
  • Emarketer provides lots of stats, facts and tips about selling online.
  • EntrepreneurMag.com offers news, tips, and everything else you need to start, run and grow a business. Full archive of Entrepreneur magazines back to 1991.
  • Ernst and Young, one of the world's leading professional services organizations, helps companies across the globe to identify and capitalize on business opportunities.
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  • The FamilyBiz is linking hundreds of academics, consultants and family business owners to discuss family business issues. Dr. Scott W. Kunkel has devised a new approach to student directed learning for the teaching of business management, policy, small business, entrepreneurship and family business.
  • The FedWorld gateway leads you to the reams of statistics and information issued by the federal government. This site helps you find your way around Fed-land.
  • FindLaw is where you can search court decisions and do in-depth legal spadework.
  • Fortune100 Fastest-Growing Companies contains a table of the top 100 companies with the EPS and revenue growth, as well as the total return. It also contains the winners' seven secrets of high earnings and revenue.
  • Fortune 500 List of America's largest companies that once started out as small entrepreneurial ventures

  • Fortune 500 List of the World's largest companies that once started out as small entrepreneurial ventures.
 
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  • Garage.com is a great resource for entrepreneurs, including the ultimate business plan competition. Hunt for venture capital and angel financing here.

  • GE Small Business Finance lends millions yearly to entrepreneurs. Find out how to get your share.

  • Global Entrepreneurship Institute Gcase.org is the world's first global community for advancing studies on entrepreneurship. Sign up for the e-mail list to be part of the free "open-source" virtual knowledge community for entrepreneurs like you.

  • Guerilla Marketing Online provides plenty of useful stuff at your fingertips, from pointers to consultants, to just about anything else.
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  • The Home Office Magazine contents include special entrepreneurial reports about home businesses plus tools, money issues, marketing, getting organized and further resources.
 
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  • Infoseek: Small Business Workshop contains links to starting, running, expanding, and ending a business. Also provides fifteen other links to pertinent business information.
  • Intel e-Business Center is a terrific site with information, products, and services on Internet business, business technology and other small-business topics. Get a line on solutions that can help you make the e-Business transition
  • Internet Stats.com. How many users and Web sites are there? If it's a stat about the Net, you'll find it here.
  • InterNIC is the place to check on the availability of domain names and, likewise, the place to register the name you want for your web site.
  • The IRS gives obscure tax forms and even tips on taxes and small business at this (perhaps suprisingly) smart and fast-paced site.
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  • At Lawyers.com you'll find information on just about every lawyer in private practice in the United States.
  • LinkExchange. Get your ads on the Internet free of charge via this reliable program from MSN Microsoft. LinkExchange remains the Web's best banner-exchange program.
  • LiveCapital.com. Apply online for loans from American Express, Bank of Hawaii and many more institutions.
 
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  • Moneyhunter is an online companion to Money Hunt TV. They entertain, educate, and empower entrepreneurs who seek capital to start, buy or grow a business. This is a good place to start your search for financing.
 
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  • Nolo.com is a do-it-yourself self-help law library to help you check the resources before you make any rash decisions.
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  • SCORE. Counselors to America's Small Business is an SBA-sponsored organization of retired business executives who consult entrepreneurs free-of-charge (get free business mentoring from someone with real-world experience).
  • The Small Business Advisor provides small and home based businesses with free information to help you start and operate a more successful business.
  • The U.S. Small Business Administration, established in 1953, provides financial, technical and management assistance to help Americans start, run, and grow their businesses. With a portfolio of business loans, loan guarantees and disaster loans worth more than $45 billion, in addition to a venture capital portfolio of $13 billion, SBA is the nation's largest single financial backer of small businesses.
  • On-line Small Business Workshop is designed to provide you with techniques for developing your idea, starting a new venture and improving your existing small business.
  • Stat USA Internet offers a treasure trove of federal government statistics and reports. The good stuff isn't free, but charges are minimal.
  • Symantec Antivirus monitors legitimate viruses, as well as hoaxes. If you do happen to get a real virus, help is here, too. Download the latest updates and protection software.
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  • TechWeb has hundreds of helpful articles on computers.
 
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  • The U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission provides the federal laws that protect employees from age, sex and race discrimination; sexual harassment; and much more. You need to know the facts, and this page is tailored for small businesses.
  • The U.S. Fed World is an intelligent gateway that helps users gain better access to the tons of stats and information compiled each year by the U.S. government.
  • U.S. Patent and Trademark Office is designed to promote the progress of science and the useful arts by securing for limited times to inventors the exclusive right to their respective discoveries.
  • The U.S. Securities Exchange Commission is responsible for administering the federal securities laws. The Commission also regulates firms engaged in the purchase or sale of securities, people who provide investment advice, and investment companies.
  • U.S. Small Business Administration (SBA) provides financial, technical and management assistance to help Americans start, run, and grow their businesses. With a portfolio of business loans, loan guarantees and disaster loans worth more than $45 billion, SBA is the nation's largest single financial backer of small businesses.
  • The Utah Angels are ten private investors (including Entrepreneur Founders) backing Utah entrepreneurs. Since formation in May 1998, Utah Angels has invested $2 million in six companies, making investments in over 90 companies previously. They invest from $50,000 to $1,000,000 as equity or convertible debt, and they assist in securing next stage financing from a venture capital firm, from private sources, or from an IPO.
  • The Utah County Business Development Department attracts new economic activity into the county in the form of conventions and meetings, tourism visitation, filmmakers, industry, capital investment and by assisting existing businesses in their continued economic health, expansion, and retention.
  • The Utah Small Business Administration has a number of valuable programs to help entrepreneurs like government-guaranteed business loans, free-of-charge consulting, informational publications, and more. This is part of the U.S. Small Business Administration (SBA).
  • The Utah Valley Entrepreneurial Forum is a support group working together to share what they have learned, and learn from those who have experiences to share. As a non-profit organization founded in 1989, the UVEF promotes the development, and encourages the creation and growth of entrepreneurial ventures by: (1) providing networking opportunities, (2) promoting recognition of business accomplishments and contributions, (3) sharing business experiences, and (4) encouraging free enterprise.
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  • The Venture Information Network for Entrepreneurs, or VINE™showcases those innovative entrepreneurs and emerging growth companies with a business, service, product, or technology that will exploit change as an opportunity…create a new market, a new product, and a new customer.
  • Vfinance.com is a rich venture capital library, with plenty of links to venture capitalists with cash to invest.
 
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  • Web Developer.com is a one-stop-shop for advice and tools for building better Web sites.
 
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