Useful Links

These resources offer suggestions and pointers for entrepreneurs to consider as they prepare their business plans.

Venture Capital Resource Library
This site, sponsored by VFinance Holdings, Inc., contains information about venture capital firms, angel investors, lenders and investment banks. In addition, it provides business plan and financing information.

Price Waterhouse Coopers
This site offers an entrepreneur resource center. PWC regularly surveys contacts venture firms for information about their investing activity.

VentureOne Entrepreneur Resources
This site includes surveys and other free information from VentureOne. Go to VentureOne.com and click on "Entrepreneurs".

Lester Center for Entrepreneurship
This site provides information on regularly scheduled networking and speaking events at the Haas School of Business at UC Berkeley. The Lester Center is a venue for notable entrepreneurs, venture capitalists and industry experts to present their insights and opinions on entrepreneurial topics.

Business Association of Stanford Engineers
BASES is an association of Stanford engineering students and alumni that fosters entrepreneurship through formal networking and informational events.

Ewing Marion Kauffman Foundation
The EMKF is a foundation that promotes entrepreneurship through educational programs such as the Kauffman Venture Capital fellowship.

MIT Entrepreneurship Center
The MIT E-Center promotes numerous formal and informal activities to foster entrepreneurship and entrepreneurial education.

The Startup Journal
This is the Wall Street Journal Center for Entrepreneurs. This site features a business plan toolkit and a library of sample plans to use as reference. The site also features case studies and articles relevant to entrepreneurs.

US Small Business Administration
This site contains information about starting a business, and other important business startup questions. It also has tips on financing and info on SBA services available to startups.

Inc. Magazine
This site lists a Comprehensive array of resources to assist entrepreneurs.