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| ENTREPRENEURS' RESOURCES |
Below are some useful links of resources in entrepreneurship.
Most of the listings are directly relevant for India and
other emerging markets. Some resources may be unavailable
to you due to their limited geographic focus; they are
included here as possibly interesting reference models.
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This is not a comprehensive list. If you have recommendations
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| ENTREPRENEURS |
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| GENERAL
ENTREPRENEURSHIP |
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| BUSINESS PLAN
COMPETITIONS IN THE US |
Babson College
Arthur M. Blank Center for Entrepreneurship conducts both
undergrad and grad level business plan competitions
www3.babson.edu/ESHIP/programs
BallState University: Enterprise Creation Competition
An International Business
Plan Competition specifically for undergrads
www.bsu.edu/web/entrepreneurship/pages/ecc.html
Global Social Venture Competition
A competition sponsored by Haas School of Business, University
of California Berekeley, Columbia Business School, London
Business School and Goldman Sachs Foundation
www.socialvc.net
HBS Annual Business
Plan competition
The "Battle of the Business Plans" is a 30-
second, 3 minute, 3 slide competition held in partnership
with MIT Sloan Entrepreneurs Club
www.hbsconference.com
L'Oreal E-strat
Challenge
A virtual business game where the aim is to achieve
the highest stock price index for a simulated company
www.e-strat.loreal.com
MIT $50K & Ideas
Competition
MIT hosts two business plan competitions a year with varying
prize money
50k.mit.edu
Purdue University
D. Morgan Center
Life Sciences Business Plan Competition
www.purdue.edu/discoverypark/lifesciencescompetition
Rice University
Business Plan Competition
www.alliance.rice.edu/rbpc_home.asp
University of San
Francisco
International Business Plan Competition
www.usfca.edu/sobam/nvc/
University of Texas
at Austin
MOOT CORP Competition
www.mootcorp.org/index.asp
Venture Bowl
It is the nation's richest business plan competition
with funding upto $1 million USD
www.venturebowl.com
Wake Forest University
Elevator Competition
www.mba.wfu.edu/elevator
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| BUSINESS PLAN
COMPETITIONS IN THE UK AND ASIA |
Cambridge University Business Plan Competitions
CUE hosts three competitions a year: 50K, 3P and
1K
www.cue.org.uk
Indian Institute of Technology:
Eureka!
The Entrepreneurship Cell hosts an annual international
business plan competition. The winner gets an entry into
the Global Startup@Singapore
www.iitb.ac.in/students/ecell.html
National University of
Singapore: The Start-Up @ Singapore
The business plan competition encourages the growth of
entrepreneurship through education and competition
www.startup.org.sg
NUS and INSEAD's
Global Start-up@Singapore
The Business Plan Competition aims to bring the world’s
best young entrepreneurial talents to Singapore. Top teams
from US, Europe, and Asia, and the winner of the Start-up@Singapore
Business Plan Competition compete for cash prizes
global.startup.org.sg
Sasin Graduate Institute
of Business Administration
Bangkok Business Challenge Sasin hosts an international
business plan competition. It is an international business
school in partnership between Thailand's Chulalongkorn
University, Wharton and Kellogg
www.sasin.chula.ac.th
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| BUSINESS PLAN
WRITING TOOLS |
Bplans.com
It contains a large collection of free sample business
plans online, tools and know-how for managing your business,
practical advice on planning, and a panel of experts who
have answered more than 1,400 questions from people.
www.bplans.com
Writing a winning Business
Plan
Tips from Allbusiness.com site on how to write full-length
and concise business plans for different prospects
www.allbusiness.com/articles/content/2969.asp
CCH Business Owner's
Tool Kit
In the Small Business Guide section, the site covers all
details in business plan writing
www.toolkit.cch.com
Entrepreneurs' Help Page
It is designed to help young people or inexperienced business
people with good ideas and the desire to start their own
business. The Business section contains tips from an Angel
Investor on business plan writing
www.tannedfeet.com
Global Social Venture
Competition
In the Resource Library section there are templates and
formats for writing Business Plans and Executive Summaries
socialvc.net
Small Business Resources
American Express provides small business resources including
a comprehensive section on business plans outlining 7
key elements
www.home3.americanexpress.com/smallbusiness/tool/biz_plan/index.asp
Saint Louis University
The entrepreneurship site provides how-to guides, book
recommendations, and assistance by function (accounting,
marketing, finance, etc.) useful for students of entrepreneurship
eweb.slu.edu
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| TOOLS FOR SMALL
AND MEDIUM BUSINESSES |
Dun & Bradstreet
It provides critical information and tools needed to grow
your business: risk management, sales & marketing,
consultancy services & publications. Also has a branch
in India
www.dnb.co.in
Entrepreneurial Edge
It is a peer-learning community for growing companies.
It provides access to information that leads to solutions
for the entrepreneur trying to grow his/her business.
Over 400 additional entrepreneurship links are provided
on this website.
edge.lowe.org
EntreWorld
This site provides information for entrepreneurs on starting
and growing businesses and other resources supporting
entrepreneurship
www.entreWorld.org
Foundation for Enterprise Development / Beyster Institute
The Foundation outlines the Employee Share Ownership Programs
and how to set it up. It also provides short term courses
on setting up new ventures
www.fed.org
More Business
A business resource center providing entrepreneurs with
information on startup, running the business, templates,
etc. This site is updated daily.
www.morebusiness.com
RISEbusiness
It is a not-for-profit that develops and sponsors research
on small and emerging businesses. The results of this
research are available through online newsletters and
research reports.
www.riseb.org
StartupJournal
The Wall Street Journal Center for Entrepreneurs helps
potential entrepreneurs to research the market, secure
financing, open a shop, hire employees and run the enterprise
startup.wsj.com
U.S. Small Business Administration
SBA offers information for individuals owning or wanting
to own a small business in the U.S.
www.sba.gov/intro.html
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| BUSINESS INCUBATORS
IN THE US |
Incubators' in the US
A list of 127 incubators all over the U.S. compiled from
EntreWorld
www.entreworld.org/Channel/SE.cfm?Topic=SchsIncs
National Business Incubation Association
NBIA's goal is advancing business incubation and entrepreneurship.
It provides thousands of professionals with the information,
education, advocacy and networking resources to bring
excellence to the process of assisting early-stage companies
worldwide
www.nbia.org
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| WOMEN ENTREPRENEURS'
ORGANIZATIONS |
National Association
for Female Executives
NAFE is a women's professional association and women
business owners' organization which provides resources
and services - through education, networking, and public
advocacy - to empower its members to achieve career
success and financial security.
Focus: US
www.nafe.com
National Association
of Women Business Ownners
NAWBO organises various conferences and addresses issues
relating to women entrepreneurs and business persons.
Focus: US
www.nawbo.org
Women's Business Enterprise
National Council
WBENC works in partnership with women's business organizations
located throughout the country to provide a national
standard of certification for women-owned businesses.
Focus: US
www.wbenc.org
Women's Leadership Exchange®
The exchange is a multi-channel business program to
connect women who own or run growth companies with the
knowledge, tools and people they need to crank up the
volume and grow. It also hosts exchange conferences.
Focus: US
www.womensleadershipexchange.com
World Association of
Women Entrepreneurs
FCEM is an international organization creating the ideal
environment to reinforce the exchange of ideas and best
practices among associations from the world over. Hosts
an annual women's leadership conference. Focus:
Europe, Asia-Pacific, Africa
www.fcem.org
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| ONLINE PUBLICATIONS |
Academy
of Entrepreneurship Journal
It is a refereed journal which publishes theoretical and
empirical manuscripts in entrepreneurship and small business.
Its primary objective is to expand the literature of the
field. Past volumes of the journal can be viewed online
www.alliedacademies.org/entrepreneurship/index.html
CEO Express
It is a source for links to business and entrepreneurship
sites for daily news, business news and magazines, technology
magazines, website locators, financial markets, quotes
and market news, government agencies, company research,
etc
www.ceoexpress.com
Entrepreneur.com
It provides information for all levels of entrepreneurship-
solutions for growing businesses including an online magazine
www.entrepreneur.com
Entrepreneurial
Edge
It teaches by example through its magazine, Web site,
EE Direct, Business Builders, workshops, conferences and
seminars. The Organization's mission is to lead entrepreneurs
through the trial and error process that today's hottest
entrepreneurs have already overcome
www.eedge.com
Inc. Magazine
The site provides comprehensive information about the
startup and growth of a venture.
www.inc.com
MoneyTree Survey
As a collaboration between PricewaterhouseCoopers, Thomson
Venture Economics and the NVCA, MoneyTree is a quarterly
study of venture capital investment activity in the United
States and includes reports on Europe and Israel. Some
portions of the site are password-protected but most reports
are free-to-view.
www.pwcmoneytree.com
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| GRANTMAKING
ORGANIZATIONS |
Coleman
Foundation
It promotes the integration of entrepreneurship education
into all levels of education. This effort involves promoting
entrepreneurship as part of the curricula within collegiate
schools of business, and bringing its vitality and ingenuity
into various professional disciplines such as engineering,
law, nursing, the arts, and others. Focus: U.S.
www.colemanfoundation.org
Edward Lowe Foundation
It is a resource for 2nd stage entrepreneurs and other
organizations who support entrepreneurs by providing services
in the area of communication, publishing and technology
to other organizations who work with entrepreneurs. Focus:
U.S.
www.edwardlowe.org
Ewing Marion Kauffman
Foundation
The Foundation works with partners to encourage entrepreneurship
across America and improve the education of children and
youth. It focuses its operations and grantmaking on two
areas: entrepreneurship and education. Focus: U.S.
www.emkf.org
International Finance
Corporation: The Global Business School Network
As a member of the World Bank Group, it is an IFC initiative
that interacts with developing country business schools
in areas such as Curriculum Development, Executive Education
Programs, Faculty and Staff Development, Exchange Programs,
Teaching & Research. Focus: Emerging Markets
www2.ifc.org
Lemelson Foundation
The Foundation uses its resources to inspire, encourage
and recognize inventors, innovators and entrepreneurs,
with a growing emphasis on those who harness invention
for sustainable development where the needs are greatest.
It does not support funding for protection or commercialization
of intellectual property. Focus: U.S., International
www.lemelson.org
Morino Institute
The Institute makes grants to support initiatives and
programs that seek to achieve positive educational, economic
and social change in four areas of focus: understanding
the Internet and society, closing social divides, stimulating
New Economy entrepreneurship and advancing a more effective
philanthropy. Focus: U.S., International
www.morino.org
Center for International
Private Enterprise
An affiliate of the U.S. Chamber of Commerce, CIPE works
to build democracy and market economies throughout the
world in four principal areas: a grants program currently
supporting over 90 indigenous organizations in developing
countries, an award winning communications strategy, training
programs, and technical assistance through field offices.
Focus: International, Middle East, Eastern Europe
www.cipe.org
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| NETWORKS, ASSOCIATIONS
AND ALLIANCES IN THE US AND INTERNATIONAL |
American
Entrepreneurs for Economic Growth
It is dedicated to uniting innovative, emerging growth
businesses across industry lines to promote positive national
government action that benefits the investment and entrepreneurial
communities and stimulates economic growth. Focus: U.S.
www.aeeg.org
Collegiate Entrepreneurs'
Organization
The organization promotes awareness,support and network
of 500 Universities and colleges nationwide. Provides
discounted subscriptions and invitations to events and
conferences. Focus: U.S., International
www.c-e-o.org
Commonwealth Business
Council
The Council acts as a bridge for co-operation between
business and government, concentrating on efforts to help
remove barriers to trade, mobilise investment into Commonwealth
countries, and facilitate the expansion of e-commerce,
especially in developing countries. Focus: UK, Commonwealth
countries
www.cbcglobelink.org
Indian CEO High Tech
Council
It is an initiative of the TiE DC chapter to create a
network of Indian CEOs. Focus: U.S., India
www.c2mm.com
MIT Enterprise Forum®,
Inc.
The Forum promotes the formation and growth of innovative
and technologically-oriented companies through a series
of specialized executive education programs. Through the
programs, it provides networking, leadership opportunities,
and life-long connections to MIT while showcasing MIT's
role in entrepreneurship in communities around the world.
Focus: U.S.,International
web.mit.edu
National Collegiate
Inventors and Innovators Alliance
The Alliance aims at supporting invention, innovation,
and entrepreneurship education at institutions of higher
learning throughout the United States by offering grants
for curricular development, and by supporting E-Teams.
Focus: U.S.
www.nciia.org
National Foundation
For Teaching Entrepreneurship
The mission is to teach entrepreneurship to low-income
young people, ages 11 through 18, so they can become economically
productive members of society by improving their academic,
business, technology and life skills. Focus: U.S., Asia,
International
www.nfte.com
National Institute
for Entrepreneurship
As an initiative of Carrot Capital LLP, the Institute
promotes private sector growth, principally through programs
and initiatives that provide students at all educational
levels with access to the entrepreneurial experience.
Focus: U.S.
www.carrotcapital.com/challenge.htm
Public Forum Institute
As part of its activities, the Institute began work to
develop a National Dialogue to improve awareness of the
value of entrepreneurship. Focus: U.S.
www.publicforuminstitute.org
The Indus Entrepreneurs
It is a not-for-profit global network of entrepreneurs
and professionals which endeavors to cultivate and nurture
the ecosystems of entrepreneurship and free-market economies
everywhere. Focus: US, India, International
www.tie.org
Young and Successful
It is a global network of entrepreneurs, leaders and high
achievers from 70 countries. Y&S is now building an
education/ media/ entertainment company to address the
needs of young professionals and provide interesting publications
for entrepreneurs. Focus: US, International
www.youngandsuccessful.com
Young Entrepreneurs' Organisation
It is the premier, peer-to-peer, global community, network
and resource for entrepreneurs with more than 5,500 members
in 120 chapters and 40 countries around the world. Focus:
International
www.yeo.org
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| NETWORKS,
ASSOCIATIONS AND ALLIANCES IN INDIA |
Associated
Chambers of Commerce and Industry of India
ASSOCHAM is an apex industry body which represents the
interests of industry and trade, interfaces with Government
on policy issues and interacts with counterpart international
organizations to promote bilateral economic issues
www.assocham.org
Confederation of
Indian Industry
CII works to create and sustain an environment conducive
to the growth of industry in India, partnering industry
and government alike through advisory and consultative
processes.
www.ciionline.org
Federation of Indian
Chambers of Commerce & Industry
FICCI’s annual sessions are major economic landmarks
where policy issues are spelt out and a two-way communication
between the Government and Industry is fostered. Regional
and industry-specific groups are also very active.
www.ficci.com
Indian Merchants'
Chamber
IMC's goal is to create cutting-edge communication systems;
create and project the Indian business image in the correct
perspective - nationally and globally. It also has a Women's
and Young Entrepreneurs' wing
www.imcnet.org
National Association
of Software and Service Companies
NASSCOM interacts closely with the Government in formulating
National IT policies and hosts India’s most prestigious
annual ICT conference
www.nasscom.org
National Institute
Of Industrial Research
NIIR is one of the leading outward looking organisation
in the area of new project identification, project feasibility
and market study. It also includes technology, collaboration,
buy back arrangement, Industrial Plant export/import and
project financing , serving the diverse needs of the Industry
www.niir.org
Young Indians Forum
Yi is the young entrepreneurs wing of the Confederation
of Indian Industry
www.yionline.org
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| UNIVERSITY ENTREPRENEURSHIP
PROGRAMS IN THE US |
Babson
College
Arthur M. Blank Center for Entrepreneurship
www3.babson.edu/eship
Boston University
Entrepreneurial Management Institute
www.bu.edu/entrepreneurship
Boston University
Community Tech Fund
www.bu.edu/ctf
Harvard University
HBS Arthur Rock Center for Entrepreneurship
www.hbs.edu/entrepreneurship
MIT Entrepreneurship
Center
www.entrepreneurship.mit.edu
MIT Technology Licensing
Office
web.mit.edu/tlo/www
Stanford University
Stanford Techonology Ventures Program
stvp.stanford.edu
Stanford's Office
of Technology Licensing
otl.stanford.edu
University of
California, Berkeley: Haas School of Business
Lester Center for Entrepreneurship & Innovation entrepreneurship.
berkeley.edu/index.asp#focus
University of California,
San Francisco
Center for Bio Entrepreneurship
www.ucsf.edu/cbe
University of San Francisco
Gellert Foundation Family Business Center
www.usfca.edu/fbrc
Rensselaer Polytechnic
Institute
The Severino Center for Technological Entrepreneurship
www.lallyschool.rpi.edu
Technology Transfer
Offices
This site provides a comprehensive list of Technology
Transfer Offices at Universities worldwide
www.autm.net
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| UNIVERSITY
ENTREPRENEURSHIP PROGRAMS IN THE UK |
Cambridge
University
The Centre for Entrepreneurial Learning
www.entrepreneurs.jims.cam.ac.uk
Imperial College
The Entrepreneurship Centre
www.ec.ms.ic.ac.uk
Strathclyde University
Hunter Centre for Entrepreneurship
www.entrepreneur.strath.ac.uk
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| UNIVERSITY
ENTREPRENEURSHIP PROGRAMS IN ASIA |
Birla
Institute of Technology and Science (BITS), Pilani
www.bits-pilani.ac.in
Indian Institute
of Management, Ahmedabad
Center for Innovation, Incubation and Entrepreneurship
www.iimahd.ernet.in/ciie
Indian Institute
of Management, Bangalore
NS Raghavan Centre for Entrepreneurial Learning
www.nsrcel.org
Indian School of
Business, Hyderabad
Wadhwani Center for Entrepreneurial Development
www.isb.edu/pgp/curriculum/index_clm.html?topic=wadhwani_right.html
Indian Institute
of Technology, Mumbai
Wadhwani Electronics Laboratory
www.ee.iitb.ac.in/uma/~wel
Institute of Bioinformatics
and Applied Biotechnology, Bangalore
www.ibab.ac.in/nen
S.P. Jain Institute
of Management & Research, Mumbai
www.spjimr.org
INSEAD
The International Centre for Entrepreneurship
www.insead.edu
National University
of Singapore
NUS Entrepreneurship Centre
www.nus.edu.sg/nec
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