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376 Entrepreneurship Resources
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Leadership Scorecard
eventuring.kauffman.org— — “To champion change and guide your organization to new levels of growth, management team members and employees must be willing to follow your lead. The Leadership Scorecard allows for reflection and feedback on how you lead your team.”
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Deal Qualification--An Introduction
firstborder.com— — Colin Wilson’s answers to questions from LinkedIn about deal qualification for The Entrepreneurial Salesman Blog.
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Here's the Plan
entrepreneur.com— — The Levinsons explain how to develop a guerilla marketing plan in 5 minutes.
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Business Law
business.gov— — Links to federal and state information on legal aspects of being in business and links to other resources on business law for entrepreneurs.
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Creative Ways to Finance Growth
businessweek.com— — “Corporate finance specialist and author John De Puy says successful companies carve out a niche and dominate it, put in the right managers, and find creative ways to finance growth”
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How to Spot and Avoid Legal Mistakes
businessweek.com— — “Which industry should I buy into? How can I determine whether an existing business is a good purchase? What should I look for when hiring and managing employees? Rubin Ferziger, a New York City business attorney, answers all these questions and more”
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What Helps and Hinders Entrepreneurs
businessweek.com— — “Babson College professor Elaine Allen, the research director of the Global Entrepreneurship Monitor, discusses the latest findings of this international study of nascent and startup business owners, and how governments help
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Bookkeeping Basics
businessweek.com— — “It’s not unusual for small companies to find themselves in financial disarray. Paul Stappas, president of Bookkeeping Administration Management in New Jersey, urges entrepreneurs to get their records in shape for 2008 and gives tips for doing that”
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Surviving the First Year
businessweek.com— — “Barry Thomsen, a serial entrepreneur, recently wrote When the Shit Hits the Fan: How to Keep Your Small Business Afloat For More Than a Year. He details some of the common pitfalls of a company’s inaugural year and provides tips on how to overcome them”
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Angel Financing: Dos and Don'ts for Entrepreneurs
eventuring.kauffman.org— — Entrepreneur Andy Sack’s list of things to do before approaching angels for financing.
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Angel capital and the HotorNot approach
thestandard.com— — “The Global Technology Symposium hosted the panel on February 1, 2008 in Palo Alto, California. The panel’s premise was simple: Why bother impressing venture capitalists when (a) it takes less money to start a company and (b) there are plenty of angels who will fund early-stage deals?”
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The Right Business Plan for the Job
businessweek.com— — “When entrepreneurs seek funding for a new venture, potential investors often want to see a business plan. The question is: What kind?”
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Before You Write a Business Plan
businessweek.com— — “First, you need to test your product or service with potential customers, and define your business model”
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Garnering Angels
entrepreneur.com— — “Sure,” says Guy Kawasaki, “you may have ventured for VC, but raising angel capital takes a different kind of skill.”
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Best-Kept Marketing Secrets: 100 Experts Dish With Their Marketing Tips
h30038.www3.hp.com— — A 34-page document with tips from diverse sources on relationship marketing, marketing strategy, selling, communicating and messaging, online marketing, social media, small business trends, and free trade magazines.
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Viral Marketing
businessweek.com— — Serial entrepreneur Anna Yen found herself facing a new world of marketing opportunities when she co-founded a new venture, PacketTrap Networks. She talks about how viral marketing and customer feedback have helped drive her success.
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Protecting Company Secrets
inc.com— — Every company has secrets. But what’s to prevent an employee from jumping ship and sharing this information? Non-compete agreements. And they’re becoming more popular. Inc.com Associate editor Hannah Clark Steiman explains.
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The Entrepreneurship Myth
businessweek.com— — “Author Scott Shane seeks to dispel popular illusions about startups—starting with the myth that founders earn more than they would as employees”
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The 10/20/30 Rule of PowerPoint
blog.guykawasaki.com— — “As a venture capitalist, I have to listen to hundreds of entrepreneurs pitch their companies. Most of these pitches are crap: sixty slides about a “patent pending,” “first mover advantage,” “all we have to do is get 1% of the people in China to buy our product” startup”
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Defining the Minimum Winning Game in High- Technology Ventures
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“The article proposes a means of organizing strategic business planning in ventures in the high-technology industry. There is an overall lack of such planning in high-technology start ups, which tend to originate in an innovation created by a single visionary entrepreneur.”