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The mother lode. The following links are designed to help teachers gain a better understanding on teaching entrepreneurship. If you have articles, links or other resources that you would like to share with the YEA community, please pass them along by contacting us.
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Great Books Every Entrepreneur Must Read!
Latest Newsletters
Past Newsletters
Articles for Students
Running with the Pack - Where Great Startup Ideas Really Come From - NEW!
3 Reasons Why Wanna-Be Entrepreneurs Never Start their Own Businesses NEW!
Leveraging Experience Well Beyond Your Years NEW!
13 Easy Ways to Screw Up Your Business Plan
5 Recommendations for Starting Your Own Student Business
Why Entrepreneurship is Important
Raising Capital: The Three F’s, Friends, Family and Fools
Entrepreneurship in Our Economy
How Big Should You Grow Your Business?
Keep the Main Thing the Main Thing
The Startup Bug Strikes Earlier
Intellectual Property 101 (Patents, Copyrights & Trademarks)
What Entrepreneurship Does for Our Economy
Use Your Filters When Starting Your New Business
Entrepreneur Profiles
Ken Wooley, Extra Space Storage
Mike Drury, United Business Brokers
Articles for Teachers
Why We Need to Teach Networking
Teaching entrepreneurs: Can entrepreneurship really be taught?
External Articles
Why Every Student Should Start a Business
19 Tips on Raising Venture Capital
Alan E. Hall's 12 Key Attributes of Successful Entrepreneurs
Angel Financing: Dos and Don'ts for Entrepreneurs
Angels Fund More Deals in '05
Bootstrapping gets startups going
Checklist of Alternative Capital Sources
Early Stage VC Funding Unlikely, but Other Options Available
Family, Friends Can Offer a Strong Base for Financing
Financing Bright Ideas: A Primer on Venture Capital in Maine
For Angel Investors, Money Isn't the Only Motive
Good answers to these may help you get capital
Greg Gianforte’s Bootstrapping Principles
Homegrown Seed Money
Is your Company ready for Venture Money?
Networking for Dollars
One Adult in 11 Is an Entrepreneur; Entrepreneurs Supply 65% of Start-Up Capital
Ripe Conditions for a Start-Up
Seize the Dip: Downturn Offers
Start-ups can find own ways to provide capital
Venture Capital 101
Venture Debt as a Complementary Source of Early Stage Capital
Venture Debt Is Back in Vogue
Venturing into debt, buying time
While some bemoan lack of venture capital, entrepreneur touts `bootstrapping' for cash
Interesting Blogs
Brian Acord, Founder, Young Entrepreneurs of America
Brock Blake - Funding Universe
Guy Kawasaki - Author / Entrepreneur
Rachael Herrscher - Today's Mama
Multimedia (Audio and Video)
Bryan Boam, NCSi talks about his first entrepreneurial experience.
Paul Ahlstrom, vSpring explains why teenagers make great entrepreneurs.
Fantastic Weblinks
A variety of websites that track VC and Angel-led deals
Other Funding Sources
APV Technology Partners
CapSource Fund, L.P.
Chicago Venture Partners
Dominion Ventures
Draper Fisher Jurvetson
EsNet
Finance Hub
First Capital Advisors
Funding Utah
Garage Technology Ventures
Granite Capital Partners
International Venture Fund
MJM Capital
MountainWest Venture Group
OffRoad Capital
Peterson Ventures
The Canopy Group
Utah Incentive Funds
UV Partners
vSpring Capital
Wasatch Venture Fund
Later-Stage Investor & Buyouts
Olympus Angel Investors
Peterson Partners
Sorenson Capital
Utah Angels
Banks
America First Credit Union
Bank of Utah (Salt Lake City)
Chase
Chase (Business Banking)
companyfinance.com
Key Bank
Mountain America Credit Union
U S Bank
Utah Community Credit Union
Utah Microenterprise Loan Fund
Washington Mutual
Wells Fargo
Wells Fargo Bank, N.A.
Zions Bancorporation
Zions Bank
Schools
BYU Center for Entrepreneurship
University of Utah’s Utah Entrepreneur Center
Utah State College of Business
UVSC Leadership Center
Weber State Goddard School of Business
Westminster College Gore Center for Business
Small Business Incubators
Miller Business Innovation Center
Orem Technology Center at CEDO
Magazines
Connect Utah Magazine
Utah Business Magazine
Wasatch Digital IQ Magazine
Other
Ascend Six, Consultants for Startups
CFO Solutions
Economic Development Corporation of Utah
Governor's Department of Economic Development
Grow Utah Ventures
Junto
Mountain West Capital Network
National Association of Women Business Owners
Salt Lake City - Salt Lake SCORE
State of Utah - Business In Utah
U of U Lassonde Center
U.S. Small Business Administration
Utah Department of Commerce
Utah Technology Council
Utah Valley Entrepreneurial Forum
UTFC
Wayne Brown Institute
Women's Business Center
Women's Growth Capital Fund
www.uechallenge.org
Young Entrepreneurs of America
Teen Business Link - A site created by the U.S. Small Business Administration targeted at teen entrepreneurs. Good content, but static.
Bank High School - Basic introduction to banking, finance, and startups.
10,000 Company Histories - Get a quick summary of the histories of over 10,000 companies. (Courtesy of Funding Universe)
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