Fatal Mistakes To Avoid When Writing A Business Plan…

incl. Too Much Info, Hiding Weaknesses, Distribution Channels, Competitive Analysis, Legal Entanglements, Assessment of Risks, and Financial Projections

National Commission on Entrepreneurship

site includes three sections highlighting the role of entrepreneurs in US society and the ways in which policy can support entrepreneurship; also includes several research papers (downloadable in .pdf format), a bibliography, and a short collection of links; Policy-Makers’ Toolkit includes biographies of entrepreneurs, Fast Facts, a collection of entrepreneurial trivia, About My Region, and Speeches You Can Use sections.

How to Speed Up Your Startup

When it comes to launching Internet companies, you can’t be fast enough. Here are lessons in speed from a leading VC, the founder of an e-business incubator, and a team of anthropologists studying work and life in Silicon Valley.

Business Incubation and Internet Accelerators: A Living Dissertation

Created and maintained by Benjamin C. Powell, a PhD student at Wharton, this Website offers a concise collection of resources about business incubators; incl. assortment of up-to-date online articles and resources, a comprehensive bibliography, and links to incubators, by name and by location

Financing Your Business

Idea Cafe’s 40+ Pages of Tips to Help You Get the Money Your Business Needs

Fish or Cut Bait: How green is the Valley?

There’s a huge misconception regarding Silicon Valley and it goes like this: you step off the plane in San Jose, sign up with a dot-com, pop open an umbrella, and t starts raining money. Nothing could be further from the truth.

Diary of a Start-Up

Sanjay Mazumder and his Sambah.net team describe their experiences literally from day 1

StartUpStreet.com

StartUpStreet is creating a comprehensive portfolio of services for Entrepreneurs launching high-tech ventures from pre-Seed Stage through the first couple of capitalization events, to the mezzanine capital rounds.

Exit Capital: The Perfect Buyers

article describes how an employer can use an ESOP to sell his company to his employees

Small Business 2000

web site of the popular PBS show for entrepreneurs; has some good content, incl. 4 steps for starting and 4 step for growing a business, a checklist, and extensive links

Diaries of a Startup

CEOs, founders, and presidents of various startup companies share their thoughts, gripes, and advice in an effort to facilitate mind sharing and promote unfettered learning. We hope the fever is catching.

15 Steps to a Start-up Investors Will Buy

presents a 15-point plan for those seeking money from venture capitalists, private investors, or even traditional lenders.

Ditch your business plan. Tell the moneymen why they should care.

In the Internet Economy, the right B-plan isn’t a B-plan at all, but a great 8-point startup story (inc. business case, customer, solution, alternatives, accomplishments, background, company details and basic financials)

What Makes an Entrepreneur

A seasoned professor debunks some myths about an entrepreneur’s traits and lists those he sees as crucial.

Fear and greed in VC funding

To understand venture capitalists – and get them to open their wallets for you – is as simple as understanding greed and fear, says Sanchez Capital Partners’ Gene Lowenthal.

PWC Money Tree Survey

quarterly study of equity investments made by the venture capital community in emerging private companies in the United States.

What Makes an Entrepreneur?

multi-part article that really hits the nail on the head and dismisses common beliefs (author Wm J. Stolze)