SUPPORT ORGANIZATIONS
SCORE “Counselors to America’s Small Business”
SCORE chapter provides seminars, workshops, free individual counseling, and other services for both existing small businesses and start-ups across the country, including Texas.
http://www.score.org/
United States Small Business Association
The United States Small Business Association has several chapters in Texas, which offer start-up tools, checklists and resources, including, business start-up tools, financing start-up tools, state/local start-up help, federal start-up resources and walk-in assistance centers.
http://www.sba.gov/localresources/district/tx/
Kauffman Foundation
The Kauffman Foundation promotes entrepreneurial success at all levels, from elementary school students to high-growth entrepreneurs. The Foundation’s entrepreneurship Web site is devoted to this topic and provides more information about programs and resources in this arena.
http://www.kauffman.org/
ENTREPRENEURSHIP CENTERS AT UNIVERSITIES
The Global Consortium of Entrepreneurship Centers (GCEC)
http://www.nationalconsortium.org/
Entrepreneurship Education Resources: Stanford Technology Ventures Program
http://edcorner.stanford.edu/
Center for Entrepreneurial Studies: Stanford Graduate School of Business
http://www.gsb.stanford.edu/ces/resources/links.html
Arthur Rock Center for Entrepreneurship: Harvard Business School
http://www.hbs.edu/entrepreneurship/
The Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania
http://www.wharton.upenn.edu/whartonfacts/entrepreneurship/
PUBLICATIONS
Startup Journal: Wall Street Journal
Startup Journal offers insights for starting and running a small business with timely information from reporters at the Wall Street Journal.
http://online.wsj.com/small-business
Inc.com
Inc.com, the website for Inc. magazine, delivers advice, tools, and services, to help business owners and CEOs start, run, and grow their businesses more successfully. You’ll find information and advice covering virtually every business and management task, including marketing, sales, finding capital, managing people, and much, much more.
http://www.inc.com/
Entrepreneur Media Inc.
Entrepreneur Media Inc. is the premier content provider for and about entrepreneurs. Their products engage and inspire every day with the advice, solutions and resources that fuel the bold and independent way entrepreneurs think.
http://www.entrepreneur.com/
ADDITIONAL RESOURCES
Business Owner’s Toolkit
Business Owner’s Toolkit™ offers more than 5,000 pages of free cost-cutting tips, step-by-step checklists, real-life case studies, startup advice, and business templates to small business owners and entrepreneurs.
http://www.toolkit.com
BizPlanIt
BizPlanIt is a leading business plan consulting firm that is also committed to providing high-quality free business plan resources for the do-it-yourself business plan writer.
http://www.bizplanit.com/free.html
MoreBusiness.com
MoreBusiness.com is an one-stop resource website for entrepreneurs and has sample business plans, marketing plans, templates, sample contracts and business agreements to help entrepreneurs start and grow a small business.
http://www.morebusiness.com/startup
