Resources

We have gathered a ton of resources over the years and are sharing them with you! We have tried to organize them in a way which would be easiest to read and find what you want. If you have another resource that you think should be added just comment on this page! Thanks!

Digital Resources

• http://www.deed.state.mn.us/publications
• Five most important lessons
• Y Combinator
• Business Week
• Business 2.0
• Entrepreneur.com
• Fast Company
• The Financial Times
• Forbes
• Fortune
• Inc.
• The New York Times Business
• Red Herring
• Success
• The Times of London Business
• Trizoko Biz Journal: Helping Your Business Change The Freakin’ World
• Upside
• The Wall Street Journal ASIA
• The Wall Street Journal EUROPE
• The Wall Street Journal USA
• ZDnet Entrepreneurship News
• Standford Entrepreneurship Corner
• youngentrepreneur.com
• Toolkit
• About.com

Web sites

Starting Your Business

• Score.gov
• AllBusiness.com
• BPlans.com
• Inc’s Art of Writing A Business Plan
• Invention City
• MIT’s Aspiring Entrepreneur & Inventor’s Online Handbook
• SBA Business Plan Basics
• http://omnisio.com/startupschool08/

Funding Your Business

• Angel Capital Association
• National Venture Capital Association
• Six Sources of Bootstrap Financing

Entrepreneurial Law

• About the “DBA” Sole Proprietorship
• Entrepreneur.com Legal Section
• Tarrant County Assumed Names (d/b/a) Filing Information

Government

• Department of Labor
• Internal Revenue Service
• Securities and Exchange Commission
• Small Business Administration
• US Patent and Trademark Office

Research Companies In Your Industry

• Yahoo! Industry Index
• NASDAQ
• NYSE
• SEC Filings

Resources for Non-Business Majors

• Teaching Entrepreneurship to Engineering Students
• Entrepreneurship for Art Majors
• Life Sciences Entrepreneurship

Books

• Branson, Richard. Losing My Virginity. This biography discusses how a young entrepreneur developed the Virgin empire of airlines, music companies, and other enterprises with the launch of a newspaper called “STUDENT.”
• DeGeorge, Gail. The Making of a Blockbuster: How Wayne Huizenga Built a Sports and Entertainment Empire from Trash, Grit, and Videotape. This biography profiles the lifelong entrepreneurial experiences of Huizenga as he built Waste Management and Blockbuster Video.
• Lowenstein, Roger. Buffett, The Making of an American Capitalist. Warren Buffett is the most successful long term investor in the United States and owner of two major Fort Worth companies, Acme Brick and Justin Boots. Read this profile of the entrepreneurial and financial challenges he overcame in creating Berkshire Hathaway.
• Marcus, Stanley. The Viewpoints of Stanley Marcus: A Ten-Year Perspective. This biography details the launch of Neiman Marcus stores, now owned by Fort Worth investment group, Texas Pacific.
• Schultz, Howard. Pour Your Heart Into It. This biography profiles the rise of Starbucks from one store in Seattle to more than 3,000 around the world.
• Welch, Jack. Straight From The Gut. As much a operations book as a biography, there is a reason that many companies have made this “required” reading by all members of management. Jack Welch is the former Chairman of General Electric.
• Young, Jeffrey S. iCon, Steve Jobs The Greatest Second Act in the History of Business. For all students toting an iPod around campus, read this story about the man behind Apple.

Finance

• Rickersten, Rick. BUYOUT, The Insider’s Guide to Buying Your Own Company.

Management

• Bossidy, Larry and Charan, Ram. EXECUTION, The Discipline of Getting Things Done.

Organization and Time Management

• Covey, Stephen R. The Seven Habits of Highly Effective People.