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Venturedome
Online news service for the British venture capital industry providing users with a source of information, comment and analysis of the UK venture capital industry.
http://www.venturedome.com

The Center for Software Development
Supports growth of software companies by providing self-service multi-vendor test labs and business development seminars
http://www.center.org

The Illinois Coalition
Non-profit providing information, resources and services needed to help start and grow successful technology-driven companies in Illinois
http://www.ilcoalition.org/

H.A. Incorporated
Focus: obtaining venture capital, creating business plans, business consulting, incorporations, and non-profit formations
http://www.hellercap.com/

Service Corps Of Retired Executives
nonprofit association dedicated to encouraging the formation, growth, and success of small business nationwide through counseling and mentor programs
http://www.score.org/

SBDC - Small Business Development Centers
SBA program to provide management assistance to current and prospective small business owners
http://www.sba.gov/sbdc/

Los Angeles Regional Technology Alliance (larta)
Focus: strengthen and sustain the region's technology base through direct assistance, networking, and information
http://www.larta.org/

Inc.com
Focus: magazine with ways to attract venture capitalists and private investors to fund your company.
http://www.inc.com/

EntreWorld
Focus: resources for entrepreneurs
http://www.entreworld.org/

Florida Venture Forum
Focus: non-profit support group providing entrepreneurial companies with technical assistance and identifing sources of venture capital
http://www.flvencap.org/

Connecticut Venture Group
Focus: voluntary professional association dedicated to supporting investment by providing a network and forum for those involved in creating high-growth enterprises
http://www.ct-venture.org/

Oregon Entrepreneurs Forum
Focus: opening doors for Oregon entrepreneurs and improving the climate for emerging, growth-oriented Oregon companies - a chapter of the MIT Enterprise Forum
http://www.oef.org/

MIT Enterprise Forum of Israel
Focus: a not-for-profit providing advice, support and educational services to innovative and technology based companies of all sizes
http://www.mit-forum.co.il/

MIT Enterprise Forum of the Northwest, Inc.
Focus: not-for-profit to promote and strengthen the process of starting and growing companies which primarily have a strong technology orientation
http://www.mitwa.org/

MIT Enterprise Forum
Focus: non-profit organization based at MIT to promote and strengthen the process of starting and growing innovative and technology-oriented companies.
http://web.mit.edu/entforum/www/

MIT Enterprise Forum of New York City, Inc.
Focus: not-for-profit dedicated to promoting and strengthening the entrepreneurial process and assisting entrepreneurs and investors in emerging and growth companies that are technologically oriented
http://www.mitef-nyc.org/

MIT Enterprise Forum of Washington-Baltimore
Focus: non-profit organization dedicated to the entrepreneur community of the greater Washington & Baltimore area
http://www.mitef.org/

The Venture Forum
Focus: promotes and enhances the success of entrepreneurial ventures, emerging businesses, and the growth of entrepreneurship in central Virginia
http://www.ventureclub.com/

Australian Venture Capital Industry Information
Focus: Pollitecon Publications for the Australian and New Zealand venture capital industries.
http://www.vcjournal.com.au/

Ohio Venture Association
Focus: forum for the exchange of ideas on entrepreneurship and approaches to venture development in Northeast Ohio
http://www.ohioventure.org/

Council for Entrepreneurial Development (CED)
Focus: fostering the creation and growth of high-impact companies in the Research Triangle area of North Carolina
http://www.cednc.org/

MIT Enterprise Forum at UT-Dallas
Focus: constructive analysis of emerging companies.
http://www.mitforum.com

Amicus, LLC
Focus: strategic business advice to early-stage companies focused on the Internet, with an emphasis on information services, media, e-commerce and Internet software
http://www.amicusweb.com/

Vancouver Enterprise Forum
Focus: non-profit to foster the development and advancement of technology-based enterprises in the Lower Mainland of B.C.
http://www.vef.org/

Idea Cafe
Small Business Gathering Place® for business community, ideas, planning, information and advice.
http://www.ideacafe.com

Venture Association of New Jersey News
Published quarterly by New Jersey Business Forums Inc., the umbrella organization for Venture Association New Jersey and New Media Association New Jersey.
http://www.vanj.com/

Young Entrepreneurs' Organization
Focus: a global non-profit educational organization for young entrepreneurs
http://www.yeo.org/

Enterprise North Florida Corporation
Focus: not-for-profit with mission of nurturing job growth in North Florida's high-technology and manufacturing industries
http://enfc.org/

Founders Forum
Focus: non-profit dedicated to the needs of entrepreneurs in Central Florida
http://www.foundersforum.org/

Arshiya Ventures
Edits Executive Summaries of start-ups, assists start-ups to secure venture capital funding, and develops start-up business strategy.
http://www.malch.com/arshiya/

Los Angeles Venture Association
Focus: supports the development of emerging growth and middle market companies in Southern California
http://www.lava.org/

Council For Urban Economic Development
Focus: excellence and leadership in urban economic development
http://www.cued.org

Tampa Bay Black Business Investment Corporation
Facilitates the development and growth of African-American owned businesses in Hillsborough and Pinellas Counties.
http://www.tampabaybbic.com

Forum for Women Entrepreneurs
Focus: foster, support and promote entrepreneurship for women in technology and health care businesses
http://www.fwe.org/

New Jersey Technology Council
Focus: supports and promotes technology within New Jersey
http://www.njtc.org/

socalTECH.com
Focus: Directory of high tech venture capital, incubators, companies, organizations and others in the Southern California area (Tech Coast/Digital Coast)
http://www.socaltech.com

STARTech Technology Business Development Center
Focus: assistance to develop and support high-technology startup companies in the North Texas area
http://www.startech.org/

Strategy Consulting Limited - UK
Focus: assists companies regarding strategic business plans, marketing strategies and other critical business functions
http://www.strategy.nildram.co.uk/

Tim Christoffersen
Provides acting CFO, IPO mentoring, corporate positioning, financial modeling, venture capital, partnerships, business modeling, support services.
http://www.timchristoffersen.com

BusinessFinance.com
Focus: business capital search used by over 5,000 other business sites' capital search engines, including major names such as Business Week and Inc magazines.
http://www.businessfinance.com

iBreakfast.com
Networking meetings for entrepreneurs seeking angel capital and business contacts.
http://www.ibreakfast.com

Wilkerson Associates
A financial consulting firm dedicated to helping the small and medium sized business achieve increased profitability and attract investment capital.
http://www.a1bizdoc.com/

Be-Your-Own-Boss.com
Focus: distributing your business plan to 1800 venture capital firms.
http://www.be-your-own-boss.com/

Worldhot.com
Provides a list of venture capital firms online.
http://www.worldhot.com/business/venturecapital/

Knowledge@Wharton
Bi-weekly online resource that offers the latest business insights, information and research from a variety of sources.
http://knowledge.wharton.upenn.edu

John V. McCoy
Writes business plans for startup enterprises.
http://www.busplan.com

Matchco.co.uk
Aims to provide the essential online interface between entrepreneurs and venture capitalists.
http://www.matchco.co.uk/

Galante's Venture Capital & Private Equity Directory
Focus: in print and on CD-ROM is the most comprehensive guide available to private investment management firms.
http://www.assetnews.com/products/dir/galante.htm

Venture Associates
Financing information for entrepreneurs.
http://www.venturea.com

The Tropical Group
Management service providers to technology start-ups.
http://www.thetropicalgroup.com/index.htm

e-START
Canada's post-secondary student entrepreneur homepage.
http://strategis.ic.gc.ca/SSG/er00001e.html

The Grimaldi Group
Provides capital and management services to entrepreneurs during start-up.
http://www.TheGrimaldiGroup.com

BizFin.com
Focus: business and finance website to help entrepreneurs bring capital and deals together around the world.
http://www.venturedirectory.com

Connexx Club International
Focus: growing businesses, links investors with entrepreneurs.
http://www.connexx.org/

CALT Encyclopedia
A collection of resources related to entrepreneurship.
http://www.insead.fr/CALT/Encyclopedia/Economics/Commerce/entrepreneurship.htm

Marcus Venture Consulting
Works with early stage technology and technology-related ventures to bridge the risk gap, and help entrepreneurs and financers achieve their goals.
http://www.marcusventures.com

Forum Frigate
Discussion forum and live chat pertaining to venture capital.
http://killdevilhill.com/z/ybusinessd/VentureCapitalhall/shakespeare1.html

Brian Koslow
E-zine on business ideas, quiz for entrepreneurial I.Q. and a millionaires book full of inspiration.
http://briankoslow.com/

Growthink
Focus: develops business plans, financial models and investor presentations for ventures seeking growth capital.
http://www.growthink.com

New VentureZ Business Solutions, Inc.
Specializes in preparing strategic business plans for emerging and expanding companies.
http://www.startupbusinessplans.com

Venture Capital List
Focus: promotion of entrepreneurship and venture capital in the San Francisco, Silicon Valley and San Jose area.
http://www.vclist.com

Asset Alternatives
Find news, information, and resources covering corporate venturing.
http://www.assetnews.com/

Whitestone Associates
Global business development and transaction specialist serving small to mid-sized international and domestic clients.
http://www.whitestone.net

Venture Factoring
Offers venture factoring as an alternative to venture capital financing.
http://www.venturefactoring.com

Koffler Ventures
Consultants, coaches and virtual managers for start-ups.
http://www.kofflerventures.com

Austin Entrepreneurs Foundation (AEF)
Fosters relationships between entrepreneurs and non-profit organizations, so that Austin can benefit from the strength of both.
http://www.takestock.org

Bizposter.com
Helps investors seek high-tech start-ups, and start-ups raise capital.
http://www.bizposter.com/

Business Seeds Newsletter
A print newsletter supporting small business owners offering information on everything from marketing and promoting to living the freelance life.
http://www.business-seeds.com

Small Enterprise Assistance Funds (SEAF)
Provides equity financing to small and medium enterprises (SMEs) in developing countries, emerging markets and in countries undergoing economic transition.
http://www.seafweb.org

Mainstreetweek.com
Offers venture capital information via the Internet and a syndicated television show.
http://www.mainstreetweek.com/

GoPublicToday.com
How to raise money, venture capital, direct public offering, 504 public offering, going public, and small business financing programs.
http://gopublictoday.com

eGlean.com
Research your market and your competitors for information to use when submitting your early-stage company to venture capital firms.
http://www.eglean.com

Small Business Forum
Help medium, small and micro businesses create structures and control mechanisms for operating successfully in a business environment.
http://www.e-sbforum.com

Virtual Team
Provides end-to-end business acceleration services for high-tech start ups.
http://www.vteam.cc/

Virtual Capital Group
Assists start-up and established enterprises with business and financial advice.
http://www.virtualcapitalgroup.com/

DealFlow
Focus: free resource for entrepreneurs to attract angel investors.
http://www.dealflow.com/

Creative Capital Works
Venture capital resourcing, business and marketing plans, business strategy development and evolution, complete consulting services.
http://www.creativecapitalworks.com

Southwest Michigan First
Focus: community partnership of leaders in private business, education and government to assist new and expanding enterprises.
http://www.southwestmichiganfirst.com

Bright Idea
Focus: delivers business planning, research and strategy services to early-stage ventures.
http://www.brightideainc.com

Real Options
Resources for those interested in valuing start-up venture firms, or growth options in general.
http://www.realoptions.dk

MIT Entrepreneurs
Massachusetts Institute of Technology's Entrepreneurs Club (The MIT e-club).
http://www.mit.edu:8001/activities/e-club/e-club-home.html

Lazy Entrepreneur
Publish your ideas for businesses and products.
http://www.unitedmedia.com/comics/dilbert/lazyentrepreneur/

Expert-Zine
Focus: free, monthly e-zine published by Venture Planning Associates for entrepreneurs, angel investors, venture capitalists and business experts.
http://www.expert-zine.com

Venture Informer
Free personalized newsletter allowing subscribers to select venture and private equity news by industry, location and company stage.
http://www.ventureinformer.com

Angelweb
Focus: support and aid small business and entrepreneurs.
http://www.angelweb.co.za

IPOonRamp.com
Focus: educational site for initial public offerings, venture capital and corporate finance.
http://www.IPOonRamp.com

MedSuds
Focus: help people build and enhance their network of contacts in the medtech, biotech and life sciences markets.
http://www.medsuds.com/

PureTech Ventures
Focus: identifies scientific breakthroughs from research institutions and provides management support and funding.
http://www.puretechventures.com

Windhaus Associates
Focus: specialize in the analysis, research, writing and editing of business and marketing plans for small business start-ups.
http://www.windhaus.com

First Principal Royalty Corporation
Focus: business consulting services(private placements) to entrepreneurs seeking funding specializing in structuring 506 Reg D offerings.
http://www.fprc.com

NYNMA Angel Investors Program
Focus: matches promising start-up companies with experienced Angel investors to facilitate the growth of New York's new media industry.
http://angel.nynma.org

Corven
Focus: specializes in corporate venturing providing experience and resources necessary to start new businesses.
http://www.corven.com

Monadnock Associates
Focus: helps start-up businesses succeed by providing them with strategy adjustment, capital raising, and hands-on execution.
http://www.monadnockassociates.com/

Angel Investor News
Focus: raise the level of information about private investment, technology trends, financing events and additional resources for the investor and entrepreneur.
http://www.angel-investor-news.com

InnovaNauts
Focus: venture capital and innovation web digest, reporting on ventures and technologies at interesting points in their lifecycles.
http://www.innovanauts.com

Springboard Business Plans
Focus: business plans written or reviewed for both new and growing companies including financial projections developed based on realistic, detailed assumptions.
http://www.springboardplans.com

Brian Tracy International
Focus: talks and seminars on leadership, sales, managerial effectiveness and business strategy with ideas and strategies that can be applied immediately to get results in every area.
http://www.briantracy.com

The Middleband Group
Consulting firm focusing on helping early-stage companies to define and execute their go-to-market strategies and mid-stage companies to re-calibrate existing ones.
http://www.middleband.com

The Entree Network
Focus: advisor network of retired and active Fortune 500 executives providing relationships, contacts, networking and access.
http://www.entreeltd.com

New Era Partners
Focus: provides investor due diligence, business and technology consultative services to small and mid-size technology firms as well as the venture capital community.
http://www.newera-partners.com

VentureReporter.net
Focus: tracks every Venture Capital deal and has free search and email updates and also supports VCARDs.
http://www.venturereporter.net

Entrepreneurs Foundation of North Texas
Focus: promotes philanthropy for entrepreneurs and entrepreneurial practices for the non-profit sector.
http://www.efnt.org

Production Finance International
Focus: financing growth for entrepreneurs with purchasing order financing, import, export and domestic letters of credit.
http://www.productionfinance.com

Ben Franklin Technology Partners of Southeastern Pennsylvania
Focus: non-profit supporting the development of technology-based enterprises and the diversification of the region's economy.
http://www.sep.benfranklin.org/

Entrepreneur's Partner
Focus: partners with entreprenuers to provide management, financial, legal and professional services and consulting.
http://www.entrepreneurspartner.com

InnovOx
Focus: provides business consultancy and advisory services to commercialise intellectual property and ideas from universities and academia, corporate research and venturing and inventor entrepreneurs.
http://www.innovox.biz

Beneficial Trust SA
Focus: Swiss company providing due dilligence, research, consulting and management services of a discreet and specialized nature to attorneys, banks, corporations, governments and individuals worldwide.
http://www.btsa-ch.com

Venture Valuation
Focus: specializes in the assessment and valuation of growing companies.
http://www.venturevaluation.ch

Green Park Partners
Focus: business plan development for European technology and Internet start-ups.
http://www.greenparkpartners.com

Venture Credit
Investment focus: channel investor's capital to small and mid-sized companies that exhibit emerging technologies, first class management, sustained profitability, positive cash flow and high growth rates.
http://www.venturecredit.com

VC Experts
Focus: complete online reference manual on all aspects of venture capital, including forms, annotations and polls.
http://vcexperts.com

Angel Legacy
Focus: matches financial advisors and accredited angel investors seeking private equity investments with entrepreneurs seeking capital funding for early-stage and startup business ventures.
https://www.angellegacy.com/

Development Capital Exchange
Focus: Britain's three million, mostly under-capitalised and debt funded independent businesses - and their owners - to facilitate 'business angel', merger, acquisition and other inter-business transactions.
http://www.dcxworld.com

Capital de Risque
Web site about seeking financing for risky venture capital for individuals and for enterprises. Business opportunities.English and French.
http://www.riskyventurecapital.com/

Star Holdings
Focus: funding and product launching services, specializing in the introduction of overseas companies to the US market.
http://www.starholdings.net/

ENPRIS
Focus: specializing in the valuations of intangible assets, intellectual property and brands.
http://www.enpris.com/

CapForge Consulting
Focus: connects companies with over forty capital sources through personal introductions and can provide consulting services to companies that are close to fundable.
http://www.capforge.com/

Aston Technical Consulting
Focus: UK consultancy for optical design, project management and due diligence services.
http://www.aston-technical-consulting.co.uk/

Private Equity Week
Focus: daily news about the venture capital market, including deal and fund analysis.
http://www.PrivateEquityWeek.com/

businessmatchmaker.com
Focus: helps entrepreneurs, business owners and executives find the business services they need to ensure success.
http://www.businessmatchmaker.com/

Bridge Business Group
Focus: management consulting firm working with growth-oriented companies to develop and implement business strategies.
http://www.bridgebusinessgroup.com/

BlackBean Communications
Focus: Canada's venture capital, business, real estate and online shopping opportunities listings.
http://www.bbean.com/

siliconindia
Focus: global source magazine for business and technology.
http://www.siliconindia.com/

Venture Capital Directory
Providing articles on venture capital, incubators and IPO's and includes directory of firms, lenders and private equity sources.
http://www.venture-capital-directory.com/

Foundry Ventures
Focus: facilitates venture capital partnerships with private entrepreneurial companies.
http://www.foundryventures.com/

Moriel Finance
Focus: arrange and place financial assistance on a global scale for sound and viable transactions for all types of financial requests.
http://www.moriel-finance.co.za/

OddTrack
Focus: service linking entrepreneurs with venture capital firms looking for new ventures to fund.
http://www.oddtrack.com/

Montana Associated Technology Roundtables
Focus: promote economic development in Montana by bringing together the network of entrepreneurs and business professionals.
http://www.matr.net/

Kremen, Father & Partners
Focus: early-stage corporate tactics and strategy.
http://www.kfpllc.com/

Smart B2B Portal
Focus: finding and posting business opportunities, organized by industry.
http://www.bizein.com/

DYTREM
Focus: solutions to increase your returns on intellectual capital investments.
http://www.dytrem.com/

Fulcrum Partners Ltd
Focus: training for those involved in all aspects of the venture capital and private equity markets.
http://www.fulcrum-partners.com/

Technology Ventures Scotland
Focus: guide to the commercialisation of science and technology research in Scotland.
http://www.technologyscotland.org/

The Chesapeake Group
Focus: corporate development and financial advisory services to technology-driven, entrepreneurial companies.
http://www.cginy.com/

Decima Ventures, Inc.
Focus: generate, cultivate and validate innovative ideas to launch market-leading companies.
http://www.decimaventures.com/

San Diego Ventureplex
Focus: specialized resource provider for start-up enterprises and their entrepreneur founders.
http://www.ventureplex.com/

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