| Resources for Start-Ups
The Center for Innovation and Entrepreneurship has recently collected the following information about Venture Capital firms.
We've also collected a variety of other resources on business plan writing, finance, marketing and presenting.
How to Write a Winning Business Plan
The Business Plan--Pete Parsons, Fyreball
Writing an Effective Business Plan--Jim Moore, Avogadro Partners
Business Plan Preparation--Terry Drayton, Count Me In
Outline for a Business Plan--Ernst & Young
Guide to Producing a Business Plan--Ernst & Young
Writing an Effective Business Plan--Deloitte
Building a Business Plan--Inc.com
What's in a Good Business Plan--John Castle, UW Business School
Strategies for a Business Plan
Business Sustainability--David Smukowski, Intigroup
An Entrepreneur's Perspective--Terry Drayton, Count Me In
The 18 Mistakes That Kill Start-Ups
Working Through Financials
Financials and Funding--Alan Dishlip, Wild Tangent
Bootstrapping Your Start-Up--Colin Prior, Reaxion
Info from Frank Demmler, Associate Teaching Professor of Entrepreneurship at Carnegie Mellon University
Marketing for Success
Marketing in a Competitive Environment--Sharelle Klaus, Dry Soda
Thinking Through your Competitive Strategy--John Browne, WorkPump
Marketing for Success--Dan Turner, UW Business School
Marketing for Success--Dave Parker, One Accord
Legal Issues
Legal Essentials for Start-Ups--Craig Sherman and Parag Gheewala, Wilson Sonsini
NVCA Model Venture Capital Financing Documents
Startup Company Lawyer
Presentation Strategies-Tools to Win!
Expert Tips on Pitching A Winner--Alyssa Royse
What Do Investors Look For?--Andy Sack
What Do Investors Look For? (2008)--Rebecca Lovell, Alliance of Angels
What Do Investors Look For? (2007)--Rebecca Lovell, Alliance of Angels
 Watch Rebecca Lovell's presentation
Q&A
What Do Investors Look For?--Mike Crill, Atlas Accelerator
Watch Mike Crill's presentation
Q&A
Investment Round Resource Night 2007--Stuart Jamieson, Sven Liden, Ksenia Oustiougova, and Sara Weaver (moderator)
Hear the panel discussion
Investment Round Resource Night 2008--Lisa Lu, Ryan Schmid, and Sara Weaver (moderator)
Hear the panel discussion (it takes awhile to load)
Skills & Tools to Win Business Plan Competitions--
Susy Schneider, UW Business School
Ed Hansen
T. Fettah Kosar, University of Washington
Other Resources
UW Business School Foster Library Entrepreneurship Page
(Hint: keep scrolling down!)
Northwest Entrepreneur Network
Community Capital Development provides access to capital and business
assistance to low-income, women and minority entrepreneurs and small businesses in distressed and underserved communities in Washington
State.
Blogs
TechFlash: Seattle's Technology News Source.
Marcelo Calbucci: Seattle 2.0
TechCrunch: a weblog dedicated to obsessively profiling and reviewing
new Internet products and companies.
The Cheap Revolution: Startup advice, free and cost-effective
(cheap) resources and some deep thinking about Internet entrepreneurs.
How to Change the World: A practical blog for impractical people by Guy Kawasaki.
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