Weblinks
www.babson.edu/entrep/fer Babson College US – Frontiers of Entrepreneurship Research website; latest research on entrepreneurshipwww.bizmove.com/starting.htm The Small Business Knowledge Base – large, well-structured US-based resource
www.bplans.com Business planning software and guidance
www.businessadviceonline.org Small Business Service/Business Link website
www.businessbureau-uk.co.uk Useful small business resources, information and advice
www.businesslink.gov.uk Business Link website
www.businessplans.org Business plan center and library (US)
www.businesszone.co.uk UK-based small business information
www.centreforenterprise.co.uk Regional centre for enterprise – resources and discussion on enterprise education, research and practice
www.clearlybusiness.com Usable Barclays Bank owned site
www.enterweb.org Sources on entrepreneurship – mainly European
www.entrepreneur.com US business start-up website
http://entrepreneurship.mit.edu Entrepreneurship Center at MIT
www.entreworld.org Kauffman Foundation for Entrepreneurship: US information on business start and growth
www.europa.eu.int/comm/enterprise/entrepreneurship European Director General Enterprise website
www.fastlinksolutions.co.uk Business startup and planning site
www.gemconsortium.org Global Entrepreneurship Monitor – essential international research report on entrepreneurial development
www.heacademy.ac.uk/Employability.htm Higher Education academy resources on enterprise and employability
www.inc.com Based on Inc. magazine for entrepreneurs and small business owners; includes articles from the latest issue plus a searchable archive of about 4000 items
www.innovateur.co.uk Useful resource site for science/technology innovators and entrepreneurs
www.innovation.gov.uk UK government innovation site
www.managers.org.uk Institute of Management website useful for its Management Link directories of management skills and management sources
www.ncge.org.uk National Council for Graduate Entrepreneurship
www.ost.gov.uk UK government office for science and technology
www.patent.gov.uk Patent Office site useful for intellectual property information
http://peerspectives.org Entrepreneurial Edge – US information on business growth
www.prowess.org.uk Women’s enterprise support website
www.shell-livewire.org Shell Live Wire – helps those aged 16–30 start up their own businesses
www.smallbusinessportal.co.uk UK small business research portal
www.soyouwanna.com Fun site which includes information on how to write a business plan
www.startups.co.uk Site on how to start a business
www.toolkit.cch.com US business owners’ toolkit
www.zeromillion.com Business idea and opportunity evaluation
Social and not-for-profit entrepreneurship websites
www.ashoka.org Ashoka – social enterprise network
www.changemakers.net Changemakers – social enterprise network
www.globalideasbank.org Global Ideas Bank
www.leadertoleader.org Leadership site that replaces the former Peter Drucker Foundation for Non-profit Management
www.lincoln.ac.uk/lbs/research/erdu Enterprise Research and Development Unit at Lincoln University – academic base of Professor David Rae
www.sse.org UK School for Social Entrepreneurship