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Business : Entrepreneurship

Start your research on entrepreneurship, business plans, pitch development, intellectual property, funding resources/crowdfunding, accelerators, news
  • Key Resources
    • Getting Started
    • The Pitch
    • Legal Topics, Patents & Trademarks
    • Funding / Crowdfunding
    • Writing a Business Plan
    • Articles
    • Books
    • Career
    • Accelerators / Incubators
    • Associations / Organizations
  • Entrepreneurship Through Acquisition This link opens in a new window
  • Entrepreneurship News, Blogs, Links
  • Market Research Guide
  • Business Home
  • Business Resources FAQ

Campus Resources

  • Center for Entrepreneurship
  • Center for Private Equity & Venture Capital
  • Center for Business, Government and Society
  • Dartmouth Entrepreneurial Network
  • Dartmouth Regional Technology Center
  • Dartmouth Technology Transfer
  • Dartmouth's Engineering Entrepreneurship Program (DEEP)

Getting Started

  • SBA: Business Guide
    Sections on planning, starting, managing and growing a business from the US Small Business Administration
  • Cover ArtLegal Forms for Starting and Running a Small Business by Fred S. Steingold
    ISBN: 1413327311
    Publication Date: 2020-03-31
  • Cover ArtLegal Guide for Starting and Running a Small Business by Fred S. Steingold; Ilona M. Bray
    Call Number: ebook
    ISBN: 0585458278
    Publication Date: 2003-01-01
  • NOLO - Business Formation & LLCs
    Starting a small business? Learn about LLCs, business plans, financing, and more. Everything you need to start and run a smart, successful small business.

The Pitch

  • The Art of the Pitch (Guy Kawasaki)
  • 10 Slides in Your Pitch (Guy Kawasaki)
  • Pitch Deck Examples:
    • 11 Pitch Deck Examples from Incredibly Successful Companies
    • 9 Inspiring Examples of Social Entrepreneurs Pitching their Social Ventures
  • Cover ArtThe Art of the Pitch by Peter Coughter
    Call Number: Feldberg HF5718.22 .C68 2012
    ISBN: 9780230120518

Legal Topics, Patents & Trademarks

  • Dartmouth Library Resource Guide - Overview of Patents and Patent Searching
  • US Patent & Trademark Office : Trademarks
  • US Patent & Trademark Office : Patents
  • USPTO - Patent Pro Bono Program for independent inventors and small businesses
  • Martindale-Hubbell Lawyer Locator
    Search for an intellectual property lawyer.
  • Vermont Small Business Law Center
  • Lens.org
    Worldwide, open-access, free full-text patent informatics resource. USPTO Grants from 1976; USPTO Applications from 2001; about 2 weeks behind USPTO.
  • CNIPA: China National Intellectual Property Office of the PRC
    Search Patents issued by the Peoples Republic of China
  • Cover ArtPatent It Yourself by David Pressman
    Call Number: eBook
  • Cover ArtTrademark: Legal Care for Your Business & Product Name by Stephen Elias
    Call Number: ebook

Funding / Crowdfunding

  • Capital IQ This link opens in a new window
    S&P Capital IQ provides a wealth of information on companies, markets and people. Covers market intelligence, financial analysis, screening and targeting, and relationships between people and organizations. Register for an account.
  • PitchBook This link opens in a new window
    PitchBook tracks every aspect of the public and private equity markets, including venture capital, private equity and M&A. Research and analyze companies, deals, funds, investors and service providers across the entire private investment lifecycle.

    Users are limited to 10 downloads per day and 25 downloads per month. (1 download = 1 row of data on an Excel file). Access is restricted to current students, faculty, and academic support/staff for academic purposes.
  • LSEG (Refinitiv) Workspace This link opens in a new window
    LSEG Workspace (fka Refinitiv) provides information on public & private global companies and includes: financials and filings, overview, news & corporate events, deals, share ownership, and analyst reports. Workspace also provides market views as well as screening and analysis for companies, deals/league tables, private equity, mergers and acquisition data, and more. Register for LSEG Workspace

For more info see:

  • Private Equity & Venture Capital

Crowdfunding resources:

  • Funding Your Startup Expert Advice on Crowdfunding, Angel Investing, and Traditional Loans
    MoneyGeek Article
  • Indiegogo
    Donation-based funding for most anything.
  • Kickstarter
    Donation-based funding for creative projects.

Writing a Business Plan

  • Bplans.com - Free Sample Business Plans
  • Writing a Business Plan (SBA.gov)

For books on business plans, try searching the library catalog:

  • keyword = business plans
  • subject = business planning
  • Business Plans Handbook : a Compilation of Actual Business Plans Developed by Small Businesses Throughout North America
    Call Number: Baker Berry HD62.7 .B865 v.23 2012
  • Business Plans That Work: A Guide for Small Business by Jeffry A. Timmons; Andrew Zacharakis; Stephen Spinelli
    Call Number: eBook
  • How to Write a Business Plan by Brian Finch
    Call Number: Feldfberg HD30.28 .F562 2010
  • Bankable Business Plans by Edward G. Rogoff; Jeff Bezos (Introduction by)
    Call Number: Baker Berry HD30.28 .R644 2004

Articles

  • Entrepreneur Magazine
  • Entrepreneurship Theory and Practice
  • Innovation
  • WSJ Pro Venture Capital & Private Equity
    • Restricted to Tuck
    News, analysis, and data on global private equity and venture capital trends from the Wall Street Journal and Dow Jones. (Restricted to the Tuck community)

Additional resources for articles:

  • ABI/INFORM Collection This link opens in a new window
    Indexes business and management journals worldwide; covers corporate strategies, marketing, product development, industry conditions, management techniques, business trends, management practice and theory, corporate strategy and tactics, and more. Includes the full text of articles from many publishers and links to full text options for other articles. 1923 to present.
  • Business Source Complete This link opens in a new window
    Indexes business journals worldwide; covers marketing, management, MIS, POM, accounting, finance, economics and more. Also includes financial data, case studies, investment research reports, industry reports, market research reports, country reports, company profiles, and SWOT analyses. Includes the full text of articles from many publishers and links to full text options for other articles. 1886 to present.
  • Factiva This link opens in a new window
    Indexes and provides full text to 33,000 news and business information sources from 200 countries in 28 languages, includes regional and industry publications, newspapers, newswires, Web and blog content.

Books

 For an excellent reading list, try these library catalog searches:

  • subject = new business enterprises
  • subject = entrepreneurship

  • Cover ArtThe Startup Owner's Manual by Steve Blank; Bob Dorf
    ISBN: 1119690684
    Publication Date: 2020-03-17
  • Cover ArtHBR Guide to Buying a Small Business (HBR Guide Series) by Richard S. Ruback; Royce Yudkoff
    Call Number: ebook
    ISBN: 1633692515
    Publication Date: 2017-01-17
  • Cover ArtCrack the Funding Code by Judy Robinett
    ISBN: 0814439837
    Publication Date: Feldberg HG4027.6 .R636 2019
  • Cover ArtSecond Stage Entrepreneurship by Daniel J. Weinfurter; Gary Loveman (Foreword by)
    Call Number: Feldberg HD30.28 .W3755 2013
    ISBN: 9781137302588
  • Cover ArtFunded : the entrepreneur's guide to raising your first round by Katherine Hague
    Call Number: electronic book
    ISBN: 9781491940266
  • Cover ArtThe 10% Entrepreneur by Patrick J. McGinnis
    Call Number: Baker Berry HD62.5 .M3865 2016
    ISBN: 9781591848097
  • Cover ArtThe Portable MBA in Entrepreneurship by Andrew Zacharakis; William D. Bygrave
    Call Number: Feldberg HD62.5 .P67 2010
    ISBN: 9780470481318
  • Cover ArtEquity Crowdfunding for Investors by David M. Freedman; Matthew R. Nutting
    Call Number: electronic book
    ISBN: 9781118853566
  • Cover ArtThe Monk and the Riddle by Randy Komisar; Kent L. Lineback
    Call Number: electronic book
    ISBN: 0585296626
    Publication Date: 2000-01-01
  • Cover ArtThe Lean Startup by Eric Ries
    Call Number: Feldberg HD62.5 .R545 2011
    ISBN: 9780307887894
    Publication Date: 2011-09-13
  • Cover ArtThe Art of the Start by Guy Kawasaki
    Call Number: Berry Baker HD62.5 .K38 2004
    ISBN: 1591840562
    Publication Date: 2004-09-09
  • Cover ArtSocial Entrepreneurship : Theory and Practice by Ryszard Praszkier and Andrzej Nowak
    Call Number: Feldberg HD60 .P727 2012
    ISBN: 0521767318
  • Cover ArtThe New Business Road Test : What Entrepreneurs and Executives Should Do Before Writing a Business Plan by John W. Mullins
    Call Number: Feldberg HD62.5 .M85 2010
    ISBN: 027373279X
  • Cover ArtFrom Idea to Success : the Dartmouth Entrepreneurial Network's Guide for Start-ups by Gregg Fairbrothers, Tessa M. Winter
    Call Number: Feldberg HD53 .F35 2011
    ISBN: 0071760792
  • Cover ArtEntrepreneurial Finance by Janet Kiholm Smith; Richard L. Smith; Richard T. Bliss
    Call Number: Feldberg HG4751 .S594 2011
    ISBN: 0804770913
    Publication Date: 2011-03-22

Career

  • VentureLoop - Startup Jobs
  • Work at a Startup (Y Combinator)

Accelerators / Incubators

  • NH Tech Alliance - Startup Initiatives
    The NH Tech Alliance provides programming, events, and resources for entrepreneurs to help grow their businesses.
  • LaunchVT
  • Business Incubators
    List of major business incubators in the United States.

Associations / Organizations

  • EO - Entrepreneurs' Organization
    Peer-to-peer network exclusively for entrepreneurs.
  • Beyster Foundation for Enterprise Development
    Fostering Innovation, Entrepreneurship, and Ownership
  • GEM - Global Entrepreneurship Monitor
    GEM is the largest survey-based study of entrepreneurship in the world.
  • InBIA - International Business Innovation Association
    A global network of incubators, accelerators and other entrepreneurial support organizations.
  • Kauffman Foundation for Entrepreneurship
    World's largest foundation devoted to entrepreneurship
  • NASE - National Association for the Self Employed
    Offers entrepreneurs and small business owners a wide range of resources and tools to help you run your business successfully.
  • NAWBO - National Association of Women Business Owners
    Propels women entrepreneurs into economic, social and political spheres of power worldwide.
  • SCORE
    A nonprofit association dedicated to educating entrepreneurs and helping small businesses start, grow, and succeed nationwide.
  • USASBE - United States Association for Small Business & Entrepreneurship
    Community of entrepreneurship educators.
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