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The Management Library keeps student business plans from Cornell's Entrepreneurship Courses (NBA 3000, NBA 5070, and NBA 5640) for three years. Ask for them at the circulation desk. These plans must be used in the library and are for educational use only. You can also access hundreds of real world business plans via the Business...
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PitchBook is a venture capital and angel investment database that provides daily information about venture capital and angel investor-backed start-up companies, VC firms, angel investors, and transactions in the United States. Capital IQ provides extensive data on VC deals and investors. In Capital IQ, under Screening, you can either target for buyers or investors to see what...
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Our Entrepreneurship Resource Guide has a selection of library resources in many fields of entrepreneurship and the library catalog has a number of books and journals pertaining to entrepreneurship. The Management Library offers workshops on entrepreneurship each semester and we are happy to assist you with any business research questions.
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Top Picks These are a few great starting points. Contact us for answers to more detailed VC questions. National Venture Capital Association represents U.S. venture capital community. In addition to a wealth of data on the VC industry, the website provides a number of resources helpful to entrepreneurs such as model legal documents. The website also...
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Legal Guide for Starting and Running a Small Business and the The Small Business Start-up Kit will provide a good introduction to many of the legal and tax issues facing entrepreneurs. The Internal Revenue Service has compiled a selection of resources for the small business owner.
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The Small Business Administration has information about various business structures so you can choose the right one. Firms, like BizFilings, offer services to assist you with the process as well as their Learning Center which has a new business checklist and guides to forming a LLC, incorporation, or nonprofit.
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The web site of the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office allows free searching for patent and trademark information and includes a wide collection of and Frequently Asked Questions.
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One of the best ways to find information about start-ups is to keep up-to-date with business news and industry publications, such as Entrepreneur, Fast Company, Inc., etc. CrunchBase is a crowd-sourced database of funding for start ups and you can set up daily alerts.
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The Small Business Administration (SBA) provides a great deal of information on starting and managing a small business. Their network of 900 Small Business Development Centers (SBDCs) across the country assist small business owners with advice, market research, lending, and more.
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Answer: Bloomberg provides information on IPOs in pre-build and customized screens. Three terminals are available in the Management Library. Students will need to create their own Bloomberg account on the system. Capital IQ includes research on private and public companies, and deals (M&A, security issuance, transactions, and offerings). PitchBook provides detailed information on IPOs as well as private...