This Guide
will show you ways to research customers, competition, and the business environment to support business startups or expansions. (See red tabs at the top.)
(If you are off campus, many of these databases need you to log in first through the VPN.)
VENTURE CAPITAL
- VentureXpert/Private Equity databaseventure capital funds, private equity firms, funded companies, and their executives in the US, Europe, and Asia. NOTE: click on "Screening & Analysis" on the left (VC firms are included.) Must use Internet Explorer browser.
- MoneyTree Report from PriceWaterhouseCoopersVC firms by industry
- TheFunded.comonline community of entrepreneurs that research, rate, and review funding sources - membership free to CEO's, some information free to all.
Books and e-Books
Find them using CAMEO - enter "new business enterprises" or "entrepreneurship", and change "All Fields" to "Subject" - examples:
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Journals in our databases, such as Healthcare Mergers, Acquisitions & Ventures Week, Minority Business Entrepreneur, Java Entrepreneur - look for them in our EJournal A-Z list. Also, free ones, such as Entrepreneur, Inc., Wired.
Stanford's Entrepreneurship Corner - videos and podcasts of thousands of experts on all startup topics, developed by the Stanford Technology Ventures Program
US government and PA government business startup sites outlining legal requirements, government services, financing and contract opportunities, etc
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