Resources for the Entrepreneur

 

Information Portals

• DowJones.com: Information Partners and conferences for the Venture Capital Industry
• Garage Technology Ventures is an early stage investment bank that has an extensive Entrepreneur Resources section.
• Vfinance.com: Venture Capital Resource Library has links to scores of venture-capital firms and news releases from the firms.
• More Business.com
• The site eWork has information about software tools - useful for companies who work alot with independent contractors or cannot house all of their staff in one office.

Angel Investor Groups
Osprey Ventures has established relationships with over one hundred independent Angel investors throughout North America and Europe. Among them are:

• Angel Capital Network
• Angel's Forum
• Band of Angels
• Tech Coast Angels

Some Government and Legal Resources

• The Official Site for the U.S. Small Business Administration.
• A Small Business Development Center just for Silicon Valley can be found here, at the Silicon Valley SBDC.
• A clearing house of legal information for the lay person can be found at Nolo.com, or at FindLaw.

For Information about a Specific Company's Finances or Stock

• Yahoo Finance
• Hoovers Online
• SEC EDGAR
• Dun & Bradstreet
• Monster.com's Company Research page.