• LearnVC.com is a website created by a UNC alumnus to help entrepreneurs understand the venture capital funding process.

• The Kauffman Foundation is a major funder of entrepreneurial education at UNC and around the nation. Their website has extensive resources for entrepreneurs.

• Stanford’s Online Videos has streaming and downloadable videos of well-known speakers on entrepreneurial topics. Guy Kawasaki’s segments are particularly good.

• University of Colorado has an excellent business plan preparation website. Templates, sample plans, spreadsheets and other tools are available.

• United States Small Business Administration (SBA) has many resources for starting a business.

• Small Business Canada, the SBA’s counterpart north of the border, has a variety of helpful online resources, arguably better than US SBA. 

• St. Louis University has an excellent list of resources with descriptions and ratings.

• Startup Journal is the Wall St. Journal’s Center for Entrepreneurs with lots of “how-to” articles.

• Sample Business Plans from MootCorp, the premier business plan competition hosted by the University of Texas.

• Bplans.com has a bank of sample plans, though they are not very well written. They might be a good source of data as your research your specific industry.

• Writing an Effective Business Plan (PDF) by Deloitte and Touche. This guide is a little on the corporate side, but it has some good suggestions for keeping organized.

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