Gary S. Holmes Center for Entrepreneurship Resources
Blogs
- Steve Blank Blog
- Guy Kawasaki Blog
- Paul Graham Blog
- Seth Godin Blog
- Noam Wasserman "Founder Frustrations" Blog
- Entrepreneur Turned VC Mark Suster Blog
- Entrepreneur Turned VC Jeffrey Bussgang Blog
- TECHdotMN
News
National
Minnesota-specific
Books
- Running Lean, Ash Maurya
- Business Model Generation: A Handbook for Visionaries, Game Changes and Challengers
- Art of the Start, Guy Kawasaki
- Disciplined Entrepreneurship, Bill Aulet
- Founder’s Dilemmas, Noam Wasserman
- The Lean Startup, Eric Ries
- The Startup Way, Eric Ries
- Venture Deals, Brad Feld
- Do More Faster, David Cohen & Brad Feld
- Start with Why, Simon Sinek
- Drive & To Sell is Human, Daniel Pink
- Various, Seth Godin
- Built for Growth, Chris Kuenne & John Danner
- The Hard Thing About Hard Things, Ben Horowitz
- Traction, Gabriel Weinberg & Justin Mares
- For Better or For Work, Meg Cadoux Hirshberg
- The New Business Road Test, John Mullins
- Getting to Plan B, John Mullins & Randy Komisar
- Startup Boards, Brad Feld
Networks
- Grow North
- Minne*
- Beta.MN
- Healthcare.MN
- Twin Cities Startup Week
- Impact Hub MSP
- Finnovation Lab
- Bunker Labs
- Club E
- MEDA
- Neighborhood Development Center
- WomenVenture
- 1 Million Cups
- Women Entrepreneurs (WE*)
- Entrepreneurs Organization
Associations
State Agencies/Foundations
- Minnesota Department of Employment and Economic Development
- Small Business Development Centers
- Iron Range Resources
- Minnesota Initiative Foundations
Co-working Spaces
Public
- MN Cup
- Cleantech Open
- MassChallenge
- Clean Energy Challenge
- Arch Grants Business Plan Competition
- Accelerate Michigan Innovation Competition
- Wisconsin Governor's Business Plan Competition
Student
- MN Cup
- BizPitch
- Acara Challenge
- Forge Entrepreneurship Prize
- Global Student Entrepreneurship Awards
- Rice University Business Plan Competition
- Cisco Global Problem Solver Challenge
- E-Fest
- MIT Clean Energy Prize
- Brigham Young University Business Model Competition
- Imagine Cup
- Queen's Entrepreneurs’ Competition
- Global Social Entrepreneurship
Investors
- Gophers Angels
- Twin Cities Angels
- Sofia Fund
- Groove Investment Group
- Atland Ventures
- MN Venture Capital Association
- MNVest
- NetworkConnect
Grants/Loans
- SBIR Grants
- DEED Financing Programs
- MN Initiative Foundations
- Neighborhood Development Center Loans
- WomenVenture Loans
- Northeast Entrepreneur Fund
Fundraising
Academic
- Stanford eCorner
- Knowledge@Wharton
- MIT Sloan Management Review
- Stanford d.School
- Kauffman Founder’s School
Business Plans/Presentations
- Mark Suster: Are Business Plans Still Necessary?
- David Cowan: How to NOT Write a Business Plan
- Guy Kawasaki: 10/20/30 Rule
- Mark Suster: Pitching a VC - Dealing with Competition
- Business Plans Are an Historic Artifact
Intellectual Property
- U.S. Patent & Trademark Office
- Legal Aspects from Kauffman Foundation
- Patterson Thuente Skaar Christensen
