Additional Resources

Links to Debt Financing Information

• Financing Your Business - www.sba.gov/financing/
• How to Write a Business Plan Course - http://www.sba.gov/training/bplan.html
• SBA Loan Programs - www.sba.gov/financing/sbaloan/snapshot.html
• Small Business Administration Online Classrooms - http://www.sba.gov/training/courses.html
• Small Business Finance Center - http://www.onlinewbc.gov/docs/finance/
• Starting Your Business - www.sba.gov/starting_business/index.html

Links to Small Business Investment Companies

• Directory of SBIC's - www.sba.gov/gopher/Local-Information/Small-Business-Investment-Companies/
• Small Business Investment Companies Program (SBIC) - www.sba.gov/INV/
• Seeking SBIC financing - www.sba.gov/INV/howtoseek.html

Links to Association Sources for Networking

• Association of Venture Forums - www.ventureforums.org
• Mid-Atlantic Venture Association - www.mava.org/
• National Association of Investment Companies (NAIC) - http://www.naicvc.com
• National Association of Small Business Investment Companies (NASBIC) - www.nasbic.org/
• National Venture Capital Association - www.nvca.org/
• Technology Capital Network - www.tcnmit.org

ACE-Net Contacts and Related Links

• ACE-Net for Investors and Entrepreneurs - acenet.csusb.edu/
• SBA Office of Advocacy - http://www.sba.gov/ADVO/
• Securities and Exchange Commission - http://www.sec.gov
• North American Securities Administrators Association (NASAA) http://www.nasaa.org/

Angel Organizations

• The Capital Network - www.thecapitalnetwork.com
• Angel Capital Network - http://www.angelcapitalnetwork.com/
• Alliance of Angels. - http://www.allianceofangels.com/sta.res.asp
• Dingman Center Capital Access Network - dingman.rhsmith.umd.edu/ApplicationFiles/web/WebFrame.cfm?web_id=64
• INFe Venture Club - http://www.infeventureclub.com/about.asp
• New Vantage Partners - www.newvantagepartners.com
• Seraph Capital Forum - www.seraphcapital.com
• SourceCapital InterNetwork - www.sourcecapitalnet.com
• The Angels' Forum - www.angelsforum.com
• The Gathering of Angels - www.gatheringofangels.com
• WomenAngels.net - http://www.womenangels.net

Resources on the Internet

• Accel Partners - www.accel.com
• Amis Ventures, Inc. - www.amisventures.com
• ARCH Venture Partners - www.archventure.com
• Business Partners - www.businesspartners.net
• Capital Across America - www.capitalacrossamerica.org
• Capital Solutions Network - www.capitalsearch.net
• Center For Women & Enterprise - www.cweboston.org
• Corporate Partners Group- www.corpfinet.com
• DynaFund Ventures - www.dynafundventures.com
• EntreWorld - www.entreworld.com
• Forum for Women Entrepreneurs - www.fwe.org
• Garage.com - www.garage.com
• Idealflowl Fund - www.idealflowfund.com/
• InfoManage - www.infomanage.com
• International Capital Resources - www.icrnet.com
• Joint Venture: Silicon Valley Network - www.jointventure.org
• Kauffman Foundation - www.emkf.org
• Lycos Directory - http://dir.lycos.com/Business/Venture_Capital/websites.html
• MIT Enterprise Forum of Washington-Baltimore - http://www.mitef.org/Home/
• MIT Enterprise Forum of the Northwest - www.mitwa.org
• National Financial Services Network - www.nfsn.com
• Netpreneur Exchange - www.netpreneur.org
• Northwest Technology Investor Network - www.techinvestnw.com
• NVST.com - www.nvst.com
• Office of Communications Business Opportunities - FCC - www.fcc.gov/ocbo
• Oregon Entreprenuer Network / Portland Angel Network - www.oef.org
• RedHerring - www.herring.com
• Technology Alliance - www.technology-alliance.com
• The Adventure Capital Register - www.adventurecapital.com
• The Capital Investors - www.thecapitalinvestors.com
• The Capital Network Group - www.thecapitalnetwork.com
• The Umbrella Project - www.umbrellaproject.com
• Venture-Capitalist.Com - www.venture-capitalist.com
• Venture Capital Finance Online - www.vcaonline.com
• Venture Capital Marketplace - www.v-capital.com
• Venture Capital Resource Library - www.vfinance.com
• VentureDirectory.com - www.venturedirectory.com
• Venture Lab - www.vlabwa.org
• Women's Growth Capital Fund - www.womensgrowthcapital.com

Periodicals on the Internet

• Angel Survey June 2001 (by Power and Hills) - www.angel-investor-news.com/ART_angelpower.htm
• Business 2.0 - www.business2.com
• Business Journal - www.bizjournals.com/
• CIO - www.cio.com
• C/net news.com - news.com.com
• Computer World - www.computerworld.com
• E-Commerce Times - www.ecommercetimes.com
• Fast Company - www.fastcompany.com
• Forbes - www.forbes.com
• Industry Standard - www.thestandard.com
• InfoWorld - www.infoworld.com
• Network World - www.networkworld.com
• PWC / Venture Economics /NVCA MoneyTree Survey - www.pwcmoneytree.com/moneytree/index.jsp
• Red Herring - www.redherring.com
• Venture Economics - www.ventureeconomics.com
• Venture Wire - www.venturewire.com
• Virginia Business MagNet - www.virginiabusiness.com
• Wired - www.wired.com
• ZD Net - www.zdnet.com

Model Terms and Conditions Angel Financing Information

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Sample of Business Plan Executive Summary

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Sample Due Diligence Request List

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Additional Reading

Finding Your Wings by Gerald A. Benjamin and Joel B. Margulis. John Wiley & Sons, Inc., New York, 1996.

Angel Financing: How to Find and Invest in Private Equity by Gerald A. Benjamin and Joel B. Margulis, John Wiley & Sons, New York, 2000.

The Angel Investor's Handbook, by Gerald A. Benjamin and Joel B. Margulis. Bloomberg Press, Princeton, 2001.

How to Succeed in Business Without Being White by Earl G. Graves. HarperCollins Publishers, Inc., New York, 1998.

Where To Go When The Bank Says No by David R. Evanson. Bloomberg Press, New York, 1996.

Angel Investing: The Guide for Entrepreneurs, Private Investors, and Venture Capitalists by Van Osnabrugge, M. & Robinson, R. J., Jossey-Bass, San Francisco, 2000.

Every Business Needs an Angel : Getting the Money You Need to Make Your Business Grow by Cal Simons and John May. Crown Business, 2001.

Bold Women, Big Ideas by Kay Koplovitz. Public Affaris, New York, 2002. State of the Art: An Executive Briefing on Cutting-Edge Practices in American Angel Investing, Edited by John May and Elizabeth O'Halloran. Darden Business Publishing, 2003.

The Old Girls' Network by Sharon Whitley, Kathy Elliott, Connie Duckworth. Persus Books Group, 2003.

You Need to be a Little Crazy: The Truth About Starting and Growing Your Business by Barry J. Moltz. Dearborn Trade Publishing, 2003