Business Plans and Financing

The first step of any great idea is to determine its value and worth. These sites are great resources to help you compose a realistic business plan.

Business Plans

Bplans.com

The single largest source of sample business plans online, as well as tools to help manage a business.

Business Plan Archive at the University of Maryland

Business Plan Archive is an online repository for business plans and related planning documents where future entrepreneurs and business researchers will have access to learn from this remarkable period of technological and organizational creativity.

SBA Business Plan Basics

A step-by-step overview of developing a business plan courtesy of the Small Business Administration.

Venture Capital & Other Financing Information

Entrepreneurs need to know where the money is. The following links are excellent resources for start-ups looking for funding.

Angel Capital Association

The North American professional alliance of more than 200 angel investment groups.

AngelDeals

A global network of entrepreneurs seeking funding and growth, investors seeking deal flow, business professionals seeking visibility and job seekers / employers.

Capital Growth Interactive

A news collection, publishing and consulting business featuring a monthly publication on news in private equity markets and information on growth company financing.

National Venture Capital Association

NVCA provides information to help entrepreneurs build a plan for launching a company or that can make an existing small business more successful.

PricewaterhouseCoopers Money Tree Survey

The MoneyTree Survey is a quarterly study of venture capital investment activity in the United States.

Thomson Financial Venture Economics

A source for global private equity intelligence featuring daily news and statistics that offer a snapshot of the US, European and Asian private equity markets, as well as in-depth research and analysis.

Venture Capital Institute

The foundation for venture and private equity professionals worldwide.