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Helpful Links
Resources and General Information for Building a Business
Common Mistakes Made by Entrepreneurs
Click here to
read about common mistakes made by entrepreneurs.
Writing the Business Plan
The process of business plan writing is best learned
under pressure with a real idea and a real need and insufficient time! There are
hundreds of good business plan writing books, but the following are the most used
business plan writing textbooks for entrepreneurship.
- New Venture Creation: Entrepreneurship for the 21st Century with PowerWeb
and New Business Mentor CD -- by Jeffry Timmons, Stephen Spinelli; Paperback.
- Launching New Ventures: An Entrepreneurial Approach -- by Kathleen
R. Allen; Hardcover.
- Also, see www.SBA.gov and
www.pwc.com for web based guides
that are very effective.
Resources
Business
License Information System
Frequently Asked Questions about applying for, securing and using a variety
of business licenses in the State of Maryland.
Comptroller of Maryland -- Business Licenses FAQ
Frequently Asked Questions about state business licenses from the Comptroller
of Maryland.
SDAT (State of Maryland, Director of Assessments
and Taxation)
Fee Schedule for documents related to corporate charters
Will It Fly?
Avoid the cost of failure. Willitfly.com provides a quick way to find out
if you are ready to perform according to best practices for important business tasks.
Recommended Links
Templates
The Dingman Center has compiled these templates from
its Entrepreneurs-in-Residence, based on their experience starting new businesses.
These documents are non-proprietary, and can be used by anyone starting a new business.
Organizations
Eco-Patent Commons:
This online database identifies existing patents that corporations and
individuals have made available to others with an interest in using them to benefit
the environment. No royalties will be required from those who develop applications
using the patents. The World Business Council for Sustainable Development established
this initiative.
Click on the Eco-Patent Commons link.
U.S. Department of
Energy:
The Dept. of Energy (DoE) wants to help commercialize federally-funded
energy research, and has established the DoE’s Entrepreneur in Residence program
to help. DoE has selected Venture Partners, Foundation Capital, and Kleiner, Perkins,
Caulfield & Byers to work with agency laboratories to identify technologies and
products that are candidates for commercialization. The goal is to give proven start-up
entrepreneurs the opportunity to work with technical staff at DoE’s national laboratories.
Click here for more
information.
Green Technology
Entrepreneurship Academy:
The Kauffman Foundation is the founding sponsor of the Green Technology
Entrepreneurship Academy, hosted by the University of California-Davis in July 2008.
The Academy will immerse participants in a program that will help them understand
the path from laboratory to market and the resources that can help them on that
journey. Attendees will work together to develop and evaluate the commercial potential
of their research and select one for presentation prior to the program’s conclusion.
The target audience is science and engineering doctoral students, post-docs and
research faculty.
Click here
to learn more.
Grants
TEDCO Assistance Programs
University, Federal sponsored grants to fund technology development in Maryland
Department of Defense
SBIR/STTR Grants
Grants for early-stage R&D projects at small technology companies -- projects that
serve a DoD need and have the potential for commercialization in private sector
and/or military markets
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