Best Sites for Entrepreneurs

Appalachian Regional Commission
Comprehensive information about ARC programs to spur entrepreneurship in the 13 Appalachian states.

Babson College
One of the nation’s leading centers of entrepreneurship research.

Business Xpansion Journal
A summary of financing options for business expansions.

Collegiate Entrepreneurs Organization
An organization founded at the University of Illinois at Chicago that encourages student involvement in entrepreneurship activities across the country.

Council on Competitiveness
Washington-based group focused on enhancing global competitiveness through technology, workforce development, and support for entrepreneurship.

Edward Lowe Foundation
Champions the entrepreneurial spirit by encouraging second-stage business owners to get PeerSpectives on their businesses. To that end, we encourage business owners to get involved with entrepreneurial peer-networking organizations and to think about their businesses in new and creative ways.

E-magnify.com
The website of Seton Hill University's National Education Center for Women in Business and an online resource for women entrepreneurs and professionals. Offers convenient access to a unique mix of business resources, educational offerings, articles, and practical advice to help women of all ages learn, network, grow, and succeed.

E-magnify.com/Envison
A new student-focused microsite that offers a sampling of career and professional resources available to budding entrepreneurs, an interactive quiz to assess entrepreneurial skills, and a message board to facilitate peer interaction. A free electronic newsletter, Envision Today, arrives monthly with articles featuring successful business leaders and topics pertinent to career-driven students.

Entrepreneur.com
An established online community where business owners find actionable information, expert answers, and comprehensive services to solve their business challenges.

Ewing Marion Kauffman Foundation
A private foundation that works toward the vision of self-sufficient people in healthy communities.

Foundation for Enterprise Development
FED is a non-profit organization dedicated to helping entrepreneurs and executives use employee ownership and equity compensation as a fair and effective means of motivating the workforce and improving corporate performance.

National Foundation for Teaching Entrepreneurship
Provides low-income or at-risk young people with knowledge and skills to pursue entrepreneurship and economic self-sufficiency.

National Women’s Business Council
An independent source of advice and counsel to the president and Congress on women’s business and enterprise.

Onvia.com
Through Onvia’s web site, small businesses sell services and products to other businesses and government agencies.

Springboard Enterprises
A national, not-for-profit venture dedicated to increasing women’s participation in the equity capital markets as both entrepreneurs and investors.

Southern Growth Policies Board
Southern Growth is a nonprofit, bipartisan organization that works to foster economic development in 13 Southern states and Puerto Rico.

The Startup Garden
A web site featuring ideas and resources for entrepreneurs, and trends.

U.S. Economic Development Administration
EDA helps generate and retain jobs and stimulate industrial and commercial growth in rural and urban areas experiencing high unemployment, low income, or severe economic distress.

U.S. Small Business Administration
Contains resources for small business and useful data on its economic impacts.