Entrepreneur Web Links

At Grow Utah Ventures, we are constantly coming across helpful information for entrepreneurs.  We look for the latest and greatest information (especially Utah resources) that will assist entrepreneurs and we list it here.  This is in no way a comprehensive list as to what’s out there, but it’s a place to start.

This site is different from the eLink Connectory in that it consists of links throughout the world to read and discover.  Whereas, the eLink Connectory lists Utah organizations that you can join or participate with.

The links are loosely organized by topic, so dig in and enjoy.  If you want to add a link to the list or tell us about a dead link, please email info@growutahventures.com

 

Funding Sites

 

Utah Investment Groups- A comprehensive list of Utah investment group

http://boomstartup.com/ – BoomStartup – Orem Incubator Program

http://kickstartseedfund.com/ – Kickstart Seed Fund – Home

http://new.provo.org/econdev.bdc_process.html – BDC Process Provo City Loan Fund

http://new.provo.org/index.php?module=ibcms&fxn=econdev.bdc_types_of_funding – Types of Funding (Good List) – Provo City Website

http://ogdenreinvestment.org/Home.html – Ogden Reinvestment Corporation – Loan Fund

http://olympusangelinvestors.angelgroups.net/ – Olympus Angel Investors » Home

http://parkcityangels.angelgroups.net/ – Park City Angels » Home

http://privatemoneyutah.com/ – Private Money Utah (Money Source Broker)

http://southernutahangels.angelgroups.net/ – Southern Utah Dixie Angels » Home

http://the-elevator.com/ – The Elevator – Private Equity and Investment Magazine

http://venturebluecapital.com/ – ventureBLUE Capital – Utah

http://www.alerion.com/ – Alerion Capital Group – Utah Equity Group

http://www.americanventuremagazine.com/index.php – American Venture Magazine The venture capital publication for entrepreneurs and investors.

http://www.angelcapitalassociation.org/ – Angel Capital Association

http://www.angelcapitaleducation.org/ – Angel Capital Education Foundation

http://www.angelcapitaleducation.org/starting-a-group/ – Angel Capital Education Foundation – Starting an Angel Group

http://www.billpayne.com/ – BillPayne.com Angel Investor

http://www.bizpitches.com/ – Bizpitches.com – The Business Hub For Entrepreneurs!!

http://www.brag.utah.gov/develop_cdbg.html – Bear River Association of Governments – Grant Program

http://www.businessinsider.com/everything-you-need-to-know-about-getting-a-microloan-2009-10#what-is-a-microloan-1 – BusinessInsider.com – Everything You Need To Know About Microloans

http://www.byucougarcapital.org/ – BYU Cougar Capital

http://www.canopy.com/ – Canopy Ventures – Home

http://www.capital-connection.com/jointventures.html – The Capital Connection – Joint Ventures Financing Sources

http://www.cherokeeandwalker.com/ – Cherokee and Walker – Utah Equity Firm

http://www.co.davis.ut.us/discoverdavis/incentives/revolving_loan_fund.cfm – Davis County Revoloving Loan Fund

http://www.dolphincapitalgroup.com/ – Dolphin Capital Group Utah Private Equity Firm

http://www.egcap.com/home.html – Entrepreneur Growth Capital

http://www.epicvc.com/ – Epic Ventures Home Page

http://www.firstround.com/index.cfm – First Round Capital (Super Angel Group)

http://www.fundingpost.com/events.asp – FundingPost.com

http://www.innovationutah.com/sbir.html – SBIR-STTR Resource Center – R&D Grants for Small UT Businesses

http://www.innoventurescapitalpartners.com/ – Innoventures Capital Partners – Utah, Venture Capital, Business Funding

http://www.kickstarter.com/ – Kickstarter – Fund & Follow Creativity

http://www.kiva.org/lender/mortgagedude – Kiva – Lender William Tuning from Tenino, WA United States

http://www.launchboxdigital.com/ – LaunchBox Digital – Seed Investment and Accelerator Program

http://www.monarchvc.com/index.html – Monarch VC (Utah VC company)

http://www.mwcn.org/ – MountainWest Capital Network

http://www.mwsbf.com/ – Mountain West – Utah Small Business Finance

http://www.nasvf.org/ – National Association of Seed and Venture Funds

http://www.nucdc.com/ – Utah CDC – Small Business Capital

http://www.nvca.org/model_documents/model_docs.html – National VC Association – Example Investor Docs

http://www.ogdencity.com/en/doing_business/business_assistance.aspx – Ogden City – Small Business Loan Fund

http://www.petersonventures.com/ – Peterson Ventures – Utah Venture Company

http://www.pwcmoneytree.com/moneytree/index.jsp – PricewaterhouseCooper – MoneyTree™ Report (Report on quarterly venture capital spending)

http://www.slcgov.com/ED/sbi.htm – Salt Lake City – Revolving Loan Fund

http://www.sllsa.com/ – Salt Lake Life Science Angels

http://www.sorensoncapital.com/ – Sorenson Capital – Salt Lake City, Utah Private Equity

http://www.umlf.com/ – Utah Microenterprise Loan Fund – Entrepreneur Loans

http://www.utahfundoffunds.com/index2.html – Utah Fund of Funds

http://www.utahvc.com/index.php – Utah Venture Capital

http://www.utahventures.com/index.php – Utah Ventures – Partners

http://www.uventurefund.com/ – University Venture Fund

http://www.ventureworthy.com/ – VentureWorthy.com – See if your co. is worthy of Angel Investment

http://www.vspring.com/ – Capital Investors

 

Information & Articles Sites

 

http://www.udemy.com/lean-startup-sxsw-2012-videos-and-presentations/ – Free “Lean Startup” Training Seminar from Eric Ries

http://blog.startupprofessionals.com/2011/03/dont-ask-known-investors-to-sign-non.html – Don’t Ask Known Investors to Sign Non-Disclosures

http://chrissundberg.com/2011/01/05/startup-myths-1-you-need-an-nda/ – Startup Myths #1 – You Need an NDA

http://ebusiness.byu.edu/lecture_search_results.php – BYU Entrepreneur Lecture Series – Video Archive

http://entrepreneurs.about.com/od/financing/a/debtfinancing.htm – Debt Financing – Pros and Cons for Business Owners

http://findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_m1365/is_n7_v26/ai_17868141/ – How to strurture family member loans

http://startuplawyer.com/venture-capital/why-a-vc-will-take-a-lighter-to-your-nda – Startup Lawyer – Why VC’s Won’t Sign an NDA

http://www.allbusiness.com/banking-finance/financial-markets-investing/13281377-1.html – Fund-Raising – Consider Private Debt

http://www.bizinfolibrary.com/ – Biz Info Library (Articles on running a business)

http://www.commerce.state.ut.us/corporat/How_To.htm – commerce.state.ut.us – How To Start Utah Business

http://www.emersus.com/familybsn.htm – Emersus Consulting, Inc. – Family Businesses Article

http://www.paulgraham.com/angelinvesting.html – How to Be an Angel Investor – Paul Graham

http://www.seekingbusiness.co.uk/ – Comprehensive Advice on How to Get New Business at Seeking Business (UK)

http://www.thefutureofwork.net/ – The Future of Work – Trends in today’s workplace

https://www.openforum.com/idea-hub/topics/the-world/article/the-no-bull-shiitake-investor-wishlist-guy-kawasaki – OPEN Forum – Guy Kawasaki – Why Investors Won’t Sign NDA’s

http://inventorspot.com/ – Inventions, Innovations and Interesting Ideas for the Inventor in All of Us. InventorSpot

http://istart.org/ – iStart – Kauffman Foundation Business Plan Contest Tool

http://redeye.firstround.com/ – Redeye VC (Josh Kopelman Blog)

http://siliconslopes.com/ – Silicon Slopes

http://smallbusiness.aol.com/thestartup – The Startup – Online Reality Series 2

http://www.entrepreneurship.org/ – A Kauffman Site

http://www.eonetwork.org/octane/ – Octane Entrepreneur Magazine

http://www.forbes.com/entrepreneurs/ – Forbes.com-Entrepreneurs

http://www.kauffman.org/ – Kauffman.org – Entrepreneurship & Education

http://www.resourcenation.com/ – Resource Nation.com – Entrep. Vendor site

http://www.simplestartup.com/ – SimpleStartup

http://www.startupnation.com/index.asp – StartupNation – Source for entrepreneurs

 

Miscellaneous

 

http://business.utah.gov/partners/local-economic-development/ – State of Utah – County Economic Development Directory

http://community.business.gov/bsng/ – Business.gov – Official Business Link to the U.S. Government

http://corporations.utah.gov/ – Dept Of Commerce – Division of Corporations & Commercial Code

http://eligibility.sc.egov.usda.gov/eligibility/welcomeAction.do – USDA Rural Development Eligibility Map

http://eligibility.sc.egov.usda.gov/eligibility/welcomeAction.do?pageAction=RBSmenu&NavKey=property@13 – USDA Rural Development Programs (Incubator Etc)

http://evoconference.com/ – Evo 10 – Women’s Social Media Conference

http://freelanceswitch.com/ – FreelanceSwitch.com – Directory of Freelancers

http://gangplankut.org/ – GangPlank UT – U of U hangout for entrepreneurs

http://goed.utah.gov/ – Governor’s Office of Economic Development

http://marriottschool.byu.edu/cet/ – BYU Entrepreneurship Program

http://marriottschool.byu.edu/cfe/ – BYU Center For Entrepreneurship

http://pcamputah.org/ – ProductCamp Utah

http://utahbusinessaccelerator.com/ – Utah Business Accelerator

http://vensightconsulting.com/speaking – Vensight Consulting – Startup University Sessions

http://venturehacks.com/ – Venture Hacks – Good advice for startups.

http://www.cachebrc.com/ – Cache Business Resource Center

http://www.commerce.state.ut.us/ – Welcome to the Utah Department of Commerce

http://www.commerce.utah.gov/ – Utah Department of Commerce Homepage – Business Registration

http://www.crita.org/ – CRITA – Council of regional information technology associations

http://www.elance.com/p/landing/buyerB1.html – Elance.com – Outsource to freelance professionals.

http://www.entrepreneurlaunchpad.org/ – Entrepreneur Launch Pad – Helping Entrepreneurs – Centerville Group

http://www.eonetwork.org/Default.aspx – The Entrepreneurs’ Organization – Engaging Leading Entrepreneurs to Learn and Grow

http://www.fedbizopps.gov/ – fedbizopps.com – Can search for gov requests for services

http://www.federallabs.org/ – Federal Lab Consortium for Technology Transfer (Gov. technology ready to turn into business)

http://www.financedog.com/ – Finance Dog – New Financial Intelligence Book

http://www.financialintelligencebook.com/index.html – Financial Intelligence Book – Joe Knight

http://www.founderinstitute.com/ – The Founder Institute Helping Founders to Build Great Companies

http://www.freepatentsonline.com/ – Patent Searching and Inventing Resources – FreePatentsOnline.com

http://www.gsa.gov/Portal/gsa/ep/contentView.do?contentId=8202&contentType=GSA_OVERVIEW – GSA – Getting on Schedule

http://www.ideapartnership.com/ – Idea! Partnership – Utah Venture Capital & Utah Angel Investors

http://www.ignitesaltlake.com/ignite/index.cfm – Ignitesaltlake.com (thech business presentation forum)

http://www.innovationutah.com/ – InnovationUtah.com (USTAR)

http://www.innovationutah.com/bigfaq.htm – USTAR BioInnovations Gateway FAQ

http://www.innovators-network.org/ -

http://www.investoroftheyear.org/ – Angel Investor of the Year

http://www.istopover.com/office/ – iStopOver for office rentals

http://www.juntopartners.com/ – Junto Partners — Welcome to Junto Partners

http://www.lassonde.utah.edu/ – UofU Pierre Lassonde Entrepreneur Center

http://www.launchup.org/ – LaunchUp.org

http://www.mbrcslcc.com/financing – Miller Business Resource Center – Financing Your Business Conference

http://www.mep.org/ – Utah Manufacturing Extension Partnership

http://www.mercatopartners.com/ – Mercato Partners – Home

http://www.michaelhartzell.com/Blog/bid/31383/List-of-54-Websites-for-Free-Press-Release-Distribution-Service – Big List of Free Press Release Distribution Services & Help

http://www.mybizhomepage.com/ – MyBizHomepage.com- Free financial tools for business

http://www.nttc.edu/ – Robert Byrd National Technology Transfer Center (Gov. technology to be rolled out to civilians)

http://www.officehours.vc/ – OfficeHours.VC (15 min feedback from Josh Kopelman)

http://www.ogdencity.com/en/doing_business/business_assistance.aspx – Ogden City’s Business Assistance – Ogden City

http://www.oneupweb.com/ – Oneupweb- Search Engine Marketing Tools

http://www.oq.lassonde.utah.edu/ – U of U Entrepreneur Center

http://www.patentstorm.us/ – Patentstorm.com – U.S. Patents Search

http://www.perfectbusiness.com/ -

http://www.sba.gov/starting_business/index.html – SBA.Gov – Gov Info Portal For Starting Own Business

http://www.slcc.edu/mbic/index.asp – SLCC – Miller Business Resource Center

http://www.slenterprise.com/testhome.html – The Enterprise – Business Publication for the Wasatch Front

http://www.smallbizbooks.com/cgi-bin/SmallBizBooks/index.html – SmallBizBooks.com – Books For Small Businesses

http://www.spanishwaves.com/ – Spanish Waves – UT Spanish Marketing Help

http://www.startupwheel.com/ – StartupWheel Home – Incubator Program

http://www.techstars.org/ – TechStars » Funding and Mentorship from the #1 Startup Accelerator in the World

http://www.utah.edu/uec/index.htm – Utah Entrepreneur Challenge

http://www.utah.edu/uees/Edison/Edison_home.html – Edison Conference Info

http://www.utah.gov/business/ – Business – Utah.gov – Main Page for Starting a Business

http://www.utahbusiness.com/events.php – Utah Business Magazine – The Magazine for Decision Makers

http://www.utahfirstfridays.org/ufforg1/ – UtahFirstFridays.org

http://www.utahpolicy.com/ – UtahPolicy.com – Politics, Govmt, and happenings in Utah

http://www.utahsbdc.org/ – Utah Small Business Development Centers

http://www.utahtechcouncil.org/ – Utah Technology Council

http://www.uvef.net/ – Utah Valley Entrepreneurial Forum Home

http://www.vator.tv/ – A place to pitch your entrepreneur idea

http://www.venturecapital.org/ – Wayne Brown Institute

http://www.wtcut.com/ – World Trade Center Utah

http://www.zionsbancorporation.com/zionsbank/insight.html – Zions Bank Insight Newsletters

http://www.zionsbank.sbresources.com/ – Zions Bank – Business Resource Center

http://ycombinator.com/ – Y Combinator – Incubator Program

https://secure.utah.gov/bes/action/index – Utah Dept Of Commerce – Business Search

https://secure.utah.gov/osbr/municipalities.html – Local Municipality Business Registration Offices