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Also be sure to check out the monthly Ann Arbor New Tech Meetup
(the calendar feeds into ours), and the Ann Arbor Startup blog...
Inspiration
- http://techcrunch.com
- http://startuphive.org
- http://ycombinator.com/ideas.html
- open-source - scratch your own itch, find a niche
Background
- http://www.bothsidesofthetable.com/on-entrepeneurship/
- http://ycombinator.com/lib.html
- http://www.grellas.com/faq_business_startup.html
- http://gettingreal.37signals.com/
- http://venturehacks.com/archives
- http://www.startupcompanylawyer.com/
- http://sophisticatedfinance.typepad.com/sophisticated_finance/Startup.html
- http://ecorner.stanford.edu/
- http://personalmba.com/
- http://startupschool.org/
- http://www.pragmaticmarketing.com/
- http://sequoiacap.com/ideas/
- http://whohastimeforthis.blogspot.com/2006/01/startup-stuff-for-entrepreneurs.html
- http://altgate.com/
- http://startuptools.pbworks.com/
- http://platformsandnetworks.blogspot.com/2009/11/compilation-of-webs-best-advice-for.html
- http://www.score.org/template_gallery.html
Blogroll
- http://friendfeed.com/nivi
- http://founderresearch.blogspot.com/
- http://blog.pmarca.com/
- http://gigaom.com/category/foundread/
- http://nesheimgroup.typepad.com/my_weblog/
- http://www.avc.com/a_vc/
- http://www.feld.com/blog/
- http://www.paulgraham.com/articles.html
- http://startuplessonslearned.blogspot.com/
- http://steveblank.com/
- http://www.unionsquareventures.com/
- http://www.venturehacks.com/
- http://www.thefunded.com/
- http://startupcfo.ca/
- http://onstartups.com/
- http://www.firstascentventures.com/blog/
- http://www.burningdoor.com/askthewizard/
Facilities
- The Tech Brewery - a community of technologists, entrepreneurs, and startups
- http://workantileexchange.com/ - Workantile Exchange at 118 S. Main Street.
- SPARK incubators - Central (downtown), North (wetlab), East (Ypsi)
- Brickyard - shared office for some marketing/design companies downtown
- A2 MechShop - shared technical space for entrepreneurial engineers
Technical Co-founders
- http://www.quicksprout.com/2009/11/04/finding-the-right-business-partner/
- http://www.unionsquareventures.com/2007/08/hiring_a_vp_of.html
- http://socalcto.blogspot.com/2007/12/acting-cto-role-in-start-up.html
- http://startuplessonslearned.blogspot.com/2008/09/what-does-startup-cto-actually-do.html
- http://www.feld.com/wp/archives/2007/10/cto-vs-vp-engineering.html
- http://www.inter-sections.net/2008/09/03/technology-recruitment-in-an-early-start-up
Early-stage funding
- http://blog.guykawasaki.com/2006/01/the_art_of_boot.html
- http://www.techcrunch.com/2009/08/23/the-funded-publishes-ideal-first-round-term-sheet/
- http://www.angelblog.net/The_One_Page_Term_Sheet.html
- http://www.feld.com/wp/archives/2009/02/techstars-model-seed-funding-documents.html
- http://ycombinator.com/seriesaa.html
- http://www.sachinagarwal.com/quick-compare-and-contrast-of
- http://swooshing.wordpress.com/2009/03/19/startup-seed-raising-skillzzz/
- http://www.indexventures.com/approach/index/category/8
Local Funding
One day, maybe programs like TechStars, TechRanch, YCombinator, YEurope, Seedcamp, Capital Factory, Shotput Ventures, DreamIt Ventures, LaunchBox Digital, etc. ...
until then
Pre-/Seed, Early Stage
- Angelsoft
- Amherst Fund
- Michigan Universities Commercialization Initiative
- UM Frankel Fund
- Wolverine Venture Fund
- SPARK Pre-seed fund
- RPM-10
- GLEQ
- Michigan Growth Capital Symposium
- Michigan Initiative for Innovation & Entrepreneurship
- Momentum
- North Coast Technology Investors
- Venture Investors
- Ann Arbor Angels
- Grand Angels
- Great Lakes Angels
- First Angels
- Traverse Angels
- Bank of Ann Arbor Technology Industry Group
- Michigan 21st Century Jobs Fund
Other Local Resources
- http://cfe.engin.umich.edu/inventors
- http://cfe.engin.umich.edu/investors
- http://www.annarborspark.org/growth-expansion/additional-business-resources/
- http://www.zli.bus.umich.edu/resources_research/
- http://www.bus.umich.edu/cvp/events_and_programs/
- http://www.gvsu.edu/misbtdc/region12/
Connections
- M-Powered Entrepreneurial Opportunities Day
- SPARK / ZLI Mingle & Match
- New Enterprise Forum helping entrepreneurs attract the resources they need to succeed for more than two decades
- Michigan Innovators
- Annual Collaboration for Entrepreneurship - Meeting of innovators, entrepreneurs, and business leaders driving to build new ventures
- Michigan Growth Capital Symposium - where financiers meet the 'Best of the Midwest' in new businesses and emerging technologies
Comments (2)
Nov 14, 2008
Dug Song says:
It might be interesting to break out another category here for non-diluting, ear...It might be interesting to break out another category here for non-diluting, early stage investment opportunities of the kind the state and some University groups are offering (some of the competition/bounty/challenge programs). Please, if you've had experience with any of these, feel free to comment here (maybe anonymously) on your experience.
For instance, I know some entrepreneurial engineering students are frustrated by the requirement of some B-school funds to have a B-school student apply - I'm not sure if the gift arrangement behind these can be changed, but maybe there are other ways to meet MBA students to make this work?
Feb 19, 2009
Anonymous says:
In Stockholm, Sweden we have a school of "entrepreneurship" (www.sses.se) that i...In Stockholm, Sweden we have a school of "entrepreneurship" (www.sses.se) that is a joint initiative between the leading universities within each "major field" (medicine, engineering, economics & art/crafts/design) where students from all of the member universities can meet students majoring in other fields and discuss entrepreneurship and also start new ventures. This might be something that would work for your dilemma Dug.
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