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Levy-Rosenblum Institute Programs
Useful Resources
Academic
Company/Industry/Market Reports
Business Planning
Family Business
Marketing /Research Statistics
Minority Entrepreneurship
Search Engines
Small Business Supporting Organizations
Social Entrepreneurship
Venture Capital
Wholesale Information
Youth Entrepreneurship Resources Information
Academic
3E Learning - Shows teaching methods within Entrepreneurship that educators can use to teach their students about small business and new venture creation.
Academies of Entrepreneurship - A Levy-Rosenblum Institute for Entrepreneurship initiative in New Orleans, Louisiana
Academy of Entrepreneurship - An affiliate of the Allied Academies. provides the academic community with a forum for the discussion, publication and dissemination of research into the field of entrepreneurship.
Babson College - Recognized internationally for its entrepreneurial leadership in a changing global environment.
CELCEE Database - Contains materials on entrepreneurship education at all levels.
Consortium for Entrepreneurship Education - Helps people of all ages find their own entrepreneurial opportunities.
Harvard Business School - Online video clips of entrepreneurs. The video clips are free to watch, and are linked to cases and other helpful supporting materials.
SEE - Symposia for Entrepreneurship Educators
Company/Industry/Market Reports
Dun & Bradstreet - Information solutions for businesses
Entrepreneurship.gov - online resource to build economies and foster entrepreneurship worldwide
Fedstats - One stop shopping for Federal statistics
Hoovers Online Company Information - On-line business network
MarketGuide.com - Market Investor Guide
SEC.gov - U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission
Stat-USA - a service of the U.S. Department of Commerce, its a resource for the U.S. business, economic and trade community, providing authoritative information from the Federal government.
USATrade.gov - International commercial resources
Business Planning
Build A Business Plan
Business Planning - a guide for developing business plans
Entrepreneur Issues - The Electronic Journal for Growing Businesses
Entrepreneur Magazine
Fast Company
Global Entrepreneurship Institute (gCase.org) - Non-profit "open source" online resource for high tech entrepreneurs.
LSU New Venture Business Plan Competition
Netscape Netbusiness - Fortune Magazine-provided content for Small Businesses.
Spigit - Platform for launching emerging technologies
Success Magazine Magazine for Entrepreneurs
Tulane Business Plan Competition - The Tulane Entrepreneurs Association with assistance from Levy Rosenblum Institute provide an educational and supportive opportunity to present venture concepts before a panel of judges.
Family Business
eFamilyBusiness.com - educational resources for business-owning families and the professionals who serve them.
Family Business Magazine - a monthly magazine written exclusively for the owners and managers of family companies.
Family Firm Institute - an international professional organization dedicated to assisting family firms by increasing the interdisciplinary skills and knowledge of family business advisors, educators, researchers and consultants.
Inc. - Family-owned business resources for multi-generational companies and those just starting out.
Marketing/Research Statistics
BizStats.com
Demographics.com - provides American demographic statistics and market information
Fedstats - One stop shopping for Federal statistics
Greater New Orleans Community Data Center
Stat-USA - a service of the U.S. Department of Commerce, its a resource for the U.S. business, economic and trade community, providing authoritative information from the Federal government.
U. S. Bureau of Labor Statistics
U. S. Census Bureau - Information to help your research, service or product development.
Minority Entrepreneurship
Abetterchance.org - Since the founding of A Better Chance in 1964, its mission has rested on a single goal to substantially increase the number of well-educated minority youth capable of assuming positions of responsibility and leadership in American society.
Black Enterprise
CareerWomen.com - online career Q&A, links to women professional organizations and regional groups.
Collegiate Entrepreneurs Organization (CEO) - an organization dedicated to informing, supporting, and inspiring college students to be entrepreneurial and seek opportunity through enterprise creation.
Everything Black - Internet search engine.
ICIC - Promotes economic prosperity in America's inner cities through private sector engagement.
Louisiana Minority Business Council
Molis/Minority scholarships - This search service provides information about scholarship opportunities for qualified minority applicants.
National Women's Business Council - Information and links specifically focused on the woman business owner interested in doing business with the federal government.
Search Engines
CareerBuilder.com - nationwide job openings, plus practical career advice: interview tips, cover letter and resume writing tricks, and help with negotiating your salary
Collegeboard.com
Collegenet.com - College and financial aid information
Collegescholarships.com
CoolWorks.com - work opportunities at resorts, theme parks, and vacation areas
Embark.com - Serves everyone involved in the transition to higher education.
Fastweb.com - Sign-up for scholarship information online
Finaid.org
Free-4u.com - Scholarships, Grants, Fellowship, Awards and Funds News Magazine. Your most current scholarship Information completely free. Updated Daily.
GRIP Magazine - Internet resource for grants, loans, and financial aid listings for pre-college students. Harvard University Business School - A video archive that capture insights from leading members of the Harvard entrepreneurial community.
HeadHunter.net- Commercial bulletin board
Jobtrak - Opportunities for college students Monster.com - job openings, online career counselors, live chats, and an extensive database of employer profiles.
Petersons Education Directories
Scholarship Resource Network - search engine and database of private scholarships designed to assist students identify sources for undergraduate through postgraduate study.
Small Business Supporting Organizations
Access Louisiana - An economic development resource that offers business assistance
Arts Incubator/Arts Council of New Orleans
BioInnovation Center
Central Louisiana Business Incubator
Highland Entrepreneurial Center- portal to share advice and insight on the process of entrepreneurship, innovation and company building
IdeaVillage.org- A incubator and resource center for entrepreneurship
JEDCO Enterprise Center
Louisiana Business Incubation Association
LSU Small Business Development Center
Louisiana Business & Technology Center
Louisiana Technology Park
Louisiana Economic Development
Louisiana Works: Department of Labor - offers business resources and training
Metro/Regional Business Incubator
MicroEnterprise Development Alliance of Louisiana
NFIB - National Federation of Independent Businesses
NBIA - National Business Incubation Association
SCORE - Free online consulting for small businesses
Small Business Resource Network - Helpful advice from more than 100 small business & Internet experts
Univ of New Orleans Research & Technology Park
U. S. Small Business Administration
Social Entrepreneurship
Amazon Your Business- a guide to sustainable products from the forest and rivers of the Amazon. A must read for business persons, politicians, economists, students and anyone interested in the Amazon conservation, development cooperation, poverty alleviation and sustainable development.
Ashoka
Asset Building - Enables persons to accumulate and perserve long-term productive assets.
Center for the Advancement of Social Entrepreneurship - Duke University's center for the social entrepreneurship and offers great research tools to the social entrepreneur
CDVCA - trade association for the rapidly growing community development venture capital industry.
Community Wealth Ventures - Helps non-profit organizations and develops community investment strategies for corporations.
Echoing Green Foundation - provides fellowship to social entrepreneurs who are creating their own non-profit or community organization.
Foundation Strategy Group - an international consulting firm focused on the development of corporate social responsibility
Harnessing the Private Sector - A wonderful article supplied by the World Economic Forum
Idealist.org - Action without Borders connects nonprofit and community organizations.
Institute for Social Entrepreneurs
National Social Venture Competition
NFF Capital Partners - Helps non- profit organizations in receiving capital and placement services
Nextbillion.net
Program on Social Entrepreneurship - sponsored by Yale School of Management
REDF (Formerly the Roberts Enterprise Development Fund)
The foundation partners with a portfolio of San Francisco Bay Area nonprofit organizations to create jobs and training opportunities in social purpose enterprises.
School for Social Entrepreneurs
Schwab Foundation for Social Entrepreneurship
Social Edge - great resources provided by social entrepreneurs for social entrepreneurs.
Social Enterprise Alliance is a membership organization devoted exclusively to building sustainable nonprofits through earned income strategies.
Social Entrepreneurs of New Orleans (SENO) - diverse group that discuss the challenges facing the city and work collaboratively to identify solutions to the challenges
Social Innovation Conversations - an open and collaborative online platform for cross sector and multidisciplinary learning for a social change.
Social Venture Partners - programs centered on education, children and the environment.
Skoll Foundation
Stewart Satter Program - NYU supports new educational and research initiatives and fosters social venture creation.
World Economic Forum - An independent organization dedicated in engaging leaders across the world to form partnerships to shape the global, regional and industry agendas.
Yale Goldman Sachs Partnership on Nonprofit Ventures
Yale School of Management - Focuses on partnerships with non profit organization.
Venture Capital
Garage - Assists start-ups wishing to acquire funding.
National Venture Capital Association - Headquarters for the National Venture Capital Association
Red Herring - Site for Red Herring, which covers high tech venture capital. Online material is tailored more towards the VC community itself.
Social Venture Partners - programs centered on education, children and the environment.
Tech Capital - Online magazine dealing with venture capital
Upside - Electronic site for the Upside magazine that covers high tech venture capital network
Venture Capital Marketplace - List publicly traded microcap issues.
Wholesale Information
Consumer World - Buying guides, toll-free numbers, etc.
GiftWholesale.com - Wholesale products and suppliers.
ProductExpress - Browse the online catalog
Wholesale Central - Connecting retailers, wholesalers, and consumers
Youth Entrepreneurship Resources
eWeb
EcEdWeb - Economic Education Web
Economics America - National Council on Economic Education
LTBN - Entrepreneurial support community.
EDTEC - (Education, Training and Enterprise Center) Provides your entrepreneurs with training.
ERIC - Educational Resources Information Center
Junior Achievement - Community of opportunity creators for kids.
Kidsway - a new organization that specializes in entrepreneurship for youth. Check them out for materials, newsletters and training.
The Mint - Economic and entrepreneurial resources for Middle-School and High-School students, teachers and parents.
NFTE - National Foundation for Teaching Entrepreneurship
Oklahoma Entrepreneurship Institute
The School-To-Work Internet Gateway - Provides students with knowledge and skills that will allow them to opt for college, additional training, or jobs.
Young Americans Education Foundation - Created for young people interested in working for themselves
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