IA/LM 240 Social Entrepreneurship
Spring 2007

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RESOURCE LIST

There is a large amount of resources available on entrepreneurship, social enterprise and small business.  The following resources will help you get you started on creating your own list of resources relevant to your enterprise.  Some resources may be listed more than once depending on the categories that it fits.

Market Research
http://library.hampshire.edu/subjects/business.html
http://library.hampshire.edu/subjects/statistics.html
http://factfinder.census.gov/jsp/saff/SAFFInfo.jsp?_pageId=gt1_site_map
http://www.sba.gov/advo/research/

Definitions of Social Entrepreneurship
• Definitions of Social Entrepreneurship S.E. S07 Handout

Impact of Social Entrepreneurship
• “Philanthropy and the Nonprofit Sector in a Changing America” C.Clotfelter & T.Ehrlich Editors  1999  Indiana University Press, IN.
• “Managing a Nonprofit Organization in the Twenty-First Century”  Thomas Wolf  1999  Fireside,  NY.
• http://www2.defra.gov.uk/research/project_data/...
• http://www.resource-alliance.org/documents/Issue_14.pdf

Economics
“Naked Economics: Undressing the Dismal Science” Charles Wheelan 2002 W.W. Norton&Company, NY.

Enterprise Creation
“The Art of the Start” Guy Kawasaki  2004 Penguin Group, NY.
“Getting Started as a Entrepreneur: A Guide for Students”  2002  NCIIA  Hadley, MA.
• General info on enterprise creation - www.entrepreneur.com

Social Enterprise
“Managing a Nonprofit Organization in the Twenty-First Century”  Thomas Wolf  1999  Fireside,  NY.
“True to Yourself” Mark Albion 2006  Berrett-Koehler Publishers  San Francisco, CA.
“How to Change the World: Social Entrepreneurs and the Power of New Ideas”   David Bornstein
• The Institute for Social Entrepreneurs - http://www.socialent.org
• The Institute for Social Entrepreneurs, Books about Soc. Ent. - http://www.socialent.org/resources.htm

Enterprise Planning & Business Plans
“The Art of the Start” Guy Kawasaki  2004 Penguin Group, NY.
• Business Concept Plan  S.E. S07 Handout
• Umass Entrepreneurship Club web site.  www.entreclub.org

Presenting and Pitching Your Enterprise
“The Art of the Start” Guy Kawasaki  2004 Penguin Group, NY.

Funding & Fund Raising
“The Bootstrapper’s Bible” Seth Godin 1998 Upstart Publishing Company, Chicago, IL.
“Philanthropy and the Nonprofit Sector in a Changing America” C.Clotfelter & T.Ehrlich Editors  1999  Indiana University Press, IN.
• “Entrepreneur Magazine’s Financing Your Small Business: How to Raise the Money You Need”  1999 Entrepreneur Media, Irvine, CA.
“Financing Your New or Growing Business: Finding and Raising Capital for your Venture” Ralph Alterowitz & Jon Zonderman 2002 Entrepreneur Press  Irvine,

General Business Resources
• Small Business Administration  web site www.sba.gov
“Successful Small Business Management”  Leon A. Wortman 1978 AMACOM, NY.
“Good to Great” Jim Collins 2001 Harper Collins Publishers Inc. New York, NY.

Enterprise Case Studies
75 Best Business Practices for Socially Responsible Companies, Alan Reder 1995 G.P Putnam's Sons. New York.

Entrepreneurship Research
• Women In Business & Entrepreneurship - www.nfwbo.org
• General Entrepreneurial Research - www.kauffman.org
• Social Science Research - www.ssrn.com
• Demographics, Statistics and Markets - www.census.gov
• Small Business Administration  web site:  www.sba.gov

General Sites -
• http://www.defra.gov.uk/rural/social-enterprise/default.htm
• http://www.socialenterprisemag.co.uk/homepage.asp
• http://www.ssireview.org/...
• http://www.socialenterprise.org.uk/Page.aspx?FH=documents%2fmore_for_your_money.pdf
• A guide to social enterprise by the Coalition
• http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Social_enterprise;

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