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; |