Entrepreneurship, Entrepreneur, Enterprise

EWEB: The Entrepreneurship Website of SLU/JSCES
The Saint Louis University site on resources for entrepreneurship education is definitely one of the earliest web site dealing with entrepreneurship education and very likely one of the best. Of particular interest are the EWEB WWW How-To Guides for Entrepreneurs and the EWEB Topical links in Entrepreneurship.

My Own Business
My Own Business is a nonprofit organization dedicated to providing free training and resources to aspiring entrepreneurs. Their website includes a free, complete and in-depth online course on starting up a business. Excellent site. Although the course is free, you have to pay if you would like a textbook version or a completion certificate.

Youth Resource Network of Canada - Self-Employment
This Canadian site on self-employment for young people provides directions on where to go to find information on how to start your own business, obtain financial resources and prepare a business plan. A truly excellent site. This site disappeared due to site restructuration. With some difficulties I found the new location. It is not as good as initially but still very useful

Global Entrepreneurship Monitor
The Global Entrepreneurship Monitor (GEM) research program is an annual assessment of the national level of entrepreneurial activity in more than 30 countries. Full global reports for each participating country can be downloaded as well as a National Summaries report which provides information on three key issues: the level of entrepreneurial activity , specific national features, and key issues surrounding entrepreneurship in each country. Excellent site with very interesting reports. Do not miss the 2004 report on financing which reviews and assesses the state of financing for entrepreneurs and their ventures around the world.

EUROPA Entrepreneurship
The European Commission's objective is to promote successful entrepreneurship and to improve the business environment for SMEs, to allow them to meet the challenges faced in today's knowledge-based economy to realise their full potential. This page on promoting entrepreneurship and SMEs presents their policy framework and corresponding action plan. The green paper on entrepreneurship and the entrepreneurship action plan are particularly interesting.

OCRI Entrepreneurship Centre
The Entrepreneurship Centre is an initiative of OCRI ( Ottawa Centre for Research and Innovation) a partnership organization between business, education and government. It is dedicated to helping Ottawa entrepreneurs make educated decisions about starting and growing their businesses.The services provided are divided in three main areas: thinking of starting a business, starting a new business, up and growing an existing business. Very useful site even though it is focused mostly on Ottawa entrepreneurs. Do not miss the frequently asked questions and the free business tutorials.

Réseau Entrepreneuriat
The "réseau Entrepreneuriat " is an university network from "Agence Universitaire de la Francophonie (AUF)" regrouping more than fifty researchers from various francophone universities and business schools in fifteen countries. Its site enables to disseminate information on the network activities. Do not miss the section on documents, the list of entrepreneurship links and most of all the very good "guide de l'entrepreneuriat" which can be downloaded (mostly interesting for Quebec residents).

Agence Pour la Création d'Entreprises (APCE)
As part of the french government national policy for enterprise creation, APCE's mandate is to ensure entrepreneurship development through the promotion of new enterprises. A very good site for those interested in enterprise creation.

Canadian Centre for Social Entrepreneurship
Housed at the University of Alberta, the Canadian Centre for Social Entrepreneurship (CCSE) is the result of a partnership between the volontary sector, government and business. Its objective is to build the foundations necessary to encourage entrepreneurial approaches to social innovation. Interesting site on a subject of growing popularity and importance. The publications section is quite rich and interesting. Do not miss the discussion paper on social entrepreneurship.

Global Entrepreneurship Institute
Describing itself as "the world's first comprehensive online business intelligence service for global entrepreneurs, e-business planners and students of global entrepreneurship" this non profit organization focuses on issues in entrepreneurship and the management of small, growing and emerging firms in a global arena.Do not miss the extensive set of links.

Consortium for Entrepreneurship Education
The Consortium for Entrepreneurship Education champions entrepreneurship education and provides advocacy, leadership, networking, technical assistance, and resources nationally across all levels and disciplines of education, promoting quality practices and programs. The site provides materials and resources for teachers, instructors, program developers and others who help students of all ages find their own entrepreneurial opportunities. Do not miss the Guide to Resources and Models for Entrepreneurship Education.

The Kauffman Foundation: Youth Development and Entrepreneurship
A Foundation which works towards the vision of self sufficient people in healthy communities. Programs in Entrepreneurship Education, Center for Entreprenarial Leadership, Youth Development and Entrepreneur Training Institute. Very interesting

Center for Rural Entrepreneurship
The primary goal of the Center for Rural Entrepreneurship is to be the focal point for efforts to stimulate and support private and public entrepreneurship development in communities throughout Rural America. The site includes a library which provides interesting documents in addition to a number of entrepreneurship tools to help those in the field identify and support their entrepreneurs. Very interesting site. Do not miss the Rural Entrepreneurship News.

Fondation de l'Entrepreneurship
Since 1980, the «Fondation de l'Entrepreneurship» has been working towards two main goals: promoting entrepreneurship as the best means to settle the employment problem in Québec, and producing educational tools for the benefit of entrepreneurs and the people who assist them. Interesting site. Do not miss the "Centre de documentation".

US Association for Small Business and Entrepreneurship
The United States Association for Small Business and Entrepreneurship (USASBE) is the US affiliate of the International Council for Small Business (ICSB). Its mission is to advance knowledge and foster business development through entrepreneurship education and research. Most of the information is available only to paid members with the exception of white papers which can be downloaded and which are very interesting. Do not miss the excellent paper Women entrepreneurs, an overview of research and theory.

Entrepreneuriat
This site, developed by Thierry Verstraete, is dedicated to research on entrepreneurship, mostly francophone, and includes resources useful for researchers working on various aspects of the entrepreneurship phenomena. Researchers in entrepreneurship will find lots of interesting material throughout the site despite the difficulties in navigating the site. Do not miss the section on links.

Entrepreneurship Research Alliance
The Entrepreneurship Research Alliance (ERA) is a multi-disciplinary and multi-university research project based at the University of British Columbia (UBC) in Vancouver, British Columbia. Its objective is to understand why some firms grow while others stagnate or go out of business. The site includes quite a number of research papers and publications which can be downloaded.

EntreWeb: Selected Entrepreneurship Web Sites
Compiled in 1997 as part of a class project at Iowa State University this site provide a list of selected web sites that would be useful to entrepreneurs. Each site is briefly described and commented. A simply designed but quite good site. I particularly liked the sections on business plans and on new ideas and patents.

Center for Entrepreneurial Leadership Clearinghouse on Entrepreneurship Education
The Center for Entrepreneurial Leadership Clearinghouse on Entrepreneurship Education (CELCEE) identifies sources of information on aspects of entrepreneurship education at every level -- K-12, postsecondary, nonprofit organizations and societies, commercial organizations, and small business development centers. Great for identifying documents locations through the CELCEE database but contains very few on-line documents with the exception of a few digests.

EDTEC Home Page
An Entrepreneurship Web Site focusing on Youth Entrepreneur Training. Of interest is the New Youth Entrepreneur Curriculum which is presented in twelve modules

The Journal of Developmental Entrepreneurship (JDE)
Published by Norfolk State University the Journal of Developmental Entrepreneurship (JDE) provides a forum for the dissemination of descriptive, empirical, and theoretical research that focuses on issues concerning microenterprise development among economically disadvantaged groups. In developed nations, the economically disadvantaged are usually minorities and women, while in less developed nations the economically disadvantaged can be the majority of the population.An interesting initiative which has just started.

Woodstock Institute
Woodstock Institute is a non profit organization which promotes reinvestment and economic activity in low and moderate income communities and focuses on home mortgage lending and credit for small business development. Mostly Chicago focused but a few interesting links to others resources