Resources & Useful Links
Dingman Center for Entrepreneurship is dedicated to facilitating, supporting, and encouraging new enterprise growth. One of the oldest original entrepreneur centers in the country, the Dingman Center at the Robert H. Smith School of Business, University of Maryland, has established itself as a national catalyst for entrepreneurship at the dawn of the twenty-first century.
EDGAR is a leader in the business information industry, specializing in the extraction, packaging and distribution of public company information contained in SEC filings.
MdBio, Inc. is a private, non-profit corporation that offers a variety of programs to advance the commercial development of bioscience in Maryland.
Maryland High Tech Council is a 501(c) (3) consortium of high technology firms, federal laboratories, education institutions and business support firms that collectively form the Maryland technology community.
MoneyTree is a quarterly study of venture capital investment activity in the United States. As a collaboration between PricewaterhouseCoopers, Venture Economics and the National Venture Capital Association, it is the only industry-endorsed research of its kind.
National Association of Investment Companies (NAIC) is the only industry association for investment companies dedicating financial resources to investment in an ethnically diverse marketplace.
National Association of Small Business Investment Companies is the voice of the small business investment community before Congress and the Administration, and is the oldest continuously operating organization of venture capitalists in the world.
National Commission on Entrepreneurship is a resource for anyone interested in entrepreneurship and public policy.
National Venture Capital Association is a member-based organization that represents the venture capital industry. Its membership consists of venture capital firms and organizations that manage pools of risk equity capital designated to be invested in young, emerging companies. Currently, the NVCA represents 400+ member firms, representing the majority of venture capital invested in U.S. based companies.
North Carolina Biotech Council is a private, non-profit corporation established in 1981 by the state's General Assembly. Its mission is to provide long-term economic benefit to North Carolina through support of biotechnology research, development and commercialization statewide.
Technology Advancement Program (TAP) is a dynamic environment for technology based start-up companies. Located on the University of Maryland College Park campus, TAP is at the center of activity for large and small companies in biotechnology, information technology, medical equipment, telecommunications, aerospace, electronics and environmental sciences.
VENTURE CAPITAL RESOURCES
- National Venture Capital Association
- National Association of Small Business Investment Companies
- National Association of Investment Companies
- Mid-Atlantic Venture Association
- Chesapeake Emerging Opportunities Club
- Private Investors Network - an angel network that brings together accredited investors and growing companies in the Mid-Atlantic region
- Venture funds for the active Angel Investor
- NIH SBIR/STTR Internet guide
- Advanced Technology Program (ATP)
- ATP Program Overview
- ATP Award Statistics (grouped by Industry)
INSTITUTIONAL VENTURE CAPITAL SOURCES
- The Dingman Center for Entrepreneurship, University of Maryland
- The Tech Council of Maryland
- MDBio, Inc
- Biosciences Business Interest Group
- North Carolina Biotech Council
- Montgomery County Department of Economic Development
- National Business Incubator Association website
- The TAP program at University of Maryland at College Park
Business Plans:
- Entrepreneurial Guidebook to Writing a Successful Business Plan
- Small Business Administration website provides information on programs for starting, financing or expanding a business
- The Business Plan - Road Map to Success: A Tutorial and Self-Paced Activity
- Information, services and advice for small business owners
Patent Information:
- U.S. Patent and Trademark Office - information on how to secure and search existing patents
- Licensing your Patent: An Overview
- Comprehensive A-Z listing of over 7200 financial terms
- Provides a dictionary of terms related to internet marketing
- Online dictionary of biotechnology terms
- Online finance glossary from Yahoo!
