Starting a Business
The Central New York area is becoming a focal point of entrepreneurial activity. There is an abundance of resources to assist the budding entrepreneur.
Listed below are some links to organizations that can help you get started.
The Tech Garden has a substantial resource center devoted to providing start-up
assistance. The Tech Garden Resource Center provides a readily indexed
and web available list of entrepreneurial resources and publications.
The Tech Garden Entrepreneurial Resources List
Web Sources That Would be Helpful to Entrepreneurs
Websites that either have articles, how-to guides, templates for business plans, invoices, etc and many have links to other entrepreneurial resources or help pages. (Note: These resources are all bookmarked and resident on the computers located in the STG Resource Center and available for your use at any time.)
- eVenturing: The Kaufmann Foundation
Guide to growth for entrepreneurs. (Links to catalogued articles of websites containing: personal strategies, funding sources, research and development guides) - Small Business Dictionary
Dictionary of thousands of small business terms - SCORE
Counselors to America's Small Businesses. (Events, articles, advice, templates, how-to's, and hundreds of links to other business advice and resources.) - Start Up Journal
The Wall Street Journal's Center for Entrepreneurs.
News, how-to's, info on financing, franchising, as well as other links, etc. - Morebusiness.com
News, templates for business plans, how to's, tools, financial calculators, etc. - NY Loves Small Business
News, info on starting and managing a small business in NY - VC Fodder
Entrepreneurial resources from other entrepreneurs, books, articles, etc. - NY Small Business Center
For NYC businesses, but many of the articles on development and entrepreneurship still apply - Youngmoney.com
Business Plan basics, software advice, etc. - Startupnation.com
Helpful articles, how-to's, discussions, etc. - Small Business Development Center @ OCC
Helpful information from our friends at OCC - US Small Business Administration
Resources for small businesses from the US government - Benefit Specialists NY
Navigating the Health Care System- off of Tech Garden website - Center for Business Planning
Business plan guidelines, resources, consultants, competitions, hundreds of links and other business resources etc. - Inc.com Startup Center
Resources for startups, including news - Onstartups.com "A Community for Entrepreneurs"
Insights from fellow entrepreneurs, books for reading, etc. - American Management Association
Management training, corporate solutions, e-newsletters, paid and free resources. - Center for Economic Growth
Organization working to promote growth in the Tech Valley business region. - New York's Tech Valley
Tech Valley resources, etc. - Cayenne Consulting
Consultants, but have a lot of info and links to resources, especially business plans, articles, do's and don'ts, etc. - Entrepreneur Career Guide
Checklists, templates, forms for taxes, business calculators and articles dedicated to starting small businesses. - Tech Crunch
Website listing hundreds of new Web 2.0 companies that can give ideas for new companys, or lend a hand to companies that need their services. - New York Business Development Corporation
Providing innovative loans to small businesses. - Business Owner's Idea Café
Business planning, tip sharing, etc. - Businesstown
Links to resources in a number of categories including legal, marketing, managing, sales, finances, associations, etc. - Strictly Business Sites
Advertising, marketing, banking, legal info. - Zero Million
Entrepreneurship articles - Free Management Library
The Free Management Library provides extensive how-to management information to managers -- particularly those with very limited resources. - Online Women's Business Center
This interactive business skills training web site is dedicated to helping entrepreneurial women to realize their goals and aspirations for their personal and professional development. - WISE
Resources and help from other women entrepreneurs; Wise-Women is aworld-wide, online community of web designers, developers and programmers. - SATOP- Space Alliance Technology Outreach Program
FREE service designed to provide technical assistance and speed the transfer of space technology to the private sector. - Falcone Center for Entrepreneurship at Syracuse University
Online Database Resources
Resources that provide information either on companies and their specifics or databases with articles and journals from hundreds of magazines and newspapers.
- Hoover's
- Database of corporate information including information on specific industries, executive contact information, subsidiary information, corporate structures, and financial information.
- Can be paid for with each report, or there are 4 different subscription options based on the level of information you would like to access. - OneSource
- In-depth company profiles similar to the information found on Hoovers.
- Subscription based - ZapData
- Database for identifying specifics of companies in specific areas.
- Useful sales to other businesses, prospects for mailing lists, and gaining business information such as market segmentation.
- Subscription or individual report pricing. - Thompson-Gale
- Information research source for libraries and businesses.
- Full text of magazine and newspaper of 600 databases that are published online, in print, as eBooks and in microform
- Free Trial, but then subscription based. - Lexis-Nexis
- Subscription-based for coporate resources.
- Solutions for legal counsel, marketing, public relations etc.
- Over 5 billions articles searchable online. - Factiva
- Provider of business information to companies worldwide.
- $69.95 annual subscription, or $2.95 per document or picture viewed. - Northern Light
-Single Point Market Research, business and enterprise search engines, etc.
-Subscription based but not sure how much - Thomas Net
- Information on industrial companies.
- Subscription based, but not completely, you can still search without a subscription - New York Online Virtual Electronic Library- Business and Company Resource Center
- Access to financial overviews, articles, etc.
- Also has newspaper archives
- Can be accessed through a library, or with a New York State Driver's license. - PR Newswire
- Online database for Press Releases from companies all over the world as well as business news. - RBA- Rochester Business Alliance
- Esstential Connections for the Rochester Area.
Avaiable News RSS Feeds
News feeds that come automatically to your computer
Go to Newsgator.com to access the news feeds.
Username: Techgarden
Password: Techgarden
- Reuters Small Business
- Business Wire News Feeds
- Choose news from multiple industries. - Google News Feeds
- BBC Business News
- NPR Business News
- New York Times Business
- CNN Money
- And a host of others.
News Sources for Entrepreneurial and Small Business News
- Business Week
- Reuters
- BBC Business
- Yahoo Business
- NPR Business
- New York Times Business
- CNN Small Business
- Fox News Small Business
- PC Magazine
- Forbes
- Smart Money.com
- ABC News Small Business
- Smart Business Online
- Topix.net
- Smart Biz.com
- Red Herring
- Nano Business Alliance
- The Industry Standard
- BizJournals
- CNBC
Funding Sources
This encompasses funding source guides, Angel Funds, Venture Capital sources as well as websites with databases of funds.
- eVenturing.com
Kaufmann Foundation Links to raising money in developments, public offerings, etc. - Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation
- Edward Lowe Foundation
- Gaebler Ventures
Links to venture capital and angel funds in New York and across the country. - National Venture Capital Association
- Links to firms and smaller associations. - Upstate Venture Association of New York
- Rochester Angels Network
- Tech Valley Angel Network
- Funding Post.com
- Postings for venture capital - Allbusiness.com
- Angel Investment articles - New York Angels.com
- Business Finance.com Resources etc.
- SBIR grants from the Federal Government, applications, criteria, etc.
- Vfinance.com
- List of Venture Capital Resources - Angel Capital Association
- Lists of Angel investors. - PSEPS Venture Capital and Private Equity Directory
- Garage.com
- Early stage seed money for technology ventures. - Edison Venture Fund
- Fund for the mid-Atlantic states - American Venture Magazine
- Small Business Investment Corporations
- List of SBIC's in each state, provided by American Express - NYBDC
- New York Business Development Corporation - Greater Syracuse Business Development Corporation
Government Resources that may be helpful to entrepreneurs
- nystar.org
- US Small Business Administration
- Business.gov
- Compliance information, etc. - US Department of Commerce
- Trade laws, etc. - US Chamber of Commerce Small Business Center
- Tools kits, etc. - IRS
- EDGAR
SEC filings for companies, public information - National Association of Development Companies
- Companies certified by the SBA to provide funding under SBA504 loan program. - Better Business Bureau
- Know who you're doing business with - NYSERDA
Empire State Development Corporation
List of all Periodical Subscriptions in the Business Intelligence Center
See attached sheet for publications we subscribe to, as well as their renewal dates and costs.
Periodicals Subscriptions that should also be included
- Fast Company Magazine ($9.97 for 10 issues)
- Inc. Magazine ($10 for 12 issues)
- MIT Tech Review ($19.97 for 6 issues)
- American Venture Magazine ($19.95 for 5 issues)
Available Technology and Entrepreneurial Newsletters
- Infoworld
- Free weekly and monthly newsletters, delivered to your e-mail on IT infrastructure, emerging technology, government regulations, etc.
- Choose which newsletters you wish to subscribe to. - MIT Tech Review e-newsletters
- Daily Emerging Technologies Update plus weekly updates on specific industries, such as nanotech, etc. - Gaebler Ventures
- Entrepreneurial vision newsletter, free e-mail sign up - Entrepreneur.com
- Free e-books on Technology, Sales and Marketing, Starting a Business, etc. - Zero Million
- Free Entrepreneurship Newsletter
