WFS Entrepreneurship Network

Recommended Books

• Art of the Start
• Do More Faster: TechStars Lessons to Accelerate Your Startup
• Venture Deals: Be Smarter Than Your Lawyer and Venture Capitalist
• Free
• Predictably Irrational
• What’s Mine is Yours
• The Tipping Point
• For the Love of Cities
• Linchpin

• National Association of Venture Capital www.nvca.org

This is a site has a wide variety of useful information on the venture capital industry as well as a “template” set of model legal documents for venture capital investments put together by a group of leading venture capital attorneys. Model Venture Capital Financing Documents.

• AngelList angel.co

This is site that allows business to connect with a large set of angel’s and early stage VC’s

• Accelerators accelerato.rs  

The site allows for entrepreneurs to fill-out one form to apply for over a dozen startup accelerators using the Unified Seed Accelerator Application form. This means that you can apply to any number of the them with a single form, and then reuse that form to apply to other accelerator programs. In some cases, a few custom questions are also required for specific programs. Once you’ve submitted your applications, you can track the status there as well.

• The Kaufman Foundation www.kauffman.org

A organization devoted to teaching entrepreneurship and offering numerous programs to teach and train entrepreneurs.

• The Funded www.thefunded.com

A site devoted that allows users to rate interactions with venture capital firms. The site also has other various entrepreneurial resources and articles.

• Wahooly wahooly.com

• Chart Dragon chartdragons.com

A blog created by Doug Smith (’05) that has various information about raising money and other entrepreneurial topics.