Directory of Entrepreneurship Resources

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Entrepreneurship involves the study of the process of starting new businesses, and the factors that affect their success or failure. Sites in this category focus on academic research and assistance programs devoted to entrepreneurship.

Resources in This Category

• Arthur M. Blank Center for Entrepreneurship - Babson College

  http://www.babson.edu/Academics/centers/blank-center/Pages/home.aspx
  Focus: enhance entrepreneurship education and practice worldwide through teaching, outreach, and research initiatives

• Baylor University: Center for Entrepreneurship

  http://www.baylor.edu/business/entrepreneur/
  Developing and perpetuating the entrepreneurial spirit through education and outreach programs

• Center for Innovation - Univ. of North Dakota

  http://www.innovators.net/
  Focus: assistance for technology entrepreneurs, innovators, and manufacturers interested in starting new ventures, commercializing new products, and licensing new technologies

• Center for Innovation and Entrepreneurship - Santa Clara University

  http://www.scu.edu/business/cie/
  The Leavey School of Business focuses on teaching, research, mentoring, forums and conferences regarding the creation and management of innovation and entrepreneurial ventures.

• Connect

  http://www.connect.org/
  Focus: San Diego-centric entrepreneurism - University of California at San Diego.

• Dingman Center for Entrepreneurship - University of Maryland

  http://www.rhsmith.umd.edu/centers-excellence/dingman-center-entrepreneurship
  Focuses on facilitating, supporting, and encouraging entrepreneurship and new enterprise growth throughout the Mid-Atlantic region.

• Ewing Marion Kauffman Foundation

  http://www.kauffman.org/
  Focuses on entrepreneurship and on education, with Kansas City serving as an incubator for academic programs. Describes funding guidelines, past initiatives, and publications.

• Global Consortium of Entrepreneurship Centers (GCEC)

  http://www.globalentrepreneurshipconsortium.org/
  Nonprofit brings together leading entrepreneurship centers at business schools to promote improvements in curriculum, research and collaborative projects.

• Innovation and Entrepreneurship Group - Imperial College London

  http://wwwf.imperial.ac.uk/business-school/research/innovation-and-entrepreneurship/
  Focuses on assisting and encouraging entrepreneurs to attain their goal of self-employment through the creation of new and exciting businesses.

• James L. Clayton Center for Entrepreneurial Law

  http://law.utk.edu/centers-clinics/clayton-center/
  Focuses on improving the training of transactional lawyers through the University of Tennessee College of Law curriculum.

• JMI - The Jim Moran Institute for Global Entrepreneurship

  http://business.fsu.edu/jmi/
  located at Florida State University

• Lester Center for Entrepreneurship & Innovation - UC Berkeley

  http://entrepreneurship.berkeley.edu/
  Focus: study and promotion of entrepreneurship and innovation in management and new enterprise development

• Midwest Entrepreneurial Education Center - Ball State University

  http://cms.bsu.edu/Academics/CentersandInstitutes/EntrepreneurshipCenter.aspx
  Focuses on helping Midwest entrepreneurs by offering relevant educational programs and activities.

• Saint Francis University - Small Business Development Center

  http://francis.edu/small-business-development-center/
  Offers consulting services related to start-up to small businesses in the southern Alleghenies region.

• Samuel Zell & Robert H. Lurie Institute for Entrepreneurial Studies

  http://www.zli.bus.umich.edu/
  Program at the University of Michigan Business School.

• Stanford Center for Professional Development

  http://scpd.stanford.edu/
  Provides advanced instruction to working professionals worldwide.

• The Berkley Center for Entrepreneurship & Innovation - NYU

  http://www.stern.nyu.edu/experience-stern/about/departments-centers-initiatives/centers-of-research/berkley-center/
  Provides undergraduate and graduate courses as well as research in the field.

• Wharton Entrepreneurship

  http://entrepreneurship.wharton.upenn.edu/
  Focuses on global research, learning and outreach to entrepreneurs both within existing organizations and via independent start-ups.

• Wharton Small Business Development Center

  http://whartonsbdc.wharton.upenn.edu/
  Provides research and business assistance to small businesses in the greater Philadelphia region.

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