Resources

We have vetted countless startup resources and pulled out what we consider to be the best materials to help you achieve your startup goals.

Startup Business Plan

• Business Plan
  • How to Write a Winning Business Plan
  • How to Structure a Business Plan
  • How to Write a Great Business Plan
  • Business Plan Basics
  • Writing a Business Plan
• Marketing
  • Marketing in a Competitive Environment 
• Financial
  • Startup Expenses
  • Opening Day Balance Sheet
  • Balance Sheet Template
  • Break-even Analysis Template
  • 12 Month Cash Flow Statement

Research Your Business Ideas

• Library Resources
  • ABI/Inform Complete
  • Business Source Premier
  • IBISWorld
  • Mergent Online
  • PsycINFO
  • RMA eStatement Studies
  • SimplyMap
  • American Time Use Study
  • Consumer Expenditure Survey
  • Census
• National Resources
  • Kauffman Foundation
  • U.S. Commercial Service Country Commercial Guides 

Launching Your Business

• Launch Your Business
  • How to Start a Business in California
  • Ventures that Change Lives
  • Startup-California
  • Incubators and Workplaces
• Pitch to Investors
  • Pitch Guidelines
  • 8 Mistakes Entrepreneurs Make When Pitching To Investors
• Fund Your Company
  • 10 Ways to Finance Your Business
  • Get Funded! An Idiot’s Guide to Mastering the Venture Capital Game
  • Venture Deals: Be Smarter Than Your Lawyer and Venture Capitalist
  • National Venture Capital Association
  • 12 Tips on Raising Venture Capital for your Startup
  • Southern Cal VC Firms
  • CaliforniaAngelFirms
  • SBIR-NSF
  • SBIR/STTR-NIH
• Accelerators
  • SoCalAccelerators
  • Kickstarter
  • Indiegogo
  • Lighter Capital

Other Resources

• Fundraising References
  • Brad Feld’s Term Sheet Series
  • Investopedia
  • Frank Demmler Resources
  • Series AA Equity Financing Documents
  • Venture Capital Deal Algebra
  • What is a Pre-money and Post-money Valuation?
  • Pre Money Valuation
  • Financing Your Startup
• Legal Help
  • Top Ten Legal Mistakes Made by Entrepreneurs
  • 5 Legal Tips for Small Businesses and Startups
  • startupPerColator
  • Startup Company Lawyer
  • The Venture Alley
  • Counselor @ Law
  • The Only Wrong Answer Is 50/50: Calculating the Co-Founder Equity Split
  • Interactive Legal Glossary
  • Guide to Internet Law
• IP, Patents, and Trademarks
  • The United States Patent and Trademark Office
  • Google Patents
  • IP Litigation Update
• Taxes
  • IRS Small Business and Self-Employed Tax Center
  • Starting a Business
  • Stop Overpaying on Taxes