Resource Links
| Fairfield | |
| Balmer & Nelson Van Mersbergen Accountants | (641) 472-4773 |
| Central Valley Bank | www.centralvalleybank.com |
| Evergold Marketing | briant@lisco.com |
| Fairfield Accounting Services | (641) 472-6655 |
| First National Bank of Fairfield | www.fnbfairfieldiowa.com |
| Full Partner | www.FullPartner.com |
| Iowa State Bank and Trust | www.isbff.com |
| Libertyville Savings Bank | www.libertyvillesavingsbank.com |
| Lisco | www.lisco.com |
| Mid-West Engineering Voice Mail | (641) 470-2700 |
| The Alternative Board - John Viviano | rassoc@lisco.com |
| Total Selling Systems | www.TotalSelling.com |
| Iowa | |
| Cedar Rapids Entrepreneur Development Center | http://www.edcinc.org/ |
| New Business Ventures Accelerator - Davenport | KKudrna@DavenportOne.com |
| Iowa Department of Economic Development | http://www.state.ia.us/ided/ |
| Pappajohn Entrepreneurial Center - Iowa City | http://www.iowajpec.org/ |
| River Hills Initiative | http://www.area15rpc.com/ |
| Essman Associates - Public Relations and Market Research | www.essmanassociates.com |
| Education | |
| Kaufmann Center for Entrepreneurial Leadership and Clearinghouse for Entrepreneurial Education | http://www.celcee.edu |
| Center for Rural Entrepreneurship | http://www.ruraleship.org |
| National | |
| Portola Strategies - Corporate Identity and Strategic Planning | www.PortolaStrategies.com |
| CEO Express | www.CEOExpress.com |
| Sohodojo.com | http://www.sohodojo.com |
| International | |
| Far Eastern Econ Review | http://www.feer.com |
| International Incubator | http://www.internationalincubator.com/ |
| Legal | |
| American Patent and Trademark Law Center | http://www.patentpending.com/ |
| US Patent and Trademark Office | http://www.uspto.gov/ |
| General Resources/Research | |
| Entreworld (Kaufman) | http://www.entreworld.org/ |
| Entrepreneurial Resource Center | http://www.startupuniversity.com |
| Draper Fisher Jurvetson Entrepreneur Resources | http://www.drapervc.com/resource.html |
| Netpreneur Exchange | www.netpreneur.org/ |
| BizTech Network – research site | http://www.brint.com/ |
| Silicon Valley Small Business Development Center | www.siliconvalley-sbdc.org/ |
| National Business Incubation Association | http://www.nbia.org/ |
| National Small Business Organization | http://www.nvca.org/ |
| Iowa Venture Finance | |
| AAVIN Equity Partners | www.aavinvc.com |
| Ag Ventures Alliance | www.AgVenturesAlliance.com |
| Ames Seed Capital Fund | dmaahs@ameschamber.com |
| Cedar Valley Ventures Fund | www.jpec.org |
| Eastern Iowa Angel Investors | dschwab@avalon.net or |
| Emerging Growth Capital Fund | gbarcus@emerginggrowthgroup.com |
| Equity Dynamics Inc. | kinley@pappajohn.com |
| Great River Capital, LLC | www.greatrivercapital.com |
| Iowa First Capital Corp | achristoffersen@cmanco.com |
| Moramerica Capital Corp./ MACC Private Equities Inc. | 319-363-8249 |
| Hopewell Ventures | www.hopewellventures.com |
| North Iowa Venture Capital Fund LLC | putnatim@niacc.edu |
| Venture Network of Iowa | entrepreneurialassistance@ided.state.ia.us |
| Wellmark Community Ventures Funds | david-hensley@uiowa.edu |
| Venture Finance | |
| Capital Connection | http://www.capital-connection.com |
| List of major VC firms | http://www.capitalventure.com/ |
| Money Hunter | http://www.moneyhunter.com/ |
| National Venture Capital Association | http://www.nvca.org/ |
| VC Resource Directory | http://www.vfinance.com/ |
| vCapital | http://vcapital.com |
| Venture One’s Entrepreneurial Center | http://www.ventureone.com/ |
| Wayne Brown Institute | http://www.venturecapital.org |
| Consulting Resources | |
| eLance | http://www.elance.com |
| Garage.com - smalll business resource | http://www.garage.com/ |
| Guru.com | http://www.guru.com |
| Business Publications | |
| Inc Magazine | http://www.inc.com/ |
| Fast Company | http://www.fastcompany.com/ |
| The Industry Standard | http://www.thestandard.com/ |
| Entrepreneurial Edge Magazine | http://www.edgeonline.com/ |
| Entrepreneur Magazine | http://www.entrepreneurmag.com/ |
| Business 2.0 | http://www.business2.com/ |
| Upside Magazine | http://www.upside.com/ |
| Forbes Magazine | http://www/forbes.com/ |
| Business Week | http://businessweek.com/ |
| Fortune | http://pathfinder.com/fortune/ |
| Wall St Journal Start-Up Center | http://startup.wsj.com/ |
| Success Magazine | http://www.successmagazine.com/ |
| Organizations | |
| Small Business Administration | http://www.sbaonline.sba.gov/ |
| Joint Venture Silicon Valley Network | http://www.jointventure.org/ |
| Foundation for Enterprise Development | http://www.fwe.org/ |
| Forum for Women Entrepreneurs | http://www.fwe.org/ |
| The Enterprise Network | http://www.ten-net.org/ |
| A World of Resources for Entrepreneurs | http://www.entreworld.org |
| Harold Price Center for Entrepreneurial Studies, UCLA | http://www.anderson.ucla.edu/research/esc/EntrResour.html#Resource |
| Where Small Business is the Big Idea | http://www.makingittv.com |
| Champions of Small Business | http://www.allbusiness.com |
| Socially Responsible Business | |
| Corporation for Enterprise Development | http://cfed.org/ |
| Community Wealth | http://www.communitywealth.org/ |
| Roberts Enterprise Development Fund | http://www.redf.org |