CAPS Pathfinder: entrepreneurship (small biz, start ups, )

entrepreneur c. Pol. Econ. One who undertakes an enterprise; one who owns and manages a business; a person who takes the risk of profit or loss. Oxford English Dictionary

Help from your University Librarians

Entrepreneurship http://www.lib.uchicago.edu/e/busecon/guides/entre.html Business and Economics Library Subject Guide. This is an excellent guide to the librarys holdings, finding books and articles, information about other campus resources, and internet links. Highly recommended. Start here! http://abacus.bates.edu/career/webxe/index.html The Office of Career Services at Bates College offers this comprehensive guide to entrepreneurship for those with a liberal arts background. Entrepreneurship & Start-Ups http://gsbwww.uchicago.edu/gleacher/library/entrepreneur.pdf Fisher Library Industry Guide. Valuable guide to information sources.

In the CAPS Library. Look for books with BLUE spine labels marked entre and/or bus.
Crains Chicago Business. (See below for online access information). Entrepreneur Magazine Fast Company (magazine). Not Just a Living: The Complete Guide to Creating a Business That Gives You a Life. Henricks, Mark. Perseus. The Small-Business Start-Up Guide: A Surefire Blueprint to Successfully Launch your own Business. Root, Hal. Sourcebooks. Soul Proprietor: 101 Lessons from a Lifestyle Entrepreneur. Pollack, Jane. Crossing Press. Starting a Business in Illinois. Illinois Small Business Office. Vault Guide to Starting Your Own Business. Vault. What No One Ever Tells You About Starting Your Own Business: Real Life Start-Up Advice from 101 Successful Entrepreneurs. Norman, Jan. Upstart. WetFeet Industry Insider Guides: 1. Nonprofits for Profit (The WFP Guide to Social Entrepreneurship). 2. Zero to Sixty: First-Person Entrepreneurship.

Other Campus Resources

Entrepreneurship Program (GSB). http://gsbwww.uchicago.edu/research/entrep/ Office of Technology and Intellectual Property http://uctech.uchicago.edu/inventors/overview.shtml Works to assess the commercial potential of new ideas, disseminate new ideas, and to generate revenues for research and education. Alumni Careers Network https://alumniservices.uchicago.edu/Careers/ Find dozens of University of Chicago alums who have started their own businesses. These alums have volunteered to talk with others in the University community about their experiences.

Some Selected Internet Resources

Chicagoland Entrepreneurial Center http://www.chicagolandec.org/CEC/default_content.asp Crains Chicago Business http://www.chicagobusiness.com/cgi-bin/portal.pl?id=47 Small and Family Business resources. Entrepreneur .com http://www.entrepreneur.com Online home of Entrepreneur Magazine. EntreWorld: A World of Resources for Entrepreneurs http://www.entreworld.com/ From the Kaufman Foundation. Tools, links, articles, e-mail newsletter. Inc.com http://www.inc.com/home/ Inc magazine online. Advice, resources, top 500, and more. http://www.startupjournal.com/ StartUp Journal The Wall Street Journal Center for Entrepreneurs. Tools, how-tos, columns, ideas, e-mail alerts on entrepreneurial issues, and excellent articles.

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