ENTREPRENEURS

ENTREPRENEURIAL RESOURCES

Before submitting your business plan, we recommend that you do research to maximize your potential for success. It is highly recommended that you do research to determine what capital options are available and how best to prepare to have success raising money.
The New York Angels sponsors an educational series that is open to investors and entrepreneurs. In order to learn more about the next presentation go to: www.meetup.com/NY-Angels

The following is a list of books, links and articles compiled by the New York Angels members.

4 Steps to the Epiphany by Steven Blank
Reality Check by Guy Kawasaki
Attracting Capital from Angels by Brian Hill and Dee Power
Term Sheets & Valuations - A Line by Line Look at the Intricacies of Venture Capital Term Sheets & Valuations by Alex Wilmerding
Venture Deals By Brad Feld
Definitive Guide to Raising Money from Angels by Bill Payne
The Seven Deadly Sins of Powerpoint Presentations
Angel Capital Association: www.angelcapitalassociation.org
Kauffman Foundation: www.kauffman.org
Entrepreneur Magazine: www.entrepreneur.com
Wilson and Sonsini www.wsgr.com Go to entrepreneurial services 
New York Angels Chairman David Rose video on pitching VC's:http://www.ted.com/talks/lang/eng/david_s_rose_on_pitching_to_vcs.html


New York City Start-Up Information

Tech Meetup: www.meetup.com/ny-tech/ 
Startup Digest: www.startupdigest.com 
Gary's Guide: www.newyork.garysguide.com/events


Early Investing Blogs

@jdrive : http://www.jdriv.com/feeds/posts/default 
AVC: http://feeds.feedburner.com/avc 
Adventures in Capitalism: http://chrisyeh.blogspot.com/feeds/posts/default 
Ben's blog: http://bhorowitz.com/feed/ 
Both Sides of the Table: http://feeds.feedburner.com/BothSidesOfTheTable 
Chris Dixon's blog: http://cdixon.org/feed/ 
Feld Thoughts: http://feeds.feedburner.com/FeldThoughts 
Jeff Clavier's Software Only: http://feeds2.feedburner.com/softtechvc 
Mashable!: http://feeds.mashable.com/Mashable 
MBAMondays: http://feeds.feedburner.com/soundcloud/mbamondays 
Mixergy - For ambitious upstarts and startups: http://feeds.feedburner.com/Mixergy-blog 
OnStartups: http://feed.onstartups.com/onstartups 
Paul Kedrosky's Infectious Greed: http://feeds.feedburner.com/InfectiousGreed 
PE Hub Blog: Venture Capital Deals: http://feeds.feedburner.com/pehub/blog/vcdeals 
Redeye VC: http://feeds.feedburner.com/redeyevc 
SAI: http://feeds.feedburner.com/typepad/alleyinsider/silicon_alley_insider 
SplatF: http://feeds.splatf.com/splatf 
Startup Addict Musings: http://feeds.feedburner.com/StartupAddictMusings 
Startup Lawyer: http://feeds.feedburner.com/thestartuplawyer 
This Week in TechStars - Video: http://feeds.feedburner.com/ThisWeekInTechstars-Video 
This Week in Venture Capital - Video: http://feeds.feedburner.com/ThisWeekInVentureCapital 
Thisisgoingtobebig.com: http://feeds.feedburner.com/thisisgoingtobebig 
Tim Bull: http://timbull.com/rss.xml 
Uncrunched: http://uncrunched.com/feed/ 
VentureBeat: http://feeds.venturebeat.com/Venturebeat 
WayTooEarly: http://feeds.feedburner.com/waytooearly