Resources

Advanced Technology Development Center (ATDC) – The ATDC is part of Georgia Tech's Enterprise Innovation Institute and is a science and technology incubator that helps Georgia entrepreneurs launch and build successful companies.

Biz Journals – Biz Journals provides business information on various local Southeast markets via daily emails and online resources.

CED (Council for Entrepreneurial Development) – The CED is a private, non-profit organization that helps identify, enable and promote high-growth, high-impact entrepreneurial companies in Research Triangle and North Carolina.

Florida Venture Forum - The Florida Venture Forum is a non-profit support group providing Florida-based entrepreneurial companies with technical assistance and identifying sources of venture capital.

Iconocast - Iconocast is an International Multimedia News Agency, providing news on science, health, technology and psychology to its readers. 

Local Tech Wire – As part of the WRAL Channel 5 (Raleigh, NC) website, Local Tech Wire is devoted to covering high tech and life science in the Carolinas and Georgia.

Nashville Health Care Council – The Nashville Health Care Council promotes the continued growth of Nashville's healthcare industry by fostering a supportive operating environment for existing, start-up and relocating healthcare businesses.

National Venture Capital Association – NVCA is the venture capital industry's source for advocacy, networking, professional development and reliable and timely information.

StartupLounge.com - StartUpLounge.com is a not-for-profit organization that supports the investment process in the development of emerging high-growth companies in Georgia and the Southeastern United States.

Swamp Fox Community – Swamp Fox provides news and resources and connects people and companies in the entrepreneurial community.

TechJournal South – TechJournal South provides information on the technology and biotech community in the Southeastern United States. The site provides free daily updates to subscribers via their ewire newsletter service. 

TechLINKS - TechLINKS shows the latest Georgia and Atlanta Technology community announcements, news and press releases along with Community Events calendar submissions and ads from their sponsors.

Technology Association of Georgia (TAG) – TAG promotes the economic advancement of the Georgia’s technology industry and brings the technology community together through events, initiative programs and networking opportunities.

VentureWire – VentureWire by Dow Jones provides fee-based daily news and analysis of key developments of private capital firms, venture-backed companies, and the people who manage and finance them.

RECOMMENDED READING

The Founder's Dilemmas: Anticipating and Avoiding the Pitfalls That Can Sink a Startup (Kauffman Foundation Series on Innovation and Entrepreneurship) by Noam Wasserman

 

Beyond Entrepreneurship: Turning Your Business into an Enduring Great Company by James Collins and William C. Lazier

The Startup Game: Inside the Partnership between Venture Capitalists and Entrepreneurs by William H. Draper and Eric Schmidt

Growth Company Guide 4.0 by Clinton Richardson

Raising Capital - When You Don't Have A Silicon Valley Address by Keith Herndon

Keep Swinging - An Entrepreneur's Story of Overcoming Adversity & Achieving Small Business Success by Jay Myers with Darren Dahl

If You Build It Will They Come? by Dr. Rob Adams

Venture Capital:  A Practical Guidebook for Business Owners, Managers and Advisors by Daniel H. Aronson