Entrepreneurship  Tags: bus_636 bus_471/661 business_plans venture_capital vc porter_five_forces industry_analysis competition market_segmentation  

Are you suited to be an entrepreneur? 
Take the Entrepreneurship Test and find out if you have what it takes to success in a business of your own. 

Inc.com's podcasting series.

WSJ.com Small Business podcasts

These sites contain a wealth of information for exploring and implementing initiatives, including checklists, how-tos, etc.   

More Business.com
Great source for forms, templates, etc. for planning, starting up, and marketing your business. Check out the industry niche-specific business plan templates.

SCORE
Known as the site of "Counselors to America's Small Business," SCORE contains a wealth of free and confidential small business advice for entrepreneurs. Don't miss the extensive list of free resources to turn for additional information, templates, business quizzes to make sure you are on right track, and articles.

Startup Biz
Great site. Covers incorporation, financing, protection, marketing, operations, and governance. Bonus content includes links by state for access to forms, etc. critical to doing business in that state.

Inc.com Start Up
How-To guides, articles, tool and recommended resources. Inc's Resource Center includes additional content that may prove useful.

The Entrepreneur (The Kaufman Foundation)
This page does a nice job of incorporating articles, how-tos and templates not found on other sites.

WSJ.com Startup Journal
Check out the weekly podcasts.

Industry Magazines
The following magazines are must reads for keeping up with the entrepreneurship industry and interests

Entrepreneur Magazine  - Solutions for Growing Businesses

Fast Company

Inc.

Red Herring