Entrepreneurship Resources


Resources on Entrepreneurship, Startups, Innovation, and More

List created and curated by Gregg Vanourek (@GVanourek)

Business Models & Modeling

 

Business Plans

 

Competitions and Cups

Leadership Derailers Assessment

Take this assessment to identify what’s inhibiting your leadership effectiveness. It will help you develop self-awareness and identify ways to improve your leadership.

 

Corporate Innovation and Intrapreneurship

 

Creativity, Innovation, and Ideation

 

Design Thinking

 

Disruptive Innovation and Innovator’s Dilemma

Alignment Scorecard

When organizations aren’t aligned, it can reduce performance dramatically and cause frustration and dysfunction. With this Alignment Scorecard, you can assess your organization’s level of alignment and make plans for improving it.

 

Entrepreneurship and Startups (General)

 

Finance, Crowdfunding, and Venture Capital

 

Founder Matchmaking

 

General & Other Resources

Personal Values Exercise

Complete this exercise to identify your personal values. It will help you develop self-awareness, including clarity about what’s most important to you in life and work, and serve as a safe harbor for you to return to when things are tough.

 

Incubators and Accelerators (sampling by country)

  • Australia: ATP Innovations
  • Brazil: Pipa
  • Canada: Bootup Labs, Empowered Startups, WUTIF
  • Denmark: Startup Bootcamp, Dare2Mansion
  • Egypt: Flat6Labs
  • Europe: DO School (Europe & U.S.), EUXCEL accelerator SpeedUpEurope
  • Finland: Startup Sauna, Inventure
  • France: Paris Incubateurs, iSource
  • Germany: Seedcamp, New Commercial Room
  • India: The Morpheus, TLabs, Seedfund, Aavishkaar
  • Ireland: Startup Bootcamp
  • Israel: JAL Ventures, Cedar Fund
  • Kenya: iHub, NaiLab
  • New Zealand: The IceHouse, Sparkbox
  • Philippines: PhiLabs
  • Singapore: Seed Accelerator, Get2Volume, Incuvest, Red Dot Ventures
  • Spain: Startup Bootcamp, Business Booster
  • *Sweden: see list here
  • Uganda: Appfrica Labs, HiveColab
  • U.K.: Seedcamp, Level 39, TechStars London
  • U.S.: Y Combinator, TechStars, 500 Startups, Unreasonable Institute, DO School (Europe & U.S.)

 

Leadership and Culture

Leadership Derailers Assessment

Take this assessment to identify what’s inhibiting your leadership effectiveness. It will help you develop self-awareness and identify ways to improve your leadership.

 

Lean Startups and Customer Development

 

Mind Mapping and Brainstorming

 

Personal Development Resources 

(curated list of the best resources, books, and podcasts on personal growth, self leadership, and life design)

Take the Traps Test

We all fall into traps in life. Often we’re not even aware of them. Check out these common traps of living to see what’s inhibiting your quality of life and fulfillment.

 

Presenting and Pitching

 

Social Entrepreneurship Resources

(curated list of the best resources and books on social entrepreneurship and social innovation)

 

Resources for Sweden Startups and Social Enterprise