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This page represents a portion of the resources that are available. To view the full guide, please download it using the link below.
Updated: 07/29/10
Resources below are listed in alphabetical order.
Boulder County Community Action Program
3482 N. Broadway
Boulder CO 80304
303 441 3975
http://www.co.boulder.co.us/cs/cp/programs.htm
Personal Investment Enterprise (PIE)
An Individual Development Account Program for Boulder CountyIndividual Development Accounts are matched savings accounts. It is a partnership between Boulder County Community Action Programs and Foothills United Way. We provide matched savings in a ratio of 4:1. A person can save up to $750 and we provide $3,000. It is for small business and we qualify people according to their income and assets. In addition to the savings, the person needs to attend a financial fitness training and the Micro Business Development Corporation ABC's training. The good thing is that the person does not need to pay back.
Boulder County Small Business Development Center
2440 Pearl Street
Boulder, CO 80302
http://www.bouldersbdc.com
303-442-1475 ext. 3
Scope of Services:
- Free and confidential one-on-one business counseling
- Practical 3-4 hour workshops
- Leading Edge Entrepreneurship and Business Plan Course
- Connection to Business Resources - people (including financing sources) and tools
- Multicultural Initiatives
Colorado Small Business Development Center (SBDC)
OFFICE OF ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT
1625 Broadway, Suite 170
Denver, CO 80202
Phone: 303-892-3864
Fax: 303-892-3848
http://www.state.co.us/oed/sbdc
CTEK Longmont
2400 Trade Centre Ave.
303-678-8000
http://www.cetk.biz
Maintains a list of over 700 business advisors. Contact them if you are looking for someone with a specific skill set
Denver Small Business Development Center
303-620-8076
http://www.denversbdc.org
SmallBizU Free Online Training
The Denver Metro Small Business Development Center (SBDC) is now offering the largest selection of free online training for small business owners and entrepreneurs. SmallBizU is the first online academy created especially for the education and training needs of small businesses and entrepreneurs.
Longmont Public Library
409 4 Av & Emery
Longmont, CO 80501 - 5507
They have a good selection of books on business related issues, including writing a business plan, valuing a business and a large selection of business plans from various types of businesses.
Longmont Free University
http://www.longmontfreeu.com
303-702-1500
Offers courses in Quicken and other business related topics.
Mi Casa Resource Center for Women Inc.
360 N Acoma St
Denver, CO 80223 - 1167
303) 539-5597
Small Business Administration
http://www.SBA.gov
SBA Training Resources
The SBA provides small business training and counseling through a variety of programs and resource partners, located strategically around the country.Small Business Development Centers(SBDCs)
http://www.sba.gov/sbdc/sbdcnear.html
This training resource is a cooperative effort of the private sector, the educational community and federal, state and local governments. It is SBA's largest resource partner and an initiative that enhances economic development by providing small businesses with management and technical assistance. There are more than 1,100 SBDC lead and service centers located around the country.SCORE
http://www.score.org/
The SCORE Association (Service Corps of Retired Executives) is a resource partner of the SBA dedicated to entrepreneur education and the formation, growth and success of small businesses nationwide. There are more than 10,500 SCORE volunteers in 389 chapter locations who assist small businesses with business counseling and training. SCORE also operates an active online counseling initiative.Women's Business Centers (WBCs)
http://www.sba.gov/womeninbusiness/wbcs.html
Women's Business Centers represent a national network of more than 80 educational centers designed to assist women start and grow small businesses. WBCs operate with the mission to level the playing field for women entrepreneurs, who still face unique obstacles in the world of business.The Small Business Training Network (http://www.sba.gov/ed/) sponsored by the Office of Entrepreneurial Development, is a virtual campus housing free training courses, workshops and knowledge resources designed to assist entrepreneurs and other students of enterprise.
Free Online Courses: (http://scoredenver.org/workshops.htm)
- Starting a Business
- Business Management
- Financing a Business
- Marketing & Advertising
- Webinars
SCORE
721 19th Street, 4th Floor, Room 426
Denver, Colorado 80202
303-844-3985 ext. 213
score62@scoredenver.orgSCORE
Career Development Center
1200 South Sunset St.
Longmont, CO 80501
303-682-1071Highly acclaimed series of business startup workshops SCORE relates to your anxieties; we have been there before.
- Starting your own business - start right, run right, grow right
- Advice from the experts - banking, tax, organization
- Promote your business - advertising, Internet, customer retention
- The business plan - turn your ideas into results
- Selling for Success and Survival
Economic Gardening was built on a foundation of cutting edge thinking by economists and researchers all over the country. For those interested in an entrepreneurial approach to economic development, with a strong grounding in the roles that innovation and ideas, complexity, temperament and industry clusters play in the new economy, we recommend the following people, books, and institutions:
THE NEW ECONOMY
People
- Paul Romer (Stanford, Graduate School of Business)
- Brian Arthur (Stanford, Economics Department)
- Anna Lee Saxenian (University of California at Berkeley, City and Regional Planning)
- Michael Porter (Harvard, Business Administration)
- David Birch (Arc Analytics)
- Paul Krugman (Professor, Stanford, Economics Department)
Books
- The Wealth of Nations — by Michael Porter
- Regional Advantage: Culture and Competition in Silicon Valley and Route 128 — by Anna Lee Saxenian
- Increasing Returns and Path Dependence in the Economy — by Brian Arthur
Institutions
- United States Association for Small Business and Entrepreneurship — Fosters business development through entrepreneurship education and research.
- Edward Lowe Foundation — championing the entrepreneurial spirit.
- Corporation for Enterprise Development — Fosters widely shared and sustainable economic well being.
- Milken Institute — Helping public policy leaders implement innovative ideas for prosperity.
- Babson College — Arthur M. Blank Center for Entrepreneurship.
- Ewing Marion Kauffman Foundation — Encouraging entrepreneurship across America.
- National Dialog on Entrepreneurship — To improve awareness of the value of entrepreneurship.
- Progressive Policy Institute — Fashioning a new agenda for public innovation geared to the Information Age.
- Thriving Hometowns Network — Models of successful small town development.
- Center for Rural Entrepreneurialship — Helping rural America realize its entrepreneurial potential.
- W.K. Kellogg Foundation — To help people help themselves.
Media
- Inc. Magazine
- Fast Company Magazine
- Business 2.0 Magazine
- Wired Magazine
COMPLEXITY
People
- John Holland
- Kevin Kelly
- Stuart Kauffman
- Michael Rothschild
- Murray Gell-Mann
- Margaret Wheatley
Books
- Complexity: The Emerging Science at the Edge of Order and Chaos — by Mitchell Waldrop
- Bionomics: Economy As Ecosystem — by Michael Rothschild
- Hidden Order — by John Holland
- Complexity: Life at the Edge of Chaos — by Roger Lewin
- Artificial Life: The Quest for a New Creation — by Stephen Levy
- Out of Control: The Rise of Neo-biological Civilization — by Kevin Kelly
- At Home in the Universe — by Stuart Kauffman
- Navigating Complexity: the Essential Guide to Complexity Theory in Business and Managment — by Arthur Battram
- A Simpler Way — by Margaret Wheatley
- Linked: The New Science of Networks — by Albert-Lazlo Barabasi
- Harnessing Complexity: Organizational Implications of a Scientific Frontier — by Robert Axelrod
- Nexus: Small Worlds and the Groundbreaking Science of Networks — by Mark Buchanan
- The Quark and the Jaguar — by Murray Gell-Mann
Institutions
- Santa Fe Institute — Multi-disciplinary collaboration pursuing emerging science
- Plexus Institute — Engaging the self organizing principles of nature
TEMPERAMENT
Books
- Please Understand Me — by David Keirsey and Marilyn Bates
- Gifts Differing — by Isabel Briggs Myers
- The Character of Organizations — by William Bridges
- Temperament and Type Dynamics — by the Temperament Research Institute
Institutions
- Center For Psychological Type
- Temperament Research Institute