Resources

CIE tools

• CIE simple business outline (doc), a one-pager template for an executive summary
• CIE simple financial model (xlsx), can almost fit in a ppt slide deck. Includes standard financial statements, a reality check and blend of valuation models
• Simple capitalization table (xlsx), example of how and when equity is sold
• Ric Richardson's simple capitalization table
• CIE Mentoring Guidelines

News

• The Startup Digest
• Venture Beat
• Tech Crunch
• On Startups
• Business Insider War Room

Business development & industry information

• AusIndustry, grants and initiatives information
• Australian Bureau of Statistics
• Australian Business Foundation
• Trade and Foreign Investment Development agency
• Regional government's promotion of industry and investment

Local networking events & conferences

• Silicon Beach Australia, bringing the Australian technology community together

• SydStart, startup businesses meet talent, investors and startup partners

• Tech23, offers 23 of the best innovative companies a five-minute timeslot to show off their business model to an audience of 400+ potential investors, mentors, entrepreneurs and customers

• Mobile Monday, an open community that promotes the local mobile industry, fosters co-operation and networking among industry people and their companies by providing opportunities for personal and virtual contacts

• Pitch Club, a forum to Pitch ideas to quality advisors and business angels with tools and templates to manage and syndicate ideas
• Pollenizer, building and investing in web businesses in Australia

Workshops

• NSW Enterprise Workshop, a mentor-based business development program designed to help motivated people grow an existing business or start-up a new business
• Australian Technology Showcase identifies innovative, market ready Australian technologies with global market potential, and provides support through seminars, networking and showcasing to local and international markets

Angel/Seed investment & mentoring sources

• StartMate, helping technically focused founders get started
• Sydney Angels, providing capital for innovative, high-growth, early stage businesses based in Sydney

Outsourcing production or services

• Alibaba, directory of manufacturers, suppliers, exporters and importers
• Global Sources, directory of manufacturers, suppliers, exporters and importers

• oDesk, hire, manage, and pay a distributed work team as if everyone were in your office
• Elance, hire and manage workers online
• Guru Employer, find freelancers at the world's largest online marketplace
• DesignCrowd, graphic design services
• Freelancer, outsourcing for small business

Software as a Service

• Salesforce, CRM and cloud computing

• ZohoCRM, affordable on-demand CRM software

• SAASU, online business software

Academic centres

• Centre for Entrepreneurial Management and Innovation, virtual centre run by Dr Tim Mazzarol
• Center for Entrepreneurship and Innovation (CEI), created to teach, coach and inspire students to be entrepreneurial in their lives, the center provides students the tools and experiences necessary to creatively pursue new opportunities and innovations in the start-up, social, and corporate venture arenas
• Entrepreneurship, Commercialisation and Innovation Centre (ECIC), aims to stimulate innovation through its entrepreneurship, commercialisation and project management research, teaching, and community engagement activities

Social innovation sites

• The Academy of Business in Society, a unique alliance of companies, business schools and other institutions committed to putting business in society issues at the heart of management theory and practice
• Centre for Social Impact, bringing together the business, government, philanthropic and third (not-for-profit) sectors, in a collaborative effort to build community capacity and generate social innovation

Other resources

• Club Kidpreneur, for kids who want to go into business, make some money and have fun along the way
• Wired Magazine Media Kit example including issues printed, read, reader demographic, ad rates