Helpful Directories
Helpful Directories: I have spent a fair amount of time over my career searching for the right sources of help or detailed information about the services I needed. So, as a shortcut, I have developed some directories, especially in fields of finance and other services. They are simple, focused kind of yellow pages for founders.
In my opinion, there is little more valuable to an entrepreneur than to be quickly able to find the right list of locations, tools, and service bureaus, at the moment it’s needed most. Internet searches are great, but often very time consuming, especially to find the particular things you’re looking for. My hope is that you’ll find this collection of Directories useful and time saving.
At the same time I hope that you will be willing to let me now if your find resources not listed, or if you have fine screen information which may help others in your situation, to find exactly the focus they need.
Here are the Directories that Venture Founders has developed so far. There are necessarily incomplete because the Internet, magic though it is, does not always yield all the answers, and we have attempted to cover all the States. So please tell me (will@venturefounders.com):
- of any entries that we have missed, and
- any details you would like to see added
- new directories you suggest we should add
- any errors you spot.
Current List of Helpful Directories
Directory of Funding for Female Founders—USA Growing Sources of Finance for Women-led Startups
Mission Driven and Purpose Capital Directory—USA Seed & Venture Capital Committed to Social Progress
Coworking Directory—USA Better Than Working from Home + Networking with Other Founders
Maker and Hacker Spaces Directory—USA Community Workspaces for Creative and Technical People
Equity Crowdfunding Directory—USA Not All Crowdfunding Sites Can Be Used for Raising Capital
