Venture Capital is a relationship business... and when it comes to relationships; no one is more connected than the guys at WMC. 
– Len Brody,
Co-CEO, NowPublic,
Best Selling Author

Wise Words: The Book

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Wise Words: Lessons in Venture Capital & Entrepreneurship

It is Still Who You Know!

Use a Rifle, Not a Shotgun, When Hunting Venture Capital

Networking as a Factor of Commercial Evolution

The Double Dip: How to Build Once, Sell Twice and Make Money Three Times

Think You Can Talk Like a VC? Don't Be Such a Blowfish

Clamo, Ergo Sum (I Pitch, Therefore I Am)

What a VC Wants

The Direct vs. Channel Sales Debate

The Talent Triangle

The Cup, the Wallet & the Sword: How starting a buinsess is like starting a family; and how to choose your partner for either

The Power of a Pictogram

Ready for a First Date With Your VC?

14 First-Date Questions Investors Will Ask

Leverage Your Board

Business Jiu-Jitsu

the 5 Worst Things to Say to Investors

The 10 Ways Start-ups are like Marriage

Exit next Left: Preparing for M&A

Turning Silver into Gold: How to know if your idea has merit

Enterprise 2.0: The Future of Big Business

The 5 Books Every Founder Should Read

Everything I learned about business, I learned from the Green Lantern

Articles of Interest by Others

How to shake the money tree

Where to go when the bank says no

Keys to the capital

5 Keys to Getting Cash

Hope vs. Experience

Boot Camps Drill for Gold

Templates & Guides

BDC's Business Plan Template

BDC's Financial Statements Template

Ernst & Young Business Plan Guide

Ernst & Young's Outline for a Business Plan

OCRI Business Plan Workbook

Primaxis's Template for Seed Stage Business Plans

Ventures West Business Plan Template

WMC's Executive Summary Structure

Recommended Resources

Interactive Business Plan – for those looking for assistance getting started

Know Yourself Quiz - for those considering starting a business

BDC’s Are you ready? – Quiz for startups

Canadian Venture Capital Association

American Venture Capital Association

Canadian Venture Forum – Canada’s national financing forum

Toronto Venture Group

IBDNetwork - Silicon Valley’s Premiere Spot for Startups

The Wall Street Journal’s Centre for Entrepreneurship

Red Herring – the VC magazine

Business 2.0 magazine

Paul Gilligan – where to go to get infographix custom made