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Wise Words: The Book |

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
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
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
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