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Financing the Future of Entrepreneurship
Videos
Articles
- Finance Your Business: U.S. Small Business Administration provides an overview of Venture Capital.
- How Investors Make Better Decisions - by Steve Blank
Opportunities at Cal Poly
- Cal Poly Small Business Development Center (SBDC)
- Center for Innovation and Entrepreneurship (CIE)
- Innovation Sandbox
- Elevator Pitch Competition
- Startup Marathon
- The Hatchery
- Innovation Quest (iQ)
- Hackathon
- Incubator Program
- Summer Accelerator Program
Opportunities in the Community
- SLO HotHouse
- SLO Seed Ventures
- SLO MakerSpace
- SLO Chamber of Commerce
- Leadership SLO
- Business and Entrepreneurship Center at Cuesta College (BEC)
Programs and Courses
- AGB 308 – Introduction to Agribusiness Finance
- AGB 310 – Agribusiness Credit and Finance
- BUS 301 – Global Financial Institutions and Markets
- BUS 310 – Introduction to Entrepreneurship
- BUS 405 – Joint Ventures and Alliances
- BUS 406 – Managing Mergers, Acquisitions and Divestitures
- BUS 436 – Entrepreneurial Finance
- BUS 451 – New Product Development and Launch
- BUS 452 – Product Management
- BUS 453 – Digital and New Media Marketing
- BUS 488 – Planning and Managing New Ventures
- COMS 301 – Business and Professional Communication
- COMS 322 – Persuasion
- GRC 338 – Web Development and Content Management
- GRC 339 – Web Design and Production
- GRC 421 – Production Management for Print and Digital Media
- IT 326 – Product Design and Development
- Agribusiness Minor
- Economics Minor
- Industrial Technology Minor
- Integrated Marketing Communications Minor
Student Groups
- Agribusiness Management / National Marketing Association Club (ABM/NAMA)
- American Marketing Association (AMA)
- Consulting Club
- Cal Poly Entrepreneurs
- Economics Society
- Financial Management Association
- Ignite Club
- Investment Banking Society
- Liberal Arts and Engineering Studies Club
- Mobile App Development Club
- Net Impact Club
- White Hat
- Women in Business Association
Internships
- Angellist.com
- Kleiner Perkins Caufield Byers fellowship
- Thiel Fellowship
- 500 Start ups Accelerator
- Silicon Valley Bank
- Y Combinator Fellowship
- LinkedIn VC jobs
Information and Insights into the Profession
- A Day in the Life of a Venture Capital Intern
- My Internship in Venture Capital
- 7 Summer Lessons from Working in Venture Capital
- Example of an Investment Memo for YouTube
Professional Groups, Conferences, and Associations
- Private Equity, M&A, and Venture Capital Investments
- Startup Grind
- Launch Fest
- Draper University
- Girls in Tech
- The Hustle
- Techstars
- Start-up Podcast
Articles and Resources
- The 25 Top VC Firms - by Kira Newman, written for Tech.co
- VC 100: The Top Investors in Early-Stage Startups - by Tanya Benedicto Klich, written for Entrepreneur.com
- Top 10 Crowdfunding Websites - by Sally Outlaw, for Entrepreneur.com
- Top 100 Crowdfunding Sites in the United States, Europe, Asia, South America, Africa and other Global Markets in 2015 - by Robert Hoskins for the blog Crowdfunding PR, Social Media & Marketing Campaigns
- The Top 10 Venture Capital Investors In The World: Midas List 2016
- 5 Emerging Crowdfunding Companies - by Ilya Pozin for Forbes.com
Jobs, Salaries and Career Paths in Venture Capital
Since scoring an entry-level role in VC can take many forms and require a certain amount of resourcefulness, here are a few articles to give you some ideas on where to begin.
- How to Break Into Venture Capital - by Brian DeChesare for Mergers & Inquisitions
- What’s the Best Way to Break into Venture Capital? Check out NextGen Partners' FAQs page.
- What are unconventional ways to get an entry-level job at a venture capital firm? Find out in this Quora answer written by Crystal Huang, and featured on Fortune.com.
Check these listings
- angel.co (search for Venture Capital)
- Indeed: Venture Capital Jobs