RESOURCES
BUSINESS PLAN
FUNDRAISING
How to Raise Money – It’s a Journey Not An Event
Tapping the Military Opportunity with Bobby Mack (by Blue Startups)
The Ultimate Guide to Raising Startup Capital
LAW AND INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY
Business Law Corps Website
Restart Hawaii Webinar Series (Business Law Corps)
Google Patent Search
Intellectual Property Workshop (video)
Michelson Institute for Intellectual Property
Ten Things You Need to Know to Protect Your Company and Brand (video)
LEAN METHODOLOGY
Business Model Canvas Overview
Business Model Canvas
Conducting Customer Discovery Interviews with Steve Blank
Mission Model Canvas
Customer Interviewing Advice: Customer Dev Labs
Running Lean
Steve Blank’s Startup Tools and Blog
True Product Market Fit is a Minimum Viable Company
Udacity: How to Build a Startup: The Lean LaunchPad
Value Proposition Canvas
PITCHING
Black Design 150 Second Pitch Tool (Beta)
How To Create A Great Investor Pitch Deck For Startups Seeking Financing
Seven Components of a Powerful Pitch
The 10/20/30 Rule of Powerpoint
The only 10 slides you need in a pitch
RESEARCH
Business Research Guides, UH Mānoa Library
eMarketer
UH Library Online Databases (log in required)
IBIS World (Industry Information Database)
SICCODE
U.S. Census Data
SimplyAnalytics Database (Data Demographics)
U.S. Department of Commerce
SUPPORT ORGANIZATIONS
Hawaii Small Business Development Center Network
Oahu Business Connector
Small Business Administration
Y Combinator Startup Library
TEAM BUILDING
UH RESOURCES
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