Funding Sources for Entrepreneurs - A Bibliography

The following list of sources is selected from a large collection of entrepreneurial guides. The items included on this list are limited to topics regarding financing.

SOURCES FOUND IN THE FUNDING INFORMATION CENTER (These items must be used in the Library)

FIC   HG 4027.6 .L32 1998
Financing Your Business Dreams with Other People's Money.  Traverse City, MI:  Sage Creek Press.

FIC HD 2346 .U5 A63 2000
Free Help from Uncle Sam to Start Your Own Business (Or Expand the One You Have).  Santa Monica, CA: Puma Pub.

FIC HG 4027.7 .O43 2002
SBA Loans:  A Step-by-Step Guide.  New York, NY:   John Wiley & Sons

FIC HG 4027.7 .S54 2000
Show Me the Money: A Complete Gude to Financing Your Small Business Through Banks and Alternative Sources.  Holbrook, MA: Adams Media.

FIC HD 62.5 .S72 2003
Starting a Business:  Here's Help.  Madison, WI: Wisconsin Department of Commerce.
Also available on the web, click here.

FIC. HG 4027.7 .H55 2001
Venture Financing: Raising Capital in Wisconsin. Madison, WI: Wisconsin Department of Development in cooperation with Foley & Lardner.

FIC HG 4027.6 .E89 1998
Where to Go When the Bank Says No: Alternatives for Financing Your Business.  Princeton, NJ: Bloomberg Press.

SOURCES FOUND IN THE REFERENCE COLLECTION (These items must be used in the Library.)

REF HD 62.7 .B865 (Annual)
Business Plans Handbook.  Detroit, MI: Gale Research, Inc.

FIC HG 4751 .F582 6th ed 2002
Directory of Venture Capital Firms, Domestic & International.  Lakeville, CT:  Grey House Pub.

REF. HG 4027.7 .G65 1999
Going Into Business in Wisconsin: An Entrepreneur's Guide. Madison, WI: Wisconsin Department of Development.

REF. HD 2346 .U5 S65 1998 (2 vols.)
Small Business Sourcebook. Detroit, MI: Gale Research Co.

SUBJECT HEADINGS

To find additional items in the Library, consult the online catalog (MARQCAT) for these subject headings:

• Entrepreneurship
• Business plans
• Government lending
• New business enterprise
• Small business - finance
• Venture capital

LOCAL SOURCES OF ASSISTANCE

U.S. Small Business Administration
District Office:
740 Regent St. Ste. 100
Madison, WI  53715
(608) 441-5263

Branch Office:
310 W. Wisconsin Ave., Suite 400
Milwaukee, WI  53203
(414) 297-3941

Small Business Development Center
(Serving Milwaukee, Ozaukee, and Washington counties)
UW - Milwaukee
161 W. Wisconsin Ave., Ste. 6000
Milwaukee, WI 53203
(414) 227-3240

Wisconsin Department of Commerce
Central Office:
201 W. Washington Ave.
Madison, WI  53703
(608) 266-1018

Waukesha Office:
141 NW Barstow Street
Waukesha, WI 53188

SCORE (Service Corps of Retired Executives)
310 W. Wisconsin Ave., Suite 425
Milwaukee, WI 53203
(414) 297-3942

Milwaukee Economic Development Corporation
809 N. Broadway, 2nd floor
Milwaukee, WI 53201
(414) 286-5840

Wisconsin Women's Business Initiative Corporation
2745 N. Martin Luther King Dr.
Milwaukee, WI 53212
(414) 263-5450

Marquette University's Funding Information Center is open to the public. Please present a photo ID card at the main library entrance. For information, call: (414) 288-1515.

Marquette University
Raynor Library, Funding Information Center
1355 W. Wisconsin Ave.
P.O. Box 3141
Milwaukee, WI 53201-3141