• The Center for Entrepreneurial Leadership focuses on how entrepreneurs and entrepreneurial organizations create, lead, and transform global enterprises; its missions shape research, teaching, and outreach activities on a wide variety of issues concerning the processes by which economic value and wealth are created.
• The Darden Entrepreneurs Club.
• The Entrepreneur Group on Darden Online Community is an online forum for alumni to share potential job opportunities and new business ventures.
• Harvard Business School Publishing - offers many great books and resources on entrepreneurship that you can purchase.
• Virginia Center for Innovative Technology (CIT) - since so many of our alumni like to get back to or remain in the Virginia/Charlottesville area, this site provides you with information about the Northern Virginia "hotbed" of growing start-up, high tech and entrepreneurial opportunities; see also UVA's Corporate Connections site, which contains similar information about this area and the opportunities to be found here; the "Technology Transfer" and "Business and Economic Development" links are the most helpful; additionally, The Virginia Business Directory is a great site to search Virginia's technology companies to gain contact information and learn about the company; sponsored in part by CIT.
• 65 Indispensable Websites for Business Owners - www.entrepreneur.com provides a list of websites to get your business going, keep it going strong, or take it in a new direction.

Businesses for Sale

• StartUpJournal.com - a Wall Street Journal web site listing current businesses and franchises for sale.
• Business Brokers Network - This is a network for people who want to get into buying and selling companies. They have HQ in TX, plus 450 affiliates throughout the US and Canada that are individually owned. The affiliates are operated in a standardized manner. They list the businesses for sale on their site; you can also list your own business to be sold.
• Hughes Klaiber LLC -  Their services are designed to provide advice and assistance to guide entrepreneurs who are interested in selling or acquiring  mid-sized businesses (specifically in the New York, New Jersey, and Connecticut area).  Their professional approach is tailored to meet the needs of owners of successful, privately held businesses with a minimum of two million dollars in revenues.  

Franchising

• International Franchise Association - a membership organization of franchisors, franchisees and suppliers. A one-stop shopping experience for franchise information. Includes a franchisor directory and a list of opportunities.
• FranData - a good resource for potential franchisees, including comparative data reports and company profiles.
• Franchising.com - information about various franchising & business opportunities, insightful articles, attorney directory, and other franchising resources.
• The Entrepreneur's Source - coaching, support and franchise education.

Women Entrepreneurs

• Services, Organizations & Information
• Networking Sources
• Books