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The book "New Venture Creation" by Jeffry Timmons and Stephen Spinelli is highly recommended as a guide for assessing and developing a new venture concept.

A useful guide for structuring the business plan is Ernst & Young's Outline for a Business Plan

Example business plans can be found online at BusinessPlans.org

Example elevator pitches can be found online at Venture Challenge

Some useful guidelines for organizing and structuring your presentation can be found online at techcoastangels.com/Content/01d55fc4-d961-4962-9534-aae153e1998f.pdf

Connect with alumni and other participants at groups.yahoo.com/group/concept2venture_2008

A wealth of helpful information can be found at SBA.gov

Some students may also find these books helpful:

• "Commercializing New Technologies: Getting from Mind to Market"
  by Vijay K. Jolly
• "Wharton on Managing Emerging Technologies"
  by George S. Day et al.
• "The New Business Road Test: What Entrepreneurs and executives should do before writing a business plan"
  by John W. Mullins
• "Launching New Ventures: An Entrepreneurial Approach"
  by Kathleen Allen
• "Bringing New Technologies to Market"
  by Kathleen Allen
• "Technology Ventures: From Idea to Enterprise"
  by Richard C. Dorf and Thomas H. Bye