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Entrepreneurial Edge Online has a Web site at www.edgeonline.com that connects entrepreneurs who share information and experience. It also offers a Toolbox section filled with programs, such as spreadsheets for budgets and balance sheets, and a series of self-paced how-to modules.

The venture capital firm Accel has a Web site for entrepreneurs. At www.accel.com/entrepreneurs/index.html, Accel posts articles that its partners have presented over the years, such as "Advice for the First-Time Entrepreneur" and "How to Win a Venture Capitalist."

www.jumpstartcoalition.org The Jumpstart Coalition for Personal Financial Literacy seeks to improve the personal financial literacy of young adults. Its purpose is to evaluate the financial literacy of young adults; develop, disseminate, and encourage the use of guidelines for grades K-12; and promote the teaching of personal finance. Its Web site provides a searchable database of educational materials for the K-12 age group. (888) 45-EDUCATE.

www.morebusiness.com is the Web site for the Business Resource Center. This site has many, many articles on starting and running your own business.

The Venture Capital Resource Library Web site is www.vfinance.com. It has links to many venture capital firms plus news from and about them.

www.ncfe.org is the Web site for the National Center for Financial Education. It is a consumer-oriented, nonprofit, public education organization that offers articles and worksheets on topics, such as spending perception and creating a spending plan.

To find out about the lending programs available from the Small Business Administration, log on to www.sba.gov and click on Financing. There you will find links to Loan Programs, Loan Forms, Lender Programs, and Invest—ACE-Net.

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