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Below are some quick one page PDF's to get you started on each of the topics.

Information you can use

Entrepreneurial Organizations in Dallas-Ft. Worth
MIT Enterprise Forum www.mitforum.com
United Inventor's Association www.uiausa.org
Dallas Inventors Organization ("Clear Concepts": Email Steve Moore steve911@sbcglobal.net
Inventors Digest Magazine www.inventorsdigest.com

Entrepreneur Training in North Texas:
UTD innovation.utdallas.edu

Microangels techwildcatters.wordpress.com

Angel Investors (check backgrounds! Get legal help):
Check out Wikipedia en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Angel_investor for Definition

In Dallas/North Texas:
www.theinvestinforum.com
Baylor Angels
lonestarangels.angelgroups.net
northtexasangelnetwork.org

Venture Capital
Again, Wikipedia en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Venture_capital has a good page devoted to this topic

In Texas:
Sevin Rosin www.srfunds.com
Greyloc Partners www.greylock.com
Sequoia Ventures www.sequoiacap.com
Texas Technology Grant Program www.ntxrcic.org

Start-up business lawyer in Richardson:
Collin Hayes collin@hayeslawpc.com


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