ACCELERATORS/COMPETITIONS/EVENTS

• Astia (accelerator for women founded start-ups)
• Accelerator Programs List
• Betaspring (Providence Based Accelerator)
• Business Innovation Factory
• LAUNCH (an annual event)
• RI Business Plan Competition
• Smallbiztechnology.com
• Springboard Enterprises (platform for women-led businesses)
• Startup Open (Kauffman competition)
• Quirky (do you have a consumer product idea? Submit it here)

COMMUNITY RESOURCES

• AIGA-RI Chapter
• Betaspring
• Center for Women and Enterprise
• Every Company Counts
• Founder’s League
• Greater Providence Chamber of Commerce
• Providence Economic Development Partnership
• Providence Geeks
• Research Alliance
• RI.Gov
• RI Economic Development Corporation
• Small Business Administration (SBA) 
• Small Business Development Center
• Slater Technology Fund 
• Social Venture Partners RI/Social Enterprise RI 
• Swearer Center for Public Service
• Tech Collective

BROWN STUDENT/FACULTY RESOURCES

• Brown Nelson Center for Entrepreneurship
• CV Starr Program in Business, Entrepreneurship and Organizations (B.E.O)
• Brown Daily Herald Job Board 
• Brown Economics Department (DUG)
• Brown Investment Group
• Brown Social Enterprise Club
• Brown Student Agencies (BSA)
• Brown Women in Business
• Program in Innovation Management and Entrepreneurship (PRIME)
• Swearer Center for Public Service

BLOGS/WEBSITES

• American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME) 
• Business Insurance.org (Great small business guide)
• ChooseWhat
• Entrepreneur.com 
• Entrepreneur Corner
• Entrepreneurship.org
• Funding Roadmap
• Greenhorn Connect
• The Heart of Innovation
• Humbled MBA 
• Innovation America
• Kauffman Foundation
• Mark Suster's Blog
• Mashable
• National Collegiate Inventors and Innovators Alliance (NCIIA)
• Portfolio.com
• The RIC Blog
• A Smart Bear
• Startup Addict.com (crowdfunding resource)
• Startup Professionals Musings
• SuperLP
• TechCrunch
• TED: Ideas Worth Spreading
• Uncluttered White Spaces
• Venture Beat