SJSU Research Guides: BUS5 183: Global Entrepreneurship: Entrepreneurs

Some Useful Websites

Global Entrepreneurship Week
Connect with other entrepreneurs and find out how you can celebrate Global Entrepreneurship Week, November 12 -18
National Venture Capital Association
Funding innovation. Empowering entrepreneurs.
Silicon Valley Startups
Angel funding and information for startups, investors, trends, and startup jobs in Silicon Valley.
Aaltoes
Student run entrepreneurship group based in Finland.

National Venture Capital Association

Locate an Entrepreneur to Interview

Your assignment may require that you interview an immigrant entrepreneur in order to learn about their experience. Here are some resources that can help you locate an entrepreneur.

San Jose Mercury News
The Mercury News is an established newspaper based in Silicon Valley with vast coverage of entrepreneurship. Try the keywords immigrant AND entrepreneur or innovation to find recent articles on local immigrant entrepreneurs.
You can search the Mercury website directly, but not all articles may be available in full text there. For full text access, use the version we have in the library: https://csu-sjsu.primo.exlibrisgroup.com/permalink/01CALS_SJO/1jqjc38/alma991013924319502919
San Jose Spotlight
San Jose Spotlight is a local newspaper that covers business, politics, and social issues and often features local entrepreneurs. Try the keywords immigrant AND entrepreneur in their search box to locate recent articles on local entrepreneurs.
Google News
Try a news aggregator such as Google News. Enter keywords such as immigrant AND entrepreneur AND [your city].
Reference USA
Reference USA is a national directory of business owners. You can search on a wide variety of inputs in order to locate owners, founders, or executives based on industry, location, size of company, self-identified ethnicity, and many other criteria.

Reference USA is a San Jose Public Library database. All SJSU students are eligible for SJPL library cards. To learn how to access an SJPL card, please refer to the section on this page "Obtaining a card for the San Jose Public Library."

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