Engineering Entrepreneurship: Overview

The Penn Libraries subscribe to many resources to assist you with your startup idea or business plan.

Resources in this guide are grouped by the following topics:

• Patents:  Patent literature allows you to peruse the technology of competitors and determine how unique your idea may be.
• Market Research & Industry Analysis: Resources that provide market reports and data in various technology sectors.
• Company Information: Use these sources to search for information on specific companies.
• News & Articles: Tools for searching and browsing business news sources.
• Business Plans & Financial Ratios: A selection of reference materials to help you put together your business plan.
• Marketing: Advertising benchmarks, digital campaign information, sample campaigns and more.
• Funding: Tools to help identify potential sources of venture capital.
• People: Resources for locating Executive Biographies.

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