Funding Roadmap Licensing Partners and community resources partners

The Cisco Entrepreneur Institute is focused on fostering entrepreneurship around the globe. Working with local public and private sector organizations, Cisco’s mission is to help communities and nations harness the power of entrepreneurship for economic and social prosperity. Funding Roadmap is collaborating with the Cisco Entrepreneur Institute to provide a special discount to Institute participants in around the world interested in expanding their businesses in the U.S. http://ciscoinstitute.net/index.php?page=210609

Funding Roadmap is a featured partner on the Intuit Small Business Community website. Intuit is the creator of Quicken, QuickBooks and TurboTax –and so many other great products which stand as testament to their commitment to revolutionize the way people manage their small businesses and personal finances. Intuit products and services assist customers in North America, Asia, Europe and Australia, with offices in the United States, Canada, the United Kingdom and other locations. They remain committed as we do to creating new and easier ways for consumers and businesses to tackle life's financial chores, giving them more time to live their lives and run their businesses.You can find out more at this link http://community.intuit.com/marketplace and by clicking on the featured partner button on that page.

The Small Business Development Center National Information Clearinghouse (SBDCNet) Marketplace is set up to meet the information needs of the SBDC community in the United States and its territories. SBDCNET serves as a resource providing timely, relevant research, web-based information, and training to SBDC counselors and their small business clients. Some of the goals of SBDCNet are to support the SBDC Counselor with research and relevant analyses and empower the entrepreneur with business information. We are honored to be included and promoted on their website. Our inclusion and promotion on their site can help more small businesses get off to a great start. http://sbdcnet.org/marketplace/2.php

We have partnered with Ibank.com to offer their Finance Center solution to provide an online commercial lending marketplace for new and established entrepreneurs.Through a single application the Finance Center stores all of the other documents necessary to pre-populate lender loan applications for financing small business loans, commercial loans and equipment loans from $500 up to $50 million The FinanceSuite offers the small business a Simple, Streamlined and Smart way to create a professional Digital Loan Package (DLP) on the Web then connects this Digital Loan Package to over 335 lenders. You can easily invite your own lenders into their secure, private Vault in addition to our 325 lenders nationwide. The Finance Center reduces paper, faxing and postage charges, speeds up the process and eliminates the hassles of looking for financing.*

We are very excited with our strategic partnership with Start-Up Weekend, a worldwide organizer of seminars in which business leaders participate in 54-hour weekend brainstorming marathons designed to take their entrepreneurial ideas and craft them into sustainable revenue generating organizations. Start-Up Weekend attendees will have access to the Funding Roadmap’s new online platform to collaborate, develop, benchmark and showcase their ideas, vetting them against real world business situations to determine the merit of the idea and the validity of the proposed business. http://www.startupweekend.com/resources

Smallbiz America is an integrated new-media platform created to help entrepreneurs profit in business and prosper in life. Their world includes a 24/7 streaming radio channel, a variety of informative podcasts, blogs, forums and a marketplace for entrepreneurs.To date, listeners have listened to Smallbiz America for more than 126,000 hours in more than 70 countries and across the US.

Listen to our interview on SMALL BIZ AMERICA http://www.smallbizamerica.com/sbb/detail/funding-road-map-with-ruth-hedges/

DIYBizPlan.com is dedicated to providing entrepreneurs and startup companies the most up to date and relevant startup business articles, business planning products, and business plan software reviews and to help entrepreneurs start their own business. Over the years their team has helped thousands of people start their journey into business ownership. http://diybizplan.com/Funding_Roadmap

• Intelligent software guides you to smarter business planning, and enables faster execution of those plans
• Easy self calculating GAAP Compliant financial's
• Online access connects you to funding sources anytime from anywhere
• Creates an SBA-compliant report for investors and lenders