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The Resource Center of The Yale School of Management – The Goldman Sachs Foundation Partnership on Nonprofit Ventures. Join the Partnership for free and gain “access to the latest research on nonprofit enterprise; how-to guides; publications and articles; case studies; profiles of business ventures; conferences, courses and workshops; an online discussion group; a calendar of events; and more.” [Posted May 27, 2003 by Andy Horsnell]

Mapping Your Assets and Identifying Opportunities from Community Wealth Ventures (www.communitywealth.com). "A downloadable interactive guide to help you research and assess your organization's community wealth potential. It is designed to lead your organization through the initial stages of CWV's assessment phase and prepare you to evaluate the feasibility of potential community wealth activities." www.communitywealth.com/Vol1 -- Mapping Assets and Opportunities1.pdf [Posted 3/5/03 by Andy Horsnell]

Quick Market Test of your earned income business ideas. Download several worksheets to help you evaluate a proposed earned income business idea. Includes instructions and information on how to design a QMT Research Plan and a Scorecard to evaluate your results. Available by permission from Venture Forth! The Essential Guide to Starting a Moneymaking Business in Your Nonprofit Organization (Wilder Publishing Center, 2002). Visit: www.rolfelarson.com/qmt. [Posted 3/19/03 by Rolfe Larson.]

Identifying Your Earned Income Opportunities by Andy Horsnell. Toronto: Authenticity Consulting, LLC, 2000. "This practical, fill-in-the blanks workbook is designed to help you identify, rank, and select your best earned income opportunities." [Posted 4/2/03 by Andy Horsnell] http://www.np-biz-dev.com/Workbook 3 - Opportunities 1.1.pdf

Community Wealth Ventures offers a free download entitled Conducting a Feasibility Analysis. You'll need Acrobat Reader software (free at www.adobe.com) to view and print this 29 page document. [Posted May 15, 2003 by Rolfe Larson.]

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