Helpful Organizations for Entrepreneurs

AAIM
The Missouri Venture Forum and AAIM have formed a partnership to better serve our members. We invite you to visit the AAIM website to learn more about them.

Gateway to Innovation Event
The Gateway to Innovation Conference is an annual daylong event highlighting innovation in St. Louis and the resulting opportunities that help drive business growth and improve the quality of life in the region. 

Information Technology Entrepreneur Network
ITEN provides FREE mentoring, connections, services and programs to help IT entrepreneurs launch successful ventures. We enable investors to find promising early-stage deals.  Others can get involved as mentors, sponsors or service providers.

Innovate St. Louis
Innovate St. Louis is a non-profit organization established to advance the bi-state St. Louis region’s rise as a national and international leader in entrepreneurship and innovation.

InnovateVMS                                                                                                        InnovateVMS provides team-based mentoring to innovative start-up companies in the St. Louis region at no cost. 

InvestMidwest The Venture Conference of the Midwest
InvestMidwest will be held in Kansas City in 2011 and in St. Louis in 2012.  The application process for the 2011 InvestMidwest will begin October 15, 2010.

SCORE Association                                                                                                  SCORE St. Louis (Service Corps of Retired Executives) is part of a national non-profit association dedicated to entrepreneur education and the formation, growth and success of the nation’s small business. SCORE volunteers serve as “Counselors to America’s Small Business."

Small Business Week                                                                                         Small Business Week is held for one week each year to honor local entrepreneurs, to learn, and to network by attending various events throughout the St. Louis Metropolitan region. 

StLSourceLink
Resources for your new and existing business, calendar of events, networking opportunities and more.