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Lectures Notes |
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Session 1
Richard Coyne
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Session 2
Alison M. Ross
Cameron Leask
Mike Clouser
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Session 3
Sean Foote
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Session 4
Kenneth Hess
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Session 5
Jessica Hardwick
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Reading List |
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Bootstrap: Lessons Learned in Build a Successful Company from Scratch
By: Kenneth L. Hess
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CyberBusiness, Mindsets for a Wired Age
By: C. Barnatt
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Multimedia Marketing for Design Firms
By: C. Charles and K. Brown
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Electronic Business Revolution: Opportunities and Challenges in the 21 st Century
By:Peter Cunningham and Friedrich Fröschl
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Technology Ventures: From Idea to Entreprise
By: Richard C. Dorf and Tom Byers
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High Stakes, No Prisoners : A Winner's Tale of Greed and Glory in the Internet Wars
By: Charles Ferguson
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Computers in the Human Context: Information, echnology, Productivity and People
By: T. Forester
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The Road Ahead
By: Bill Gates
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The Consequences of Modernity
By: A. Giddens
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The Network Nation: Human Communication via Computer
By: Starr Roxanne Hiltz and Turoff Murray
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The Monk and the Riddle
By: Randy Komisar
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E-topia
By: William J. Mitchell
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Crossing the Chasm
By:Geoffrey Moore
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The New Business Road Test: What Entrepreneurs and Executives Should Do Before Writing a Business Plan
By: John Mullins
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High Tech Start Up, Revised and Updated: The Complete Handbook For Creating Successful New High Tech Companies
By: John Nesheim
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Digital Architect: A Common-Sense Guide to Using Computer Technology in Design Practice
By: K. Sanders
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Connections: New Ways of Working in the Networked Organization
By: L. Sproull and S. Kiesler
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World Wide Web Marketing: Integrating the Internet into your Marketing Strategy
By: J. Stern
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Weird Ideas that Work
By: Robert I. Sutton
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New Venture Creation – Entrepreneurship for the 21st Century - 6th Edition
By: Jeffrey Timmons
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Downloadable Resources |
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The Monk and the Riddle
By: Randy Komisar
Download the e-book here
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Library Info |
The following books are available in the Edinburgh-Stanford Link library and can be borrowed Monday - Friday between 10:00 & 16:30 for two hours. When a book is checked out at 15:00, it can be kept overnight, and returned by 10:00 next working day. Books can be borrowed from the address below:
The Edinburgh-Stanford Link
University of Edinburgh
The basement
3 Buccleuch Place
Edinburgh, EH8 9TA
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The New Business Road Test: What Entrepreneurs and Executives Should Do Before Writing a Business Plan
By: John Mullins
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Crossing the Chasm:
Marketing and Selling Technology Products to Mainstream
Customers
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Geoffrey A. Moore
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Technology Ventures: From Idea to Entreprise
By: Richard C. Dorf and Tom Byers
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The High-Tech Entrepreneur’s Handbook – How to Start and Run a High-Tech Company
By: Jack Lang
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High Stakes, No Prisoners : A Winner's Tale of Greed and Glory in the Internet Wars
By: Charles Ferguson
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High-tech Ventures: A Guide for Entrepreneurial Success
By: C.Gordon Bell
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New Venture Creation – Entrepreneurship for the 21st Century - 5th Edition
By: Jeffrey Timmons
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Six Thinking Hats
By: Edward de Bono
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How the Web Was Born
By: Gillies & Cailliau
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Hard Drive: Bill Gates and the Making of the Microsoft Empire
By: James Wallace & Jim Erickson
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Online Content |
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Weird Ideas that Work
By: Robert I. Sutton
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Entrepreneurs: Social Heros not Solo Heros
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A series of video lectures taken at NUS
View an the video here
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Videoclips |
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Session 4
- Kenneth Hess
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Session 5
- Jessica Hardwick
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Guidelines for writing a Business plan
- Mike Clouser
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Other Useful Resources |
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Innovator's Scheme:
A scheme aimed at entrepreneurs with creative ideas who want to set up a business in the UK, especially in the areas of science and technology
Visit the website here
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Fresh Talent Scotland: New work permit regulations
Visit the website here
New updates here
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Shell LiveWIRE: Helping 16-30 year old to start and develop their own business
Visit the website here
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Accel Perspectives: Advice for First Time Entrepreneurs
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STVP Educators Corner (the Stanford Technology Ventures Program)
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High-Technology Entrepreneurship
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Geoff Gregson's Advised Online Startup Resources
UK Start-Up Resources:
1- Starting a New Venture in Scotland: Scottish Enterprise Business Gateway
2- Business Mentoring: Scottish Enterprise
3- Help for New Businesses: UK Department of Trade and Industry
4- How to Register a New Company in the UK/Scotland; Companies House
5- The Company Secretary’s Handbook by Helen Ashton (currently 30% off at Amazon - £10.49)
6- Intellectual Property and Registration; UK Patent Office
7- Company and Market Research Resource
Other Start-up Resources:
1- Thinking of Starting a Business? Are You Ready? Government of Canada
2- The Wall Street Journal Centre for Entrepreneurs
3- IRS Business Start-up Workshop: For Starting a Business in the US
4- Entrepreneur.Com
5- US Patent Office
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Starting a Business: ten reasons new businesses fail
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Satellite Business Plan Competition: Sat-nav looks to smart ideas
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