Lectures Slides
Required Books
Downloadable Resources
Library Info
Recommended Books
Online Content
Videoclips
Other Useful Resources
Lectures Slides
	Session 1 Richard Wheeler Download the slides here
	Session 2 Robert Milne Download the slides here
	Session 3A Brian Hickey Download the slides here
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	Session 3B Stephanie Keller-Bottom Valerie Buckingham Download the slides here
	Session 4 Adam Burdess Download the slides here
	Session 5 Matthew Newnham Bob Gunning Download the slides here
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	Session 6 John Anderson Geoff Gregson Download the slides here
	Session 7 Bill Joos Nick Wright Download the slides here
	Session 9 Sandy McKinnon Download the slides here
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Required Books
	The Monk and the Riddle By: Randy Komisar   Download the e-book here
Paperback: 208 pages; Dimensions (in inches): 0.58 x 8.25 x 5.56 Publisher: Harvard Business School Press; (July 1, 2001) ISBN: 1578516447
**Please download the eBook version: Students are required to read the ENTIRE book by September 29th, it should take less than five hours to read. The author will be speaking to us on September 29th.
Description:
Prospective entrepreneurs may think they know everything there is to know about starting a business in Silicon Valley. They can draw up business plans, have meetings with venture capitalists, maybe even get funded and actually launch a start-up. However, in The Monk and the Riddle, Silicon Valley sage Randy Komisar reasons that's only half the equation for success. And it may not be the important half. Komisar has worked with a number of companies--Apple, LucasArts Entertainment (the gaming division of George Lucas's empire), and WebTV among them--and has come to a rather startling conclusion: if you can't see yourself doing this business for the rest of your life, don't start it. In other words, he wants to see passion and purpose in business, not just spreadsheets and a by-the-numbers business model. To illustrate, Komisar takes the reader through a hypothetical Silicon Valley start-up, with an eager entrepreneur named Lenny trying to get funding for an online casket-selling business. As Komisar helps Lenny find the real purpose of the business, the passion behind the revenue projections, he reflects back on his life as an entrepreneur. Komisar emerges as a master storyteller, the kind of guy you'd feel honored to share a bottle of wine with. And you believe his conclusion: "When all is said and done, the journey is the reward." It's great if you've made billions on the journey, but the important thing is that you do something you can truly throw yourself into
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	The High-Tech Entrepreneur’s Handbook – How to Start and Run a High-Tech Company By: Jack Lang
Paperback: 416 pages (November 2, 2001) Publisher: FT.COM ISBN: 0273656155
**This book is required and essential to the course. All students must purchase this book. Blackwell’s bookstore in Southbridge, across from Old College, has ordered enough copies for every student. Please purchase your copy there as soon as possible. The books can be found in the business section. Students need to the first chapter before class on September 29th.
Description:
Turn your high-tech idea into a high-profit business. The High-Tech Entrepreneur's Handbook is a practical, hands-on guide designed specifically for people with a business idea, but little managerial experience. It takes you step-by-step through the key stages of setting up and running a high-tech enterprise, whether that's starting your own company or taking control of a project or department within a larger company. Based on a highly successful Cambridge University business studies course, from a Department that has generated at least one self-made millionaire a year, the book is a straight-talking, jargon-free guide that delivers the core background information necessary to create and run a successful enterprise. Technology, regardless of how good it is, forms only a small part of bringing a project to a successful and profitable conclusion. This is the book that explains the rest of the equation.
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Downloadable Resources
	The New Business Road Test: What Entrepreneurs and Executives Should Do Before Writing a Business Plan By: John Mullins Chapter 1, “My Opportunity: Why Will or Won’t This Work?”
	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 course 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 Scotland , UK
	The New Business Road Test: What Entrepreneurs and Executives Should Do Before Writing a Business Plan By: John Mullins
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	The Monk and the Riddle By: Randy Komisar
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	Crossing the Chasm: Marketing and Selling Technology Products to Mainstream Customers By: 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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	Minds Over Matter: A New Look at Artificial Intelligence By: Jeffrey Rothfeder
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	ACCA Diploma in Financial Management (Study Text). Module A: Subject Area 1 Interpretation of Financial Statements
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	ACCA Diploma in Financial Management (Study Text). Module A: Subject Area 2 Performance Management
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	ACCA Diploma in Financial Management (Study Text). Module B: Subject Area 3 Financial Strategy
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	ACCA Diploma in Financial Management (Study Text). Module B: Subject Area 4 Risk Management
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	Information Age Magazine Different Issues
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Recommended Books
	High Tech Start Up, Revised and Updated : The Complete Handbook For Creating Successful New High Tech Companies By: John Nesheim
Hardcover: 342 pages; Dimensions (in inches): 1.22 x 9.63 x 6.48 Publisher: Free Press; 1st edition (March 16, 2000) ISBN: 068487170X
**Students may want to order this book themselves as a supplement to their readings. It is out-of-print but used and new copies can still be found. Try Amazon or Blackwells.
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	High Stakes, No Prisoners : A Winner's Tale of Greed and Glory in the Internet Wars By: Charles Ferguson
Hardcover: 392 pages; Dimensions (in inches): 1.26 x 9.57 x 6.50 Publisher: Times Books; (October 18, 1999) ASIN: 0812931432
**Students can order this book themselves online through Amazon or Blackwells. It is out-of-print but used and new copies can still be found.
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	Crossing the Chasm By:Geoffrey Moore
Paperback: 256 pages; Dimensions (in inches): 0.64 x 8.04 x 5.32 Publisher: HarperBusiness; Revised edition (August 20, 2002) ISBN: 0060517123
**This book is optional but highly recommended and deals with the marketing of high technology products. Students may purchase it online. Try Amazon.
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	Weird Ideas that Work By: Robert I. Sutton
Hardcover: 224 pages; Dimensions (in inches): 0.95 x 9.57 x 6.62 Publisher: Free Press; 1st edition (October 30, 2001) ISBN: 0743212126
**This book is optional but highly recommended for spurring creative thought and building confidence. Students may purchase it online. Try Amazon.
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	New Venture Creation – Entrepreneurship for the 21st Century - 6th Edition By: Jeffrey Timmons
Paperback: 796 pages; Dimensions (in inches): 11.00 x 1.25 x 8.50 Publisher: McGraw-Hill/Irwin; 6 edition (May 9, 2003) ISBN: 0072875704
**Blackwells on South bridge has ordered a couple of copies. You may also order it online.
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	The New Business Road Test: What Entrepreneurs and Executives Should Do Before Writing a Business Plan By: John Mullins
Hardcover: 272 pages (May 8, 2003) Publisher: FT Prentice Hall ISBN: 0273663569
**This book is required and essential to the course. All students must purchase this book. Blackwell’s bookstore in Southbridge, across from Old College, has ordered enough copies for every student. Please purchase your copy there as soon as possible. The books can be found in the business section. Students need to the first chapter before class on September 29th.
Descrption:
The New Business Road Test shows you how to test your idea before writing your business plan. Providing vital help before you invest precious time, money and effort. Building on lessons learned by studying numerous entrepreneurs, John Mullins sets out a practical framework for assessing new business ideas. The book identifies seven domains for the assessment of any market opportunity and guides you through how to test your idea. Giving you the answers to whether your idea is worth a business plan and ensuring you avoid potential pitfalls.
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	Technology Ventures: From Idea to Entreprise By: Richard C. Dorf and Tom Byers
Publisher: McGraw-Hill 2005 ISBN: 0073044660
**Students may want to order this book next year. It will provide an excellent supplement and follow-on to the Entrepreneurship Informatics course.
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Online Content
	Weird Ideas that Work By: Robert I. Sutton     View an extract here
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	Entrepreneurs: Social Heros not Solo Heros View an the article here
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	A series of video lectures taken at NUS View an the video here
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Videoclips
The following files format is "WINDOWS MEDIA PLAYER" (.WMV) files format.
	Session 1 - Michael Clouser - Richard Wheeler - Nick Wright
	Session 2 - Ralph Quinlan Forde - Robert Milne - Randy Komisar
	Session 3A - Brian Hickey
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	Session 3B - Stephanie Keller-Bottom and Valerie Buckingham
	Session 4 - Adam Burdess
	Session 5 - Matthew Newnham and Bob Gunning - Mike Lyons
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	Session 6 - John Anderson - Geoff Gregson - Mike Clouser
	Session 7 - Bill Joos - Nick Wright
	Session 8 - Adrian Smith - Chris Martin
	Session 9 - Sandy McKinnon - Geoffrey Thomson - Michael Clouser
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Other Useful Resources
	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 Visit the website here
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	STVP Educators Corner (the Stanford Technology Ventures Program) Visit the website here
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	High-Technology Entrepreneurship Visit the website here
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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 Visit the website here
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	Satellite Business Plan Competition: Sat-nav looks to smart ideas Visit the website here
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