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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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Online Content

	VC blog links 1- The J Curve 2- Venture Blog 3- Allen's Blog 4- Venture Chronicles by Jeff Nolan 5- Beyond VC 6- Seeing Both Sides 7- VC Adventure 8- VC Ball 9- Who Has Time For This
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	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

Optional Books

These books are available in the main library, alternatively, they can be purchased at AMAZON.CO.UK

	Bootstrap: Lessons Learned in Build a Successful Company from Scratch By: Kenneth L. Hess
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	Crossing the Chasm By:Geoffrey Moore Order From AMAZON.CO.UK
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	Done Deals: Venture Capitalists Tell Their Stories By: Udayan Gupta Order From AMAZON.CO.UK
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	eBoys: The First Inside Account of Venture Capitalists at Work By: Randall Stross Order From AMAZON.CO.UK
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	Fred Terman at Stanford: Building a Discipline, a University, and Silicon Valley By: Steward C. Gillmore Order From AMAZON.CO.UK
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	High Stakes, No Prisoners : A Winner's Tale of Greed and Glory in the Internet Wars By: Charles Ferguson Order From AMAZON.CO.UK
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	High Tech Start Up, Revised and Updated : The Complete Handbook For Creating Successful New High Tech Companies By: John Nesheim Order From AMAZON.CO.UK
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	Technology Ventures: From Idea to Enterprise By: Richard C. Dorf and Tom Byers Download the preface Download the Forward Download chapter 1 Download the Glossary Order From AMAZON.CO.UK

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	International Mergers and Acquisitions, Joint Ventures and Beyond: Doing the Deal By: David J. BenDaniel Read the book discription here Order From AMAZON.CO.UK
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	New Venture Creation – Entrepreneurship for the 21st Century - 6th Edition By: Jeffrey Timmons
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	Patents and How to Get One: A Practical Handbook By: Charles Ferguson Order From AMAZON.CO.UK
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	Pour Your Heart Into It: How Starbucks Built a Company One Cup at a Time By: Howard Schultz Order From AMAZON.CO.UK
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	Start Small, Finish Big: 15 Key Lessons to Start – and Run – Your Own Successful Business By: Fred Deluca, and John P. Hayes Order From AMAZON.CO.UK
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	The Beermat Entrepreneur: What You Really Need to Know to Turn a Good Idea into a Great Business By: Mike Southon, Chris West Read about the book here Order From AMAZON.CO.UK
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	The Business Case for E-Learning By: Tom Kelly, Nader Nanjiani Download table of Contents(PDF)
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	The Business of Software: What Every Manager, Programmer, and Entrepreneur Must Know to Thrive and Survive in Good Times and Bad By: Michael A. Cusumano Order From AMAZON.CO.UK
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	The High-Tech Entrepreneur’s Handbook – How to Start and Run a High-Tech Company By: Jack Lang Order From AMAZON.CO.UK
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	The Monk and the Riddle By: Randy Komisar Download the e-book here Order From AMAZON.CO.UK
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	The Power of Unfair Advantage: How to Create it, Build it, and Use it to Maximum Effect By: John Nesheim Order From AMAZON.CO.UK
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	Weird Ideas that Work By: Robert I. Sutton Order From AMAZON.CO.UK
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Required Books

We recommend that you purchase this book for you will be using it extensively, both in and out of class. All the required books are available at Blackwell's in South Bridge (Near Old College), alternatively, they can be purchased at AMAZON.CO.UK

	Technology Ventures: From Idea to Enterprise By: Richard C. Dorf and Tom Byers Chapter 1, “My Opportunity: Why Will or Won’t This Work?” Order From AMAZON.CO.UK
Paperback: 288 pages; Dimensions (in inches): 0.8 x 6.0 x 9.0 Publisher: Financial Times Prentice Hall; (September 13, 2004) ISBN: 0273663569

**You can also download the eBook version: Students are required to read the ENTIRE book by March 1st, it should take less than five hours to read.
Description:
So you have a business idea. How can you assess whether it will work? Whether it is worth backing by investors, and worth backing with your future? The New Business Road Test shows you how to test your idea before writing your business plan. It will help you to make sure that the business you build is based on a winning idea, enabling you to invest your time wisely and pitch to investors and customers with confidence. Building on lessons learned by studying numerous entrepreneurs and investors, John Mullins sets out a practical framework for evaluating new business ideas. The book identifies seven domains for the assessment of any market opportunity and guides you through how to test and improve your idea. Above all, it will help you to answer the essential question of whether your idea is worth a business plan and worthy of a successful enterprise. No budding entrepreneur should leave the day-job or face an investor without having read this book. "The New Business Road Test is a great read: thought-provoking, and not 'business-lite' like so much entrepreneurial advice. It's also digestible for a manager in the thick of things, something many books overlook. The questions John Mullins asks are relevant to new ventures and existing businesses looking to move forward, and this book will help you do just that. " Max Aitken Chief Executive, Ratio One

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