Msc: Informatics Entrepreneurship 2

Resource Acquisition, Strategy and Business Planning

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Important Information about the course.

WHAT: Informatics Entrepreneurship 2 Course ( Course Descriptor ).

WHERE: Most classes will be held in Seminar Room4, Chrystal Macmillan Building (CMB), 15a, George Square, Edinburgh, EH8 9LD.

WHEN: Most classes are on Tuesday and start at 14:00 and end at 15:50. The official Informatics timetable is here.

QUESTIONS: all questions about the course's schedule and requirements may be directed to Mike Clouser (urgent difficulties may be directed to the Informatics Teaching Organisation )

ARE YOU REGISTERED? If you intend to attend the course for credit, you need to be registered with the Informatics Teaching Office. If you are not taking the course for credit, you still need to register your intention to attend with the ITO. Class enrollment list is here.

Course schedule:

Session	Date (classes 14:00 - 15:50)	Topic	Venue	Assignments Due
1	Tuesday 19 January 2010 14.00-15.50	Introduction to IE 2 Lecturer: Michael Clouser	WRB G.09
2	Tuesday 26 January 2010 14.00-15.50	Market Research and Competitive Advantage Lecturer: Michael Clouser
3	Tuesday 02 February 2010 14.00-15.50	Intellectual Property Guest Lecturer: Kathy Ku, Director, OTL, Stanford University	WRB G.09
4	Tuesday 09 February 2010 14.00-18.00* *special session – 4 hour workshop	Presentation and Pitching Guest Lecturer: Bill Joos, GotoMarket	Alison House Atrium
5	Tuesday 16 February 2010 14.00-15.50	Human Resource Strategy: Lecturer: Michael Clouser	WRB G.09
6	Tuesday 23 February 2010 14.00-15.50	Business Modeling. Guest Lecturer: Dr. John Mullins, London Business School	WRB G.09
7	Tuesday 02 March 2010 14.00-15.50	Marketing Strategy Lecturer: Michael Clouser	WRB G.09
8	Tuesday 09 March 2010 14.00-15.50	Selling Lecturer: Michael Clouser	WRB G.09
9	Tuesday 16 March 2010 14.00-15.50	Accounting and Finance Lecturer: Michael Clouser	WRB G.09
10	Tuesday 23 March 2010 14.00-15.50	Financing the Venture Trevor Loy, Founder, Flywheel Ventures	WRB G.09
Deliverable	Friday 26 March 2010 Before 16.00		Informatics Teaching Organisation, Appleton Tower, (AT), George Sq Campus	Both Business Plan, Presentation, and Executive Summary: Due by 16:00 to AT - ITO
Exam	TBD			Exam
Pitching day	TBD		TBD	Pitching Days

Tutorial: A two hour tutorial is required attendance, and will cover two areas: Writing a business plan + Drafting a presentation.
The date, time and location of this Tutorial is TBD.
Office hours are every Monday between 6:00 pm and 8:00 pm in room 8.11, Appleton Tower
The first session will be Monday, January 25th, 2009, and the last will be Monday, March 22nd, 2009.

Reading List: Official course reading lists are here. More course details and resources can be found here

Events:

The Entrepreneurship Club at the University of Edinburgh has a full schedule of Events commencing in January of 2010. See the event schedule here.

Informatics Ventures has events on as well. You can see the event list here.

Launch.ed.ac.uk serves students at the University of Edinburgh. You can find the event list here.

News and Announcements:

Due Date
Both Business Plan and Pitch will be due on a date to be determined.
The student representatives for the course are:
To be elected at the beginning of the course

Updated December 21, 2009

John Lee, for Michael Clouser

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