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	January 13, 2008	- Introduction to IE 2	Seminar Room4, Chrystal Macmillan Building (CMB), George Square
	January 20, 2008	- No Session; independent study week and team formation
2	January 27, 2008	- Financing The Venture	Seminar Room4, Chrystal Macmillan Building (CMB), George Square
3	February 3, 2008	- Accounting and Finance	Seminar Room4, Chrystal Macmillan Building (CMB), George Square
	February 10, 2008	- No Session; independent study week and business planning
4	February 17, 2008	- Market Research - Public Relations	Seminar Room4, Chrystal Macmillan Building (CMB), George Square
5	February 24, 2008	- Building and Sustaining Competitive Advantage	Seminar Room4, Chrystal Macmillan Building (CMB), George Square
6	March 3, 2008	- Selling - Human Resource Strategy	Seminar Room4, Chrystal Macmillan Building (CMB), George Square
7	March 10, 2008	- Business Modeling and Strategy	Seminar Room4, Chrystal Macmillan Building (CMB), George Square
8	March 17, 2008	- Presentation and Pitching	Seminar Room4, Chrystal Macmillan Building (CMB), George Square
9	March 24, 2008	- Design and Marketing Strategy	Seminar Room4, Chrystal Macmillan Building (CMB), George Square
	March 28, 2008		Informatics Teaching Organisation, Appleton Tower, (AT), George Sq Campus	Both Business Plan, Presentation, and Executive Summary: Due by 17:00 to AT - ITO
	TBD			Exam
10	April 21, 2008		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, except January 19 th.

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 2009. 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 the 21st April by 16:00 to ITO in Appleton Tower (2 copies of each). Pitching Day will be one day during the week of April 20 th between 9:00am - 9:00pm.
The student representatives for the course are:
To be elected at the beginning of the course

Updated October 5, 2009
Aghlab Al-Attili

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