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Msc: Informatics Entrepreneurship

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Important Information about the course.

WHAT: Informatics Entrepreneurship Course ( Course Descriptor ).

WHERE: All classes will be held in the William Robertson Building room G11 ( map ).

WHEN: All classes are on Wednesdays and start at 2:00pm and end at 6:00pm. The official Informatics timetable is here.

QUESTIONS: all questions about the course's schedule and requirements may be directed to John Lee (urgent difficulties may be directed to the Informatics Teaching Office)

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 2:00pm - 6:00pm)	Topic	Venue	Assignments Due
1	4:00pm - 6:00, September 21, 2005	Optional Introduction	(WRB) (map)
2	September 28, 2005	Introduction to course, and Creativity & Confidence	(WRB) (map)
3	October 5, 2005	Idea to Opportunity	(WRB) (map)
4	October 12, 2005	Feasibility and Assessment	(WRB) (map)
5	October 19, 2005	Marketing and Business Model	(WRB) (map)
5a	October 25, 2005	Optional Field Trip	Hillington Park Innovation Center
6	October 26, 2005	Optional Session: Challenges and Resources	(WRB) (map)
7	November 2, 2005	Presentation and Negotiation Skills	(WRB) (map)
8	November 9, 2005	Unfair Competitive Advantage	(WRB) (map)
9	November 16, 2005	Sources of Funding	(WRB) (map)	Case #1 Write-up: Due by 12.00pm - ITO
10	November 23, 2005	IP, Legal, and Accounting	(WRB) (map)	Case #2 Write-up: Due by 12.00pm - ITO
11	November 30, 2005	Presentations to Investors	Seminar Room, 2 Buccleuch Place
	January 9, 2005	Submission	Informatics Teaching Office	Assignment 3: Business plan/feasibility study due 12.00pm
12	March 22, 2005	Optional Networking Session	TBD

• Office hours are between 7:00pm and 9:00pm every Tuesday in Room7, 3a Buccleuch Place.

Reading List:Official course reading lists are here.

Events:

• Sponsored Class Events:
  
• Other events of interest:

• Updated list of Scotland Enterprise/Department of Trade and Industry events is here.
• Updated list of Scotland Enterprise/Business Gateway events is here.
• Updated list of ScotlandIS events is here.
• Updated list of CONNECT events here.
• Updated list of Royal Society of Edinburgh events is here.

News and Announcements:

• Assignments
  Download the Assessment Overview file
  Download the Case Study Analysis Questions
  
• The student representatives for the course are:
  To be elected at the beginning of the course

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Updated September 5, 2005
Aghlab Al-Attili