Resources
Resources offering information and support
Have a look at the Support organisations, Intellectual Property and Legal help available to you!
You may also find the following books helpful. These are available from the Career Zone in the Forum:
- Working For Yourself, an Entrepreneurs Guide to Basics, J.Reuvid, Kogan Page
- The Beermat Entrepreneur, M Southon & C West, Pearson Books
- Commercial Awareness, C Stokes, Longtail
Other websites that you may find useful are listed below:
Prospects - Have a look at the self-employment section
Careerplayer - videos of entrepreneurs talking about their businesses
Guardian careers community: How to become a graduate entrepreneur - Q & A forum with panel of experts (2 August 2010)
What do researchers do? Career profiles of doctoral entrepreneurs 2010
Startups: Build a Better Business - Information on starting up your own business in relation to marketing, employing staff, legal issues
National Business Register - Support and set up for entrepreneurs and new businesses. There is information on business names, limited companies, trade marks and domain names.
Enterprise Nation - Information and advice for people starting and growing home businesses
Doug Richard's School for Startups
Getting British Business Online - Online tool to create a free website for your business
Creative Boom - Online magazine for the creative industries. Aims to support and promote freelancers and businesses.
Start Up Britain - New campaign offering a range of business support for new and growing businesses.
The Co-operative Enterprise Hub - Advice, training, funding and consultancy on how to set up, run and grow a co-operative business.
Office Genie - Find office space for small businesses, start ups and freelancers. Can search for spare desk space, shared offices and serviced offices to rent
Flying Start - Make it Happen Webinars - online seminars providing useful advice for entrepreneurs
Enterprise First - graduate opportunities and summer courses available
