There is a huge amount of media dedicated to entrepreneurship. Here is a selection of some valuable resources suggested by OE members.

If you have any more suggestions please contact president@oxfordentrepreneurs.co.uk.

Websites

• www.octopusventures.com – Octopus Ventures focuses on early stage business opportunities in market sectors where its directors and members of the Octopus Investor Group have relevant knowledge and experience. Are you an entrepreneur with a good business idea? Octopus Ventures can help you. Click here to submit your business proposal today through our website. Moreover Octopus Ventures holds fortnightly start-up up clinics for OE Members. Click here to make an appointment.
• www.oxfordshirehub.co.uk – The Oxfordshire Enterprise Hub provides business support to early stage businesses seeking opportunities to grow.  This is done by drawing on a wide range of local and regional experts to provide specialist, individual support to help entrepreneurs and knowledge-based companies commercialise innovative products and services.
• www.businesslink.gov.uk – Business Link provides the information, advice and support you need to start, maintain and grow your business . Check out the start-up organiser, it guides you through the first steps of forming a company.
• www.businesslinksolutions.co.uk – The Oxfordshire branch of Business Link. Join to gain access to free business advisors, events and opportunities to network with other businesses in Oxfordshire.
• http://www.oxonbe.co.uk – Oxfordshire Business Enterprises. Free new business advice service for people looking for help starting a business, or in the early stages of running a business, in the Oxfordshire area.
• http://www.innovateurs.com/ – Innovateurs is an initiative by experienced entrepreneurs which supports emerging ventures by sharing resources and know-how on a free basis.
• http://www.shell-livewire.org/ – Shell LiveWIRE helps 16-30 year olds to start and develop their own business and hosts a national competition for new business start-ups. Looks out for the free business toolkit and online expert mentors.
• http://www.flyingstart-ncge.com/ – Aims to provide everything needed to start a business, or grow a new one, and to provide as much support and help as possible to make it happen. Designed for current students and graduates. Includes a virtual network of students, graduate entrepreneurs, experts and mentors.
• http://www.princes-trust.org.uk – Offers advice and grants to 18-30 year olds wanting to start their own companies.
• http://www.starttalkingideas.org – Enterprise Insight is a campaign coalition which aims to encourage young people to be enterprising in the broadest sense, to make their ideas real. This is through business start-ups, social enterprise and enterprising behaviour as employees. A fun website.
• http://www.tie-uk.org/ – The Indus Entrepreneurs (TiE) is a global not-for-profit organization focused on promoting entrepreneurship. TiE helps budding entrepreneurs by way of advice, guidance and assistance from successful & experienced entrepreneurs and professionals.
• http://www.eventuring.org – This site provides original articles, written by entrepreneurs for entrepreneurs, and aggregates “the best of the best” content on the Web related to starting and running high-impact companies.
• http://www.unltd.org.uk – UnLtd supports social entrepreneurs – people with vision, drive, commitment and passion who want to change the world for the better. They do this by providing a complete package of funding and support to help individuals make their ideas a reality.
• http://www.studentscan.net – free websites for students to promote student enterprise and innovation

Books

• Boo hoo: A dotcom story – Ernst Malmsten, Erik Portanger, Charles Drazin
• Eboys: The True Story of the Six Tall Men Who Backed EBay, Webvan and Other Billion-dollar Start-ups – Randall E. Stross
• The Perfect Store: Inside Ebay – Adam Cohen
• Direct from Dell, Strategies that revolutionized an industry – Michael Dell
• When Genius Failed: The Rise and Fall of Long Term Capital Management – Roger Lowenstein
• Liar’s Poker: Playing the Money Markets – Michael Lewis
• Fooled by Randomness: The Hidden Role of Chance in Life and in the Markets – Nassim Nicholas Taleb
• Winning: The Ultimate Business How-To Book – Jack Welch and Suzy Welch
• Rich Dad, Poor Dad – Robert T. Kiyosaki
• 7 Habits of Highly Effective People – Stephen R. Covey
• How to win friends & influence people – Dale Carnegie
• The nudist on the late shift – Po Bronson
• The King of Torts – Grisham
• The Tipping Point: How Little Things Can Make a Big Difference – Malcolm Gladwell
• Anyone Can Do It: Building Coffee Republic From Our Kitchen Table: 57 Real-life laws on entrepreneurship – Sahar Hashemi and Bobby Hashemi
• How to Be a Complete and Utter Failure in Life, Work and Everything: 39 1/2 steps to lasting underachievement – Steve McDermott
• Funky Business – Jonas Ridderstrale, Kjell Nordstrom Brand Sense
• High Stakes, No Losers – Charles Ferguson
• The New Business Road Test – John Mullins: Invaluable advice for the viability of a new business idea.
• Competition and Entrepreneurship – Israel M. Kirzner
• The Art of Start – Guy Kawasaki
• iCon: The unofficial autobiography of Steve Jobs
• Startup – Jerry Kaplan
• Against the Odds – James Dyson: Inspirational autobiography
• Losing my Virginity – Richard Branson: Gives a great insight into his journey and the adventures he has had
• Jonathan Livingston Seagull – Richard Bach: A short metaphoric story about doing your own thing
• How I made it – Rachel Bridge : Stories of entrepreneurialism
• Business as Unusual – Anita Roddick
• The Beermat Entrepreneur – Mike Southon & Chris West: Follows business through from ideation to multinational!
• The Essential Business Guide: (http://www.essentialbusinessguide.co.uk/) Good reference guide to dip in and out of.

Blogs

• http://davidlanger.co.uk/ – “Freed from the matrix”, A blog devoted to young entrepreneurship by GroupSpaces co-founder David Langer.
• http://www.iwillteachyoutoberich.com – A great blog covering everything from finance to customer service in digestible little stories.
• http://www.sharpshoot.blogspot.com - Sumon, president of Imperial Entrepreneurs, tells it as it is.
• http://www.kulveer.co.uk/ – Kulveer, co-founder of boso, keeps us up to date with the boso experience
• http://mealticket.wordpress.com/ – Hajeet, co-founder of boso, keeps us up to date with the boso experience