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 StudentEnterprise@oxfordentrepreneurs.co.uk

Websites

• 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://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