Articles & other resources
Articles
6 Steps to Becoming a Successful Student Entrepreneur
Bill Gates. Mark Zuckerberg. Larry Page. Sergey Brin. They share more than a few enviable accomplishments. They're billionaires, they made their fortunes in tech and they started their businesses while they were still students.
5 TED Talks That Will Inspire You to Be a Better Entrepreneur
Article compiling an incredibly informative and interesting collection of TED talks from Seth Godin, Tony Robbins, Richard Branson, Elizabeth Gilbert and Simon Sinek.
A self-made millionaire who studied 1,200 wealthy people found they all have one - free - pastime in common
When Steve Siebold was a broke college student, his quest to become rich began with one interview - with a millionaire. Since then, he's interviewed more than 1,200 of the world's wealthiest people over the past three decades and become a self-made millionaire himself. In his research, he noticed a pastime the rich have in common: they self-educate by reading.
An Early-Stage Founder's Quick & Dirty Guide To Growth
Growth is what founders and investors alike are constantly searching for. Growth enables startups to quickly create tremendous value in the market. Without growth you're dead in the water. But accordingly to Paul Graham, there's a silver lining: "...if you get growth, everything else tends to fall into place."
Becoming a student entrepreneur
You don't have to study business to be a successful entrepreneur, according to Graham Cooper, it can all start at university.
External reading
Bplans
Your complete guide to business planning. Need help preparing a business plan? Bplans has everything you need to start planning and growing your business today. It contains the largest single online collection of free sample business plans. Writing a business plan is a critical requirement for any entrepreneur or business looking to grow. Choose from a variety of articles or view a sample business plan to help you produce a winning business plan.
Website: www.bplans.com
Business Insider UK
Business and technology news website. The site provides and analyses business news and acts as an aggregator of top news stories from around the web. Its original works are sometimes cited by other, larger, publications such as The New York Times.
Website: uk.businessinsider.com
Business-Opportunities.biz
Business-Opportunities.biz is a one-of-kind website for small business entrepreneurs. Since 2001, they have been collecting and curating business ideas, opportunities and franchises for the small business entrepreneur. Their focus has been, and remains, real opportunities for real people, in the real world. For more than a decade, day in and day out, Dane Carlson and the team at Business-Opportunities.biz have scoured the globe for interesting businesses and ideas to share with you.
Website: www.business-opportunities.biz
The Drucker Institute
What will you do different this Monday? The Drucker Institute now have blog articles every 2 months with valuable insights from the late Peter F. Drucker on all things business. He was hugely influential in contributing to the practical and philosophical foundations of modern business.
Website: www.druckerinstitute.com/monday
Entrepreneur.com
Launched in 1997 to accompany its US magazine counterpart, Entrepreneur.com carries articles and information about entrepreneurialism, small business management, and business opportunities. It has now expanded to include features, contests and other publications and spin-offs. The website receives more than six million unique visitors each month.
Website: www.entrepreneur.com
Forbes.com
The "Home Page For The World's Business Leaders". One of the world's most widely visited business websites and the online presence of the influential business magazine, Forbes.com features original articles on finance, industry, investing, and marketing topics. It also reports on related subjects such as technology, communications, science, and law.
Website: www.forbes.com
Financial Times
British international newspaper with emphasis on business and economic topics that has a wide readership around the globe. Financial Times is one of the main rivals of The Wall Street Journal.
Website: www.ft.com/home/uk
Intuit
A little extra to help you run your company. Inspiring business advice, practical information and simple tools.
Website: www.intuit.co.uk
National Federation of Independent Business
National Federation of Independent Business. NFIB is 350,000 small and independent business owners united by one clear mission: to promote and protect your right to own, operate and grow your business. NFIB's members rely on daily how-to articles from a comprehensive online library for entrepreneurs. Whether you're just starting a business, looking to expand or exploring how to pass on or sell your business, members choose from tips, videos, infographics and other tools. NFIB also protects the future of small business through three amazing Foundations: Research Foundation, Legal Center and Young Entrepreneur Foundation.
Website: www.nfib.com
Real Business
Real Business provides daily news and information from the business world, along with guides and advice that are valuable for entrepreneurs. A daily email newsletter is also available to keep track of the latest business developments.
Website: realbusiness.co.uk
Start Up Donut
The services the site offers are aimed at helping businesses to succeed by providing reliable information and resources that can save business owners time and money. With an engaging mix of how-to guides, feature articles, checklists, expert Q&As, FAQs, case studies, video content and blogs, it provides new and established businesses with free advice about how to manage a range of key tasks and issues. The site also contains a weekly round-up of small business news and events.
Website: www.startupdonut.co.uk
The Wall Street Journal
One of the most widely read business newspapers, providing daily international news coverage of topics ranging from economy to business and finance. The Journal has specific editions for Europe and Asia as well.
Website: www.wsj.com