{"id":5053,"date":"2023-02-22T21:06:16","date_gmt":"2023-02-22T21:06:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/course.oeru.org\/ient101\/?page_id=5053"},"modified":"2023-02-22T21:06:16","modified_gmt":"2023-02-22T21:06:16","slug":"recommended-resources","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/course.oeru.org\/ient101\/course-guide\/recommended-resources\/","title":{"rendered":"Recommended Resources"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"content\" class=\"mw-body container\" role=\"main\">\n<div class=\"row\">\n<div class=\"col-md-12\">\n<div class=\"panel\">\n<div class=\"panel-body\">\n<div id=\"bodyContent\">\n<div id=\"mw-content-text\" lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\" class=\"mw-content-ltr\">\n<p>All the resources you need for this micro-course are listed in the learning pathways. A summary of the external readings is provided below.\n<\/p>\n<table class=\"oeru1 table table-striped\">\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<th>Learning pathway\n<\/th>\n<th>Required readings\n<\/th>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td> <b>The nature of entrepreneurship<\/b>\n<\/td>\n<td> <a rel=\"nofollow\" class=\"external text\" href=\"https:\/\/courses.lumenlearning.com\/boundless-management\/chapter\/entrepreneurship:\">&#8220;Introduction to Entrpreneurship&#8221;<\/a><br \/><a rel=\"nofollow\" class=\"external text\" href=\"https:\/\/learn.saylor.org\/mod\/page\/view.php?id=4882\">Principles of Entrepreneurship: &#8220;What is Entrepreneurship?&#8221;<\/a><br \/><a rel=\"nofollow\" class=\"external text\" href=\"https:\/\/learn.saylor.org\/mod\/page\/view.php?id=5550\">Getting Started as an Entrepreneur: &#8220;Entrepreneurship Is&#8230;&#8221;<\/a><br \/><a rel=\"nofollow\" class=\"external text\" href=\"https:\/\/saylordotorg.github.io\/text_developing-new-products-and-services\/s09-facilitating-creativity-and-in.html\">&#8220;Facilitating Creativity and Innovation&#8221;<\/a><br \/><a rel=\"nofollow\" class=\"external text\" href=\"https:\/\/www.inc.com\/john-brandon\/here-s-why-the-risk-reward-model-works-so-well.html\/\">Here&#8217;s why the risk-reward model works so well<\/a><br \/><a rel=\"nofollow\" class=\"external text\" href=\"https:\/\/www.entrepreneur.com\/article\/243061\">4 examples of risks leading to reward<\/a><br \/><a rel=\"nofollow\" class=\"external text\" href=\"http:\/\/www.wikinomics.com\/book\/IntroAndOne.pdf\">Wikinomics: How mass collaboration changes everything<\/a> pages 7-10 for Case Study<br \/><a rel=\"nofollow\" class=\"external text\" href=\"http:\/\/www.foxbusiness.com\/features\/2013\/11\/21\/crowdsourcing-business-ideas-how-to-do-it.html\">Crowdsourcing business ideas: How to do it<\/a><br \/><a rel=\"nofollow\" class=\"external text\" href=\"https:\/\/www.businessinsider.com.au\/crowdsource-2010-7?r=US&amp;IR=T#choose-the-approach-thats-right-for-you-1\">Top 10 rules for crowdsourcing business ideas<\/a>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td> <b>What makes a successful entrepreneur?<\/b>\n<\/td>\n<td> <a href=\"https:\/\/wikieducator.org\/images\/2\/27\/Characteristics_of_a_successful_entrepreneur.pdf\" class=\"internal\" title=\"Characteristics of a successful entrepreneur.pdf\">Characteristics of a successful entrepreneur<\/a> (extracted from <a rel=\"nofollow\" class=\"external text\" href=\"http:\/\/oasis.col.org\/handle\/11599\/2465\">Introduction to Entrepreneurship, Commonwealth of Learning, 2011<\/a>)<br \/><a rel=\"nofollow\" class=\"external text\" href=\"http:\/\/www.forbesindia.com\/article\/8th-anniversary-special\/how-oyos-ritesh-agarwal-transformed-the-business-of-budget-accommodation\/46971\/1\">How Oyo&#8217;s Ritesh Agarwal transformed the business of budget accommodation<\/a><br \/><a rel=\"nofollow\" class=\"external text\" href=\"https:\/\/www.forbes.com\/sites\/steveandriole\/2016\/04\/01\/10-reasons-why-entrepreneurs-fail\/#723cfa0042d9\">10 Reasons Why Entrepreneurs Fail<\/a><br \/><a rel=\"nofollow\" class=\"external text\" href=\"https:\/\/www.entrepreneur.com\/article\/288769\">Why some Startups Succeed (and Most Fail)<\/a><br \/><a rel=\"nofollow\" class=\"external text\" href=\"https:\/\/smallbiztrends.com\/2016\/01\/entrepreneurs-who-failed.html\">21 Entrepreneurs who failed big before becoming a success<\/a><br \/><a rel=\"nofollow\" class=\"external text\" href=\"https:\/\/countrynavigator.com\/blog\/interesting-things\/failure-across-cultures\/\">How different cultures deal with failure<\/a><br \/><a rel=\"nofollow\" class=\"external text\" href=\"https:\/\/www.bdc.ca\/en\/articles-tools\/entrepreneur-toolkit\/business-assessments\/pages\/self-assessment-test-your-entrepreneurial-potential.aspx\">Entrepreneurial potential self-assessment<\/a><br \/><a rel=\"nofollow\" class=\"external text\" href=\"https:\/\/www.entrepreneur.com\/article\/247560\">Quiz: What&#8217;s Your Entrepreneurial I.Q.?<\/a><br \/><a rel=\"nofollow\" class=\"external text\" href=\"https:\/\/learn.saylor.org\/mod\/page\/view.php?id=5545\">Entrepreneur Assessment Survey<\/a>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td> <b>Entrepreneurs as small-business owners<\/b>\n<\/td>\n<td> <a rel=\"nofollow\" class=\"external text\" href=\"https:\/\/www.entrepreneur.com\/article\/233919\">Are You a Small-Business Owner or an Entrepreneur? The Difference Is Important.<\/a><br \/><a rel=\"nofollow\" class=\"external text\" href=\"http:\/\/open.lib.umn.edu\/exploringbusiness\/chapter\/5-4-advantages-and-disadvantages-of-business-ownership\/\">Advantages and Disadvantages of Business Ownership<\/a><br \/><a rel=\"nofollow\" class=\"external text\" href=\"http:\/\/articles.bplans.com\/how-to-perform-swot-analysis\/\">What is SWOT Analysis?<\/a><br \/><a rel=\"nofollow\" class=\"external text\" href=\"http:\/\/www.wikihow.com\/Identify-Strategy-with-a-SWOT-Analysis\">How to build company strategy using SWOT Analysis<\/a><br \/><a rel=\"nofollow\" class=\"external text\" href=\"https:\/\/articles.bplans.com\/swot-analysis-examples\/\">SWOT Analysis Examples<\/a>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td> <b>Before starting your own business<\/b>\n<\/td>\n<td> <a rel=\"nofollow\" class=\"external text\" href=\"https:\/\/www.sba.gov\/starting-business\/how-start-business\/20-questions-starting\">20 questions to ask yourself when starting a small business<\/a><br \/><a rel=\"nofollow\" class=\"external text\" href=\"https:\/\/www.mymarketresearchmethods.com\/market-research-marketing-research-difference\/\">Market Research vs. Marketing Research: What&#8217;s the difference?<\/a><br \/><a rel=\"nofollow\" class=\"external text\" href=\"https:\/\/cnx.org\/contents\/hxyTvIXc@4\/Competitive-intelligence---Def\">Competitive intelligence<\/a><br \/><a rel=\"nofollow\" class=\"external text\" href=\"https:\/\/canadabusiness.ca\/business-planning\/market-research-and-statistics\/conducting-market-research\/guide-to-market-research-and-analysis\">Guide to market research and analysis<\/a><br \/><a rel=\"nofollow\" class=\"external text\" href=\"https:\/\/cnx.org\/contents\/3Er3vOVJ@4\/Securing-and-managing-external\">Securing and managing external relationships: Marketing exchanges and partnerships<\/a><br \/><a rel=\"nofollow\" class=\"external text\" href=\"http:\/\/www.angelinvestmentnetwork.net\/2018\/07\/startup-due-diligence\/\">Startup Due Diligence for Investors \u2013 Best Practices &amp; Checklists<\/a><br \/><a rel=\"nofollow\" class=\"external text\" href=\"https:\/\/canadabusiness.ca\/business-planning\/market-research-and-statistics\/conducting-market-research\/guide-to-market-research-and-analysis\">Guide to market research and analysis<\/a><br \/><a rel=\"nofollow\" class=\"external text\" href=\"https:\/\/nats-www.informatik.uni-hamburg.de\/pub\/User\/InterculturalCommunication\/top2.pdf\">A general introduction to the design of questionnaires for survey research<\/a> Sections 1-5 pages 1-14 <br \/><a rel=\"nofollow\" class=\"external text\" href=\"https:\/\/blog.kissmetrics.com\/survey-questions-that-work\/\">Survey Questions That Work<\/a>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<p><!-- \nNewPP limit report\nCPU time usage: 0.014 seconds\nReal time usage: 0.014 seconds\nPreprocessor visited node count: 1\/1000000\nPreprocessor generated node count: 4\/1000000\nPost\u2010expand include size: 0\/2097152 bytes\nTemplate argument size: 0\/2097152 bytes\nHighest expansion depth: 1\/40\nExpensive parser function count: 0\/100\n--><\/p>\n<p><!-- Saved in parser cache with key we_en-mw_:pcache:idhash:181322-0!*!*!*!*!*!* and timestamp 20230222021418 and revision id 1060331\n -->\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"visualClear\"><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"row\">\n<div class=\"col-md-12\">\n<ul class=\"pager\">\n<li class=\"previous\">\n            <a href=\"\/ient101\/course-guide\/syllabus-and-learning-challenges\">\u2190 Previous<\/a>\n          <\/li>\n<li class=\"next\">\n            <a href=\"\/ient101\/course-guide\/qualification-options\">Next \u2192<\/a>\n          <\/li>\n<\/ul><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div id=\"wenote-ids\"><script type='text\/javascript' id='wenotes-ids'>\n    var WEnotesSite = \"https:\/\/wikieducator.org\";\n    var WEnotesPath = \"\/Introduction_to_entrepreneurship\/IENT101\/Resources\";\n    var WEnotesSiteID = \"0e3d258fbd36841f92259eefcd41d5e9\";\n    var WEnotesPathID = \"7b1929cf0bd964bc030488b00edf04c5\";\n    var WEnotesIDs = { site: \"https:\/\/wikieducator.org\", path: \"\/Introduction_to_entrepreneurship\/IENT101\/Resources\", site_id: \"0e3d258fbd36841f92259eefcd41d5e9\", path_id: \"7b1929cf0bd964bc030488b00edf04c5\" };\n<\/script><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<footer><\/footer>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>All the resources you need for this micro-course are listed in the learning pathways. 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