Module information on this degree can be found below, separated by year of study.
The module information below applies for the current academic year. The academic year runs from August to July; the 'current year' switches over at the end of July.
Students select optional courses subject to rules specified in the Mechanical Engineering Student Handbook, for example at most three Design and Business courses. Please note that numbers are limited on some optional courses and selection criteria will apply.
Entrepreneurship Online
Module aims
Module Outline:
Reading list
Session 01
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The startup owner's manual: the step-by-step guide for building a great company
1st edition, Wiley
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UN Sustainable Development Goals - Take Action for the Sustainable Development Goals
United Nations
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Global Development Hub
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Boosting global crop yields to end hunger
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Customer Discovery In the Time Of the Covid-19 Virus
Customer Discovery In the Time Of the Covid-19 Virus
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Why the lean start-up changes everything
Harvard business review Harvard Business School Press
Session 02
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Iridium Satellite Communications System (B)
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The discipline of innovation
Harvard business review Harvard Business Review
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The sources of innovation
Oxford University Press
Session 03
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The startup owner's manual: the step-by-step guide for building a great company
1st edition, Wiley
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The lean startup : how constant innovation creates radically successful businesses
Penguin Business
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Where to play : 3 steps for discovering your most valuable market opportunities
Pearson
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Business model generation a handbook for visionaries, game changers, and challengers
John Wiley & Sons, Inc.
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How To Compile A Lean Canvas, The Business Plan In One Page
Session 04
Session 05
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The startup owner's manual: the step-by-step guide for building a great company
1st edition, Wiley
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The startup owner's manual: the step-by-step guide for building a great company
1st edition, Wiley
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Know Your Customers' "Jobs to Be Done"
Harvard business review Harvard Business Review
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Customer Jobs: Trigger questions
Session 06
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The startup owner's manual: the step-by-step guide for building a great company
1st edition, Wiley
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Pretotype It: Make sure you are building the right it before you build it right
Second Pretotype Edition,
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Rapid Prototyping Strategies. Academic Entrepreneurship for Medical and Health Scientists
Academic Entrepreneurship for Medical and Health Sciences
Session 07
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The startup owner's manual: the step-by-step guide for building a great company
1st edition, Wiley
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Experimentation works : the surprising power of business experiments
Harvard Business Review Press
Session 08
Session 09
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The startup owner's manual: the step-by-step guide for building a great company
1st edition, Wiley
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Chapter 1: Accelerators: characteristics, trends and the new entrepreneurial ecosystem
Session 10
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The unicorn's shadow : combating the dangerous myths that hold back startups, founders, and investors
Wharton School Press