Useful links & literature

Entrepreneurship courses

 

Other Business Plan Competitions 

Øresund Entrepreneurship Academy. Searchable database with courses at universities in the Øresund region.

IDEA Denmark. List of courses in Southern Denmark and Mid/Northern Jutland.

 

The Nordic Venture Cup competitions

MIT $50k Entrepreneurship Competition

London Entrepreneur's Challenge 

 

Entrepreneurship Networks and Forums

 

 

Patent & Licensing Agencies

Stardust CBS (Danish)

Stardust DTU (Danish)

START Danmark (Danish)

Amino (Danish)

Go BIG Network

Netværk - University of Copenhagen (Danish)

 

Danish Patent and Trademark Office

European Patent Office

US Patent and Trademark Office 

Free Patents Online

 

Patent attorneys

Awapatent

Høiberg

Plougmann & Vingtoft

Zacco 

 

Entrepreneurship support

Danish sources:

Connect Denmark

Dansk Iværksætter Forening

General information on owning a business in Denmark 

StartVækst

EVU

Business Factory

 

International sources:

Small Business Administration, USA

Red Herring

Entrepreneur.com

Startup Journal

The Foundation of Entrepreneurship

Springwise: business ideas

 

Venture Capitalists and other Investors

Innovation environments:

Novi

CAT

Syddansk Innovation

Østjysk Innovation

SEED Capital 

Teknologisk Innovation

Innovation MidtVest

 

Private Equity Funds:

Nordic Capital

European Private Equity and Venture Capital Association

Danish Venture Capital & Private Equity Association

EQT Partners AB

Axcel IndustriInvestor

 

Venture Capitalists:

Vækstfonden

Leiner, Perkins, Caufield & Byers (U.S.)

IT-Provider

Investor AB (U.S.)

Dansk Kapitalanlæg

Benchmark Capital (U.S. & U.K.)

Bank Invest

6:e AP-Fonden (Sweden)

NorthCap Partners

Capital+ 

 

For a comprehensive list of Danish Venture Capitialists, please download this fact sheet (PDF) from Copenhagen Capacity.

 

Science Parks

 

 

Symbion

Science Park Aarhus

International Science Park Odense

Scion-DTU

HIH Science Park

   


Suggested Reading

The Successful Business Plan: Secrets & Strategies
Abrams, Rhonda M.
Oregon, USA: The Oasis Press, 1993 (2nd edition)
 
Valuation - Measuring and Managing the Value of Companies
Copeland, Tom; Koller, Tim; Murrin, Jack
New York, USA: John Willey and Sons, 1995 (2nd edition)

Business Angels - Securing Start-Up Finance
Coveney, Patrick; Moore, Karl
hichester: John Wiley and Sons, 1998
 
Entrepreneur Magazine
www.entrepreneurmag.com
 
Obstacles to the Creation of Very Small Businesses in the European Union
The European Commision
Luxembourg: European Communities, 1999
 
Fast Company Magazine
www.fastcompany.com/online/resources/currentissue.html
 
The Business Platform - Entrepreneurship & Management in the Early Stages of a Firm's Development
Klofsten, Magnus
Luxembourg: Unispin, 1998
 
Anatomy of a Business Plan
Pinson, Linda; Jinnet, Jerry
Chicago, USA: Upstart Publishing Company, 1996 (3rd edition)
 
Red Herring Magazine
www.redherring.com/mag
 
Breakthrough Inc - High-growth Strategies for Entrepreneurial Organizations
Rubenstein, Herbert R.; Grundy, Tony
London, UK: Financial Times/Prentice Hall, 1999
 
New Venture Strategy - Timing, Environmental Uncertainty and Performance
Shepard, Dean A.; Shanley, Mark
California, USA: Sage Publications, 1998