Entrepreneur
Welcome to the Entrepreneur section. Browse our selection of articles on building your own start-up. This is by no means an exhaustive guide, but it provides hints and tips for hitting the ground running. Please make use of the information and links below.
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Resources
You may find the following websites useful in your entrepreneur journey. While we have provided a comprehensive list, we recognise it is not always complete. If you have any recommendations please let us know by getting in touch.
NIA supports exceptional individuals with a passion and commitment to scaling their innovations for greater patient benefit. Fellows are expected to share their learning.
This workforce development programme aims to provide the commercial skills, knowledge and experience needed to successfully develop and spread innovative solutions.
Doctorpreneurs is a non-profit organisation which is committed to transforming healthcare by unlocking the wealth of talent within the existing workforce.
BMJ Innovations is an online-only journal, covering research on emerging digital health, medical devices and innovations.
The Medical Futurist is an online magazine which helps readers understand the latest digital health technologies.
STAT is an online news outlet which delivers fast, deep, and tough-minded journalism about medicine and life sciences.
Digital Health provides independent business, policy and technology news, research and events focused on developments in health IT in the NHS and UK health.
Recommended Books
You may find the following books useful in your entrepreneur journey. We recommend using Bookshop.org as it supports independent bookshops and increases author royalties.
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The Lean Start Up
The Lean Startup is changing the way companies are built. It's about learning what your customers really want. It's about testing your vision continuously, adapting and adjusting before it's too late.
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Zero to One
Zero to One delivers completely new and refreshing ideas on how to create value in the world. Every new creation goes from 0 to 1. Read this book and discover how to get there.
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The $100 Startup
Learn how to earn a good living on your own terms and when and where you want. This book will help you achieve that perfect blend of passion and income to make work something you love.
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The E-Myth
E-Mythn walks you through the steps in the life of a business and teaches you to apply the lessons of franchising to any business, whether or not it is a franchise. Learn to work on your business.
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Grit
Grit is a book about what goes through your head when you fall down, and how that grit – not talent or luck – makes all the difference. Discover the true qualities that lead to outstanding achievement.
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The One Thing
The One Thing will teach you to cut through clutter, achieve better results in less time, build momentum toward your goal, revive your energy and stay on track for what matters to you.
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Patient Will See You Now
Dr. Eric Topol examines medicine’s “Gutenberg Moment”. He argues that as medicine becomes digitized, it will now be democratised. The result is better, cheaper, and more human health care.
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The Founder's Dilemmas
This book examines the early decisions made by entrepreneurs that can make or break a startup and its team. Noam Wasserman reveals the common pitfalls founders face and how to avoid them.
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