LibGuides: SCALE: MSc Venture Creation

Market Research Databases

This is the first database I will start with for market research reports on consumer products.
It provides statistics, analysis, reports, surveys and breaking news on industries, countries and consumers worldwide.
Contains data and analysis on consumer lifestyles, population trends, and socioeconomic analysis.

Daily views, reports & strategic content, data and forecast on various industries like real estate, retail, etc can be found here.
Good coverage in Asian markets.

Gives market research and technical development reports for technology industries such as wastewater management, etc.
Asian markets are not as well covered it should be.

Business Source Premier

Business Source Premier has market research reports and industry profiles. Mostly Datamonitor reports - but the basic ones only.
Use it to look for product reviews or industry profiles to complement Passport's reports.

The access for Gartner is up now. To login, please click on Gartner link in LINC or Library Portal.

Government Data

These are free datasets provided by governments

Data.gov.sg
Data.gov.sg was first launched in 2011 as the government's one-stop portal to its publicly-available datasets from 70 public agencies. To date, more than 100 apps have been created using the government’s open data. The new data.gov.sg, now in public beta, goes beyond being a data repository. It aims to make government data relevant and understandable to the public, through the active use of charts and articles.
Data.gov
Contains US Federal Government Datasets
Data.gov.uk
UK Government DataSets
UK Data Archive
National Bureau of Statistics of China
http://data.gov.au/
Australian Datasets
Data.govt.nz/
New Zealand Datasets
Japan Statistics Bureau & Statistics Center
Historical Statistics of Japan
Includes comprehensive statistics of historical Japan as far back as the late 19th century.
Data Portal
Open Data hub of the European Union
EuroStats
The statistical office of the European Union, contains a lot of free data. Eurostat offers a whole range of important and interesting data that governments, businesses, the education sector, journalists and the public can use for their work and daily life.
NSF- Industrial Research and Development Information System
This searchable database contains all tables produced from published US R&D surveys from 1953 through 1998. These tables include statistics for selected periods on such measures as industry R&D funding and industry R&D personnel. These statistics are broken out by such dimensions as source, industrial sector, character of work, and company size.
Foreign Information by Country (University of Colorado at Boulder)
Good listing of guides to information of hundreds of countries. Lists country profiles of each country etc.

Web Sources

Startup SG
Established in 2017, Startup SG was created to showcase Singapore’s vibrant startup ecosystem both locally and overseas. It represents the shared interests of the startup community and unifies efforts to support the ecosystem under its various initiatives and programmes. With Startup SG, startups and ecosystem partners can more easily discover and access available avenues of support.
Starts-ups in Singapore
The startups and technology companies listed hereafter are involved in a number of industries and businesses, from ride-hailing to e-commerce, internet and games to media and much more. These Singaporean startups have engaged in the creation of new verticals and the disruption of a broad range of industries.
Startup Hub
Invest in a Vibrant Ecosystem
Singapore is a leading startup hub in Asia and the world. We have the expertise and network to be your launchpad to the region and beyond. With great global connectivity, and easy access to top quality talent, research organisations, as well as other supporting infrastructure and stakeholders, Singapore is the ideal place to grow your business.
crunchbase
Leading platform for professionals to discover innovative companies, connect with the people behind them, and pursue new opportunities. Over 55 million professionals—including entrepreneurs, investors, market researchers, and salespeople—trust Crunchbase to inform their business decisions. And companies all over the world rely on us to power their applications, making over a billion calls to our API each year.

DATASETS (Open Access / Open Educational Resources)

Amazon Pubic Datasets
Registry of Open Data on AWS
Google DataSet Search
Enabling users to find datasets stored in thousands of repositories across the web, making these datasets universally accessible and useful for everyone.
IMDb Datasets
Please refer to the Non-Commercial Licensing and copyright/license and verify compliance
Microsoft Index of Datasets, SDKs, APIs and other open source code
OER Commons - Datasets
Public digital library of open educational resources
Open Machine Learning
An inclusive movement to build an open, organised, online ecosystem for machine learning
UCI Machine Learning Repository
UCI's service to the machine learning community :)
Unsplash Image Dataset
Train and test models using the largest collaborative image dataset ever openly shared. The Unsplash Dataset is created by over 200,000 contributing photographers and billions of searches across thousands of applications, uses, and contexts
Yahoo Datasets

Books and Articles accessible via NUS Libraries

Venture capital: The effect of local and global social ties on firm performance*
Venturing under fire: Entrepreneurship education, venture creation, and poverty reduction in conflict-ridden Maiduguri, Nigeria
Accelerators by Mike Wright (Editor); Israel Drori (Editor)
Call Number: HD62.5 Acc 2019
ISBN: 9781786434081
Publication Date: 2018-05-25
Understanding how accelerators build an entrepreneurial ecosystem, generate innovations and create new technologies is key for anyone wishing to nurture a start-up company. This book compares the success of accelerators in comparison to the independent growth of new companies or incubators through a series of in-depth studies.Accelerators: Successful Venture Creation and Growth examines how the organisational structures and practices of start-up accelerators generate innovations and identify new technologies, products and services. Mike Wright and Israel Drori have developed an entrepreneurial approach to this topic, exploring accelerators and start-ups as temporary organisations. This allows the contributing authors to highlight issues relating to both internal and external processes. This book focuses on an important entrepreneurship trend that is growing, but has not yet undergone thorough research, and as such, is key for anyone wishing to understand the topic. This would be a stimulating and valuable read for entrepreneurs, policymakers and students looking to enter accelerators.
STRATEGY FOR START-UPS