Engineer to entrepreneur : success strategies to manage your career and start your own firm

• Main Author: De la Guardia, Rick
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Reston, Virginia : ASCE Press, American Society of Civil Engineers, ©2016.
• Subjects: Engineering > Vocational guidance.; Entrepreneurship > Vocational guidance.; elektronické knihy; electronic books
• ISBN: 9780784479773; 0784479771; 9780784414415; 0784414416
• Physical Description: 1 online resource

De La Guardia provides aspiring entrepreneurs with practical steps and guidance at key career points to advance their careers and reach their professional goals in any engineering discipline.

Table of Contents:

• Foreword; Preface; Acknowledgments; Introduction; PART 1 HOW TO PREPARE FOR ENTREPRENEURSHIP: STUDENT ENGINEERS ; Chapter 1: Helpful Courses and Skills; Computer Software and Programming Courses; Management and/or Leadership Courses and Skills; Core Principles Courses; Recommended Activities; Chapter 2: Helpful Activities; Join Student Groups and Associations; Establish Contacts and/or Become an Intern at a Local Engineering Firm; Find Work That Emphasizes Accounting, Management, and Clerical Duties; Compile Available Resources; Networking as a Student.
• Recommended ActivitiesPART 2 HOW TO MANAGE YOUR CARRER: YOUNG ENGINEERS ; Chapter 3: Finding Your Niche; Mechanical; Aerospace; Civil; Structural; Architectural; Environmental; Industrial; Biomedical; Electrical; Computer; Recommended Activities; Chapter 4: Your First or Next Job; Interview Your Interviewer; Be Open Minded with Employment Type; Consider Working for a Niche Firm; Seek a Mentor; Offer to Assist with or Learn Management or Accounting Tasks; Understand the Right Time to Make a Career Move; Always Learn, Never Stagnate; Be Patient with the Right Firm.
• Be Honest and Dependable Make Personal Contacts; Networking as a Professional; Save Business Cards; Incorporate, Open Business Accounts, and Establish Credit at Least Three Years in Advance; Invest in a 401(k) Plan and Max Out Your Contributions If Possible; Buy Your First House Wisely; Recommended Activities; Chapter 5: Establishing Your Niche; The Five Questions Aspiring Entrepreneurs Should Ask Themselves Before Starting a Firm; Recommended Activities; PART 3 HOW TO START YOUR OWN FIRM: EXPERIENCED ENGINEERS ; Chapter 6: Funding Your Start-Up Company.
• Step 1: Find Out How Much Money You Have Step 2: Find Out How Much Money You Need; Step 3: Find Out Where to Get the Money You Need; Step 4: Find Out How to Get the Money You Need; Recommended Activities; Chapter 7: Company Start-Up Logistics; Come up with a Good and Unique Name; Decide on a Legal Business Structure; Incorporate your Business; Set up Clear Company Policies; Apply for Board or State Certification and Licenses; Apply for Business Tax Receipt (Occupational License); Implement Legal, Taxation, and Insurance Requirements; Recommended Activities.
• Chapter 8: Office Start-Up Logistics Choosing a Physical Office Space; Establishing Business Accounts; Establishing a Budget; Setting Up an Employee Benefits Package; Generating Proposals for Services; Handling Collections; Hiring Employees; Pay Yourself Last; Recommended Activities; Chapter 9: Marketing and Communications; Marketing; Communications; Recommended Activities; Chapter 10: Management; Office Management; Cash Flow Management; Client Management; Project Management; Employee Management; Payroll Management; Contract Worker Management; Profit Management.