Engineer to Entrepreneur ：Success Strategies to Manage Your Career and Start Your Own Firm ( ASCE Press )

Publication subTitle ：Success Strategies to Manage Your Career and Start Your Own Firm

Publication series ：ASCE Press

Author： Rick De La Guardia   Anthony Joseph Fasano   Jr.  

Publisher： American Society of Civil Engineers‎

Publication year： 2016

E-ISBN: 9780784479773

P-ISBN(Paperback): 9780784414415

Subject： TU Architectural Science

Keyword： 建筑科学,Technology: general issues

Language： ENG

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Description

Starting, managing, and owning an engineering firm can be a daunting experience. Engineer to Entrepreneur: Success Strategies to Manage Your Career and Start Your Own Firm provides practical steps at key career points to reach professional goals in any engineering discipline.

Rick De La Guardia leads aspiring entrepreneurs through the process from undergraduate class choices, through first jobs, to opening an office and running a consulting firm. Divided into three main sections for the student, beginning engineer, and company owner, De La Guardia provides background information, suggested activities, and detailed steps to make the most of each stage of one's career. Personal examples from his own career are used to illustrate real-life issues and decisions facing entrepreneurs as they find their niche, expand their contacts, and launch their firms.

Engineer to Entrepreneur will help engineers in any discipline rethink their careers and take charge of their futures.

Chapter

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 Activities

PART 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

Recommended Activities

Chapter 11: Intangibles of Entrepreneurship

Great Communication Skills

Honesty

Empathy

Humility

Philanthropy

Philosophy

Self-Awareness

Recommended Activities

Closing Statement

About the Author

Index

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