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Engineer to entrepreneur : success strategies to manage your career and start your own firm /
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.
| Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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| Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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Reston, Virginia :
ASCE Press, American Society of Civil Engineers,
©2016.
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| Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
Tabla de Contenidos:
- 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.