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

Author: De La Guardia, Rick;Fasano, Jr., Anthony Joseph

Date published

30 August 2016

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

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De La Guardia, Rick;Fasano, Jr., Anthony Joseph
Date published
30 August 2016
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Free to members
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Author

De La Guardia, Rick;Fasano, Jr., Anthony Joseph

Date published

30 August 2016

Author

De La Guardia, Rick;Fasano, Jr., Anthony Joseph

Price

Free to members

Starting, managing, and owning an engineering firm can be a daunting experience. This book 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.

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Format:
eBook
ISBN:
9780784479773
Pages:
209
Publisher:
American Society of Civil Engineers

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