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Why Become An Entrepreneur?
Freedom to pursue your dreams
Be your own boss
Control your destiny
Opportunity to achieve financial success
How To Become An Entrepreneur?
Buy an existing business
Traditional Engineering– Buy in to an existing business
Non-traditional Engineering – Create a new business – Solve previously unsolved problems – Urban Science Story
Urban Science Success Strategy
“Doing what others said couldn’t be done.”
– Dot maps
– Large scale optimal location analysis
– Large matrix data analysis
– Laser printing before laser printers
Key Characteristics Of An Entrepreneurial Engineer
Engineering degree
Business training and management skills
Risk tolerant
Vision for a better world
Can do attitude
Commitment
Until one is committed there is hesitancy, the chance to draw back, always ineffectiveness.
Concerning all acts of initiative (and creation) there is one elementary truth the ignorance of which kills countless ideas and splendid plans:
That the moment one definitely commits oneself then Providence moves too.
All sorts of things occur to help one that would never otherwise have occurred.
A whole stream of events issues from the decision raising in one’s favour all manner of unforeseen incidents and meetings and material assistance which no man could have dreamt would have come his way.
Whatever you can do or dream you can, begin it. Boldness has genius, power and magic in it.
Begin it now.Goethe - 1800’s
What Is CEO?
An organization whose mission is
“to inform, support and inspire college students to be
entrepreneurial and seek opportunity through enterprise
creation.”
What Is The Engineering Ventures Program?
A program to identify, train and mentor engineering students interested in considering an engineering career in an entrepreneurial setting
The Engineering Ventures Program will include:– Traditional engineering education – Non-technical and interpersonal skills training– Leadership training – Career plan mentoring and participant motivation– Real world entrepreneurial experience
Engineering Ventures Program
Endowed Chair committed in 2004
WSU chapter of CEO opened in 2005– Help identify entrepreneurs– Host training and motivation seminars– Build a network of entrepreneurs
Formalize non-technical education path
Establish mentoring and motivating program
Establish real world entrepreneurial experience program
Establish venture capital connections