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Want to Start Your Own Business? Pay Attention to These 3 Tips!

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This is a guest blog by Gina Covarrubias

Own Business

Tip 1: Do Not Jump on the Bandwagon 

The number of American small business applications has been increasing each year since 2016, according to PR Newswire.  

Heck, you might know a buddy who has started a lucrative side gig as a YouTuber or a TikTok creator. And the temptations might swirl around in your mind: “I should do that … look how much fun they’re having … I want my own business too!“ 

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Developing an Entrepreneurial Mindset: Risk Is Opportunity

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This is a guest blog by Michael Burns, PE, PgMP, DBIA

An Entrepreneurial Mindset

In previous EMI blogs, we discussed Thinking Big and Being Mindful as We Set Goals and Building Confidence Through Empathetic Stakeholder Engagement. I fully respect that managing these objectives with a myriad of associated voices can be distracting as we attempt to sustain growth. Sustaining growth, for our businesses and talent, is particularly difficult in the Architectural, Engineering and Construction (AEC) Industry, as we constantly regroup to provide service on projects that marry significant technical challenges with dynamic client expectations. So, the intent of this month’s discussion is to explore a Risk Intelligent approach, creating a consistent basis for our teams to develop an entrepreneurial mindset and explore entrepreneurial solutions. 

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Tips to Advance Your Career as a Mechanical Engineer

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This is a guest blog by Carol Evenson

Engineering Career Tips

Being a successful mechanical engineer goes beyond just being a pro at science and math. Whether an individual has several years of experience as a mechanical engineer or has graduated recently, there are strategies and engineering career tips to take their profession to the next level. These tips can help any professional in the field of mechanical engineering advance their career. [Read more…] about Tips to Advance Your Career as a Mechanical Engineer

TECC 182: Using Your Military Experience to Become a Project Management Leader

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Using Your Military Experience to Become a Project Management Leader

In this episode, I talk with Eric Wright, Ph.D., PMP, CPD about the benefits of earning the project management professional certification (PMP) for military members transitioning out of the service looking to become a project management leader. Eric gives some great tips on planning, leading, organizing, control, actions impact, and also explains the importance of soft skills and creating future value not only for yourself, but for clients as well.

Engineering Quotes:

Project Management Leader

Project Management Leader

Here are some of the key points discussed in today’s episode on becoming a project management leader:

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TECC 178: Becoming a Key Person of Influence as an Engineering Professional

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Becoming a Key Person of Influence as an Engineering Professional

In this episode, I talk with Daniel Priestley, co-founder of Dent and author of the book “Key Person of Influence. Daniel provides us with a 5-step formula that you can use to become a key person of influence in your industry.

Engineering Quotes:

Influence

Here are 5 ways that you can become a key person of influence:

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TCEP 088: Growing a Civil Engineering Company from the Ground up with Stephen Morse

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Civil Engineering Company

In episode 88 of The Civil Engineering Podcast, I talk with Stephen Morse, PE, LEED AP from Grant Engineering about growing a civil engineering company from the ground up. Stephen talks about the process he went through in growing his company from starting out in his apartment to now having a growing office in New York City.

Engineering Quotes:

Civil Engineering Company

Civil Engineering Company

Here are some of the questions I ask Stephen:

  • What made you decide to start your own civil engineering company?
  • Tell us about your experience of hiring your first employee.
  • What types of projects are you currently working on, and what is your involvement in those projects?
  • How many employees does Grant Engineering have?
  • Can you explain what the organization: “Engineers Without Borders” is?
  • What would you say to a civil engineer that might consider starting their own civil engineering company?

Here are some key points discussed on growing a civil engineering company:

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Achieving Business Success as an Early Stage Entrepreneur

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Achieving Business Success as an Early Stage Entrepreneur is a blog post by Carol Evenson

Achieving Business SuccessFollowing the unprecedented increase in the number of people turning to entrepreneurship, there’s no denying that owning a business is unusually appealing. It’s easy to understand what creates this feeling. Everyone wants some measure of freedom to be able to make their own independent decisions and run their own show, however, do you know a large number of small businesses close every day? To avoid failure, you must mitigate the potential for failure. Below you’ll find five tips that can help you to start your own business and achieve business success.

Achieving Business Success

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TCEP 036: Engineer to Entrepreneur: Success Strategies to Manage Your Career and Start Your Own Civil Engineering Firm

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TCEP 036: Engineer to Entrepreneur: Success Strategies to Manage Your Career and Start Your Own Civil Engineering FirmIn episode 036 of The Civil Engineering Podcast, I interview Rick DeLaGuardia about entrepreneurship in civil engineering. We will focus on his newest book called Engineer to Entrepreneur: Success Strategies to Manage Your Career and Start Your Own Firm.

Here are some of the questions I ask Rick:

  • What made you decide to write the book?
  • Who is the book geared to primarily?
  • What is the one key point you were trying to make when you wrote the book?
  • You use a lot of anecdotes in your book, why?
  • In the book you ask the readers to consider working for a small niche firm, can you explain why?
  • You write about investing and finances a lot, why is it so important?
  • Based on the three parts of your book, what is the best advice you could provide to each group: student, young engineer and aspiring entrepreneur?
  • Who is publishing your book and how can we get a copy?

Quotes to think about:

TCEP36 Quote 1 - Rick De La Guardia - Success Strategies

TCEP36 Quote 2 - Anthony Fasano - Success Strategies

Here are some key points on success strategies discussed in this episode:

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TECC 103: How to Build Entrepreneurial Skills for Engineering Career and Business Success

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How to Build Entrepreneurial Skills for Engineering Career and Business Success

In this episode, Chris Knutson, PE interviews an entrepreneurial educator and success coach Debbie Ruston about identifying, developing, and integrating entrepreneurial skills into one’s engineering career.

Engineering Success quotes:

entrepreneurial skills

entrepreneurial skills
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TCEP 024: Starting a Civil Engineering Company with the Support of Your Previous Employer: A True Story

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TCEP Ep24

In episode 024 of The Civil Engineering Podcast, I interview Kristi Mirambell who shares her story on starting a civil engineering company during a rough time in her life. I also interview, at the same time, Ryan Hanemann, the co-founder of Audubon Companies on how his company supported Kristi in her decision to start a company.

Here are some of the questions I ask Kristi and Ryan:

  • How Kristi decided to start her own company
  • How Kristi created a business plan
  • What Ryan was looking for in the business plan to support Kristi
  • What Kristi does to promote the culture she experienced in Audubon
  • How Ryan evaluates people to hire for their company
  • What are the challenges of being a business owner

Engineering success quote:

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