Entrepreneurship. Innovation. Creativity. While these words may spark some sort of inspiration within you, most people would associate these ingenuity concepts with start-ups. But it is not only startups that need entrepreneurs. In today's world, high-performing companies need to constantly reinvent themselves. They must consistently find new products and services to stay … [Read more...] about Would you be interested in a corporate start-up?
Engineering profession
Building entrepreneurial confidence
The Georgia Institute of Technology (Georgia Tech) has developed a course, Technology Entrepreneurship, that combines the process-oriented strengths of engineering with entrepreneurial skills. Entrepreneurial education is not just for students who hope to create their own company. It is also for those who want to succeed as intrapreneurs-engineers working within a company to … [Read more...] about Building entrepreneurial confidence
Introducing IEEE entrepreneurship
IEEE Entrepreneurship was founded in 2015 as the result of a 2014 IEEE Board Ad Hoc Committee looking for ways that IEEE could be relevant to entrepreneurs and investors. As an M.S.E.E. and AT&T Bell Labs member, IEEE was very relevant to me for the first 15 years of my career. I was a member of the IEEE Communicat ions Society and the IEEE Computer Society, but I found … [Read more...] about Introducing IEEE entrepreneurship
An introduction to entrepreneurship
While often associated with start-up formation, entrepreneurship is considered a fundamental and transformational shift in how one interacts with and views the world. As championed by Prof. Stevenson and Prof. Eisenmann at the Harvard Business School, “Entrepreneurship is the pursuit of opportunity beyond resources controlled,” and this def init ion embodies the guiding forces … [Read more...] about An introduction to entrepreneurship
Engineering: A long hard road—Worth the effort!
In 1983, there was a basketball coach at North Carolina State University who believed in his team despite the odds against it. His team was not expected to compete well that year but had surprised opponent after opponent. When his team was invited to the National Collegiate Athletic Association tournament that year, it was not expected to advance beyond the first or second … [Read more...] about Engineering: A long hard road—Worth the effort!