"Informative, provocative, and practical...developing the skillsoutlined in The Entrepreneurial Engineer is a necessity for aproductive engineering career."
--Raymond L. Price, William H. Severns Professor of HumanBehavior Director, Illinois Leadership(r) Center, University ofIllinois at Urbana-Champaign
"I believe that The Entrepreneurial Engineer has the potentialto change the landscape of what engineers learn and do."
--John R. Koza, former CEO and chairman, Scientific Games Inc.and Consulting Professor, Stanford University
"Dr. Goldberg provides the road map for engineers of the futureto stay at the front of the wave by learning to think more likeentrepreneurs. . . Consider this book your survival handbook forthe rest of your life."
--From the Foreword by Tim Schigel, Director Blue Chip VentureCompany
Entrepreneurial times call for The EntrepreneurialEngineer
In an age when technology and business are merging as neverbefore, today's engineers need skills matched with the times.Today, career success as an engineer is determined as much by anability to communicate with coworkers, sell ideas, and manage timeas by talent at manipulating a Laplace transform, coding a Java(r)object, or analyzing a statically indeterminate structure.
This book covers those nontechnical skills needed by today'sentrepreneurial engineers who mix strong technical know-how,business and organizational prowess, and an alert eye foropportunity. Author David Goldberg unlocks the keys to ten corecompetencies at the heart of what entrepreneurial engineers need tomaster to be effective in a fast-moving world of deals, teams,startups, and innovating corporations. You'll discover how to:
* Feel the essence-and the joys-of engineering
* Examine personal motivation and set goals
* Master time management and organization
* Write fast and well under pressure
* Prepare and deliver effective presentations
* Understand and practice good human relations
* Act ethically in matters large, small, and engineering
* Assess technology opportunities
* Understand teams, leadership, culture, and the organization oforganizations