Thank you to
@Michael Howell,
@Karen Jehanian,
@Joseph Rozmiarek, and
@Susan Morrice for joining the panel today on starting your own engineering firm. This was such a fantastic conversation! I really enjoyed hearing your thoughts and perspectives.
We had some great questions we weren't able to answer. I wanted to start this thread to continue the conversation. Here are the questions:
- How do you deal with HR and other nonengineering related tasks?
- How many months of living expenses should you have saved?
- What gave you the courage to make the jump to start your own company?
- How did you go from a consultancy company to an operating producing energy company with all the associated extra risk?
- Is there any "special sauce "for success as an entrepreneur?
- What is the most difficult decision you had to make as a business owner?
- What is a component of your best day?
- You mentioned one should start building their network in college. How critical is this long after graduation?
- Most recent tough moment at work?
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Tirza Austin
Senior Manager, Online Community
American Society of Civil Engineers
1801 Alexander Bell Drive
Reston, VA 20191
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