Hello, Entrepreneurs!
While I have an eventual career goal of owning my own business, I am currently starting my career as an Engineer at Philips Lighting. I was scrolling through some articles about surviving corporate America and have posted them below.
In this article, Fast Company describes the benefits of humor in the work place. This is worth a read. I find the parallels between workplace humor and innovation striking as the author seems to suggest that as one becomes more open to humor, he/she also become more flexible and entrepreneurial.
TAG LINE: "Drew Tarvin of Humor That Works believes that bringing humor into the workplace increases productivity. Also: Funny people make more money."
http://www.fastcompany.com/3000692/being-funny-can-get-you-raise?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+fastcompany%2Fheadlines+%28Fast+Company%29
The next article from Forbes focuses on building a $10 billion Business Plan. I am interested to see the overlap between this article and the methodology we apply in ETR 500 when we get around to creating our own business plans. The author, Alan Hall, follows his list of ten steps for the perfect business plan with commentary on his top recommendations.
TAG LINE: "There are ten critical steps in the creation of a billion dollar business plan."
http://www.forbes.com/sites/alanhall/2012/08/26/how-to-build-a-billion-dollar-business-plan-10-top-points-2/
I hope you enjoy the reading and I look forward to any comments or questions!
Amanda
I love the first article! It really is true that humor lightens things and potentially gets people through difficult professional situations.
ReplyDeleteIt will be interesting to revisit the Forbes article later in the semester and see how it lines up with the class.