Part of the MaRS Entrepreneurship 101 Event Series
Selling yourself, career management and taking control of your career path
Speaker: Dr. Teresa Snelgrove
Download the audio presentation and post questions on the MaRS blog:
http://blog.marsdd.com/2007/01/26/entrepreneurship-101-making-critical-career-decisions/
Entrepreneurship 101: Making Critical Career Decisions
1. Making Critical Career Decisions Entrepreneurship 101 January 23, 2007 Teresa Snelgrove Executive Recruiter &Venture Backed Entrepreneur
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17. Networking by Spreadsheet Cynthia Goh Phone 2x month Previous colleague Email every other month Recruiter Phone or email once a month Tony Redpath November October September Contact Strategy “ A’s”
25. Where do I go? What shall I do? Courtesy Christian Burks undergraduate training graduate training: life sciences graduate training: law graduate training: MBA biotech & pharma university research lab government research lab law firm journalism & entertainment industry government patent office venture capital & investment banks education
26. How did I get here? = correct prediction ??? Courtesy Christian Burks, CEO, OGI non-profit virtual research institute: fund raising Ontario Genomics Institute (Toronto, Ontario) Start-up biotech start-up biotech: proteomics, drug discovery Affinium (Toronto, Ontario) Start-up biotech start-up biotech: genomics, drug discovery Exelixis (South San Francisco, CA) Basic research on gene regulatory signals Biology resource building: bioinformatics, GenBank, genomics, software tools Los Alamos National Lab (Los Alamos, New Mexico) Academic research on molecular basis of cognition grad work in molecular biophysics: enzymology, x-ray & neutron diffraction Yale University (New Haven, Connecticut) Graduate work in physics Great Books Program: evolution of western thought St. John’s College (Santa Fe, New Mexico) Mountain guide in Wyoming general education: literature, skiing, climbing Golden High School (Golden, Colorado) Planned Next Step Job Description Station
27. Career Management A Bit of Both Actively Managed Just Happened Other CEOs
28. Key Influencers Over your Career Through Networking Career Counsellor Employees Peers Supervisors, bosses Family & Friends Professors Others CEO’s
29. Factors for Success Taking risks Excellent communication skills Drive, passion Leadership skills Networking Surrounding yourself with good people Intellect Understanding People Effective Planning (both strategy and implementation) Being flexible and open-minded Integrity & Fairness Seizing the Opportunity Luck Early Stage CEO