3. High-growth Tech Startup Background
- Higher growth rate than the private
sector
- Prominent role in job creation
- Majority of startup employees in their
20s
- Flexible working schedule
4. Why?
Each of us prefer a working environment that is different from the traditional business culture.
Large corporate positions have pre-existing business models that we can make little change to.
Instead, we want to help build, grow and positively impact a startup business.
Perla JessalynGwendolynShen
5. OKR One: Improve Professional Skills
- Writing Center and Business Career Center (Resume Critique)- twice each
- Network with past Alumni via LinkedIn, especially those involved in tech-startups
- Critique each others’ resumes and cover letters
- Mock Interviews: to each other, via career center, and with tech referrals
- Submit a supplemental cover letter per job application, regardless of requirement
- Subscribe to two tech blogs or article sites and keep daily tabs
- Attend networking events and follow up
6. - Reach out to 100 (10/week) new start ups/tech companies each; add to LinkedIn
network
- Ask entrepreneurship professors (e.g. Jon Eckhardt, Adam Bock) for company referrals
and previous successful students
- Badger group on LinkedIn- contact 10 tech Badgers in region of interest post graduation
- Attend one Job Search Support Group event specific to high-growth or tech companies
- Attend Weinert Center for Entrepreneurship Lunch Events- network!
- Business cards, thank you cards and resume paper from Business Career Center
OKR Two: Network & Mentorship
7. OKR Three: Get the Offers!
- Weekly group check-in meeting to discuss our progress, accountability, new goals,
and opportunities for each other. (Master Performance Matrix Chart)
- Apply for 40-100 positions by the end of year (as many as we can)
- Receive at least 5 interviews by the end of April
- Land 1 full-time job offer by the end of this semester!
http://www.forbes.com/pictures/fhgl45hgjm/you-can-have-an-impact/
the high-tech sector was 23 percent more likely and ICT 48 percent more likely than the private sector as a whole to witness a new business formation.
people and companies will spend 2.1 trillion dollars on tech (i.e. smart phones and tablets). Emerging countries will buy (Brazil, India, Russia and China). Cloud computing is the next biggest thing out there that will require lots of hiring
•Gwendolyn: “ I want to be creative in my future job. Technology is the perfect sector, as it is constantly changing and innovation is ever-present!”
Jessalyn: After reading everyones introduction to the class, i realized many of you have entrepreneurial roots with successful parents and grandparents starting their own business. For me, I dont have that. Instead it has just always been this fire inside of me. When I was 10 I started my own healthy dog treat business, had my dad make me a lemonade hut that I ran every weekend, and started venturing into a health/fitness snack food business last year. But because of another entrep. class i took that focused specifically on tech, I am now looking into that industry because there is a lot of growth that can be explored.
Perla: “I am a very versatile person who loves putting their hands on different tasks and duties to help my employer succeed. I am interested in a high tech growth company because I know it’ll provide me with the thrill in a career I am seeking and it’ll force me to continuously keep learning new things as the industry continues to advance,. A place that values growth, innovation and is fast paced is one I can see myself in after graduation.
