<p>Which Engineering degree has the best entrepreneurs and how do they fare against the Economics/Business majors? Is it worth it to be have an engineering job for intellectual skills for a technology-type of business? I have heard around the CC forums that a senior manager at NASA has only gone as advanced as V=IR. Should I look for Engineering or Business related internship opportunities? </p>
<p>I'm a junior in high school and at the moment am contemplating EE + Econ minor, EE + CS minor, or a double major in one of the two options.</p>
<p>Probably CS because of all the tech startups.</p>
<p>The individual matters more than the major. An entrepreneur has to not only have good ideas but the willingness to follow them through and to take risks. Like many universities, my school, Illinois Tech, has an entrepreneurship center and students of all majors participate.</p>
<p>I would also guess that CS has the most entrepreneurs. I think the key reason why is that an individual or very small team with few resources can build something useful and salable in CS more so than in other disciplines, so easier to start on your own. I don’t think of civil engineers, for example, being able to do something useful on such a small scale.</p>
<p>CS major plus business minor (or just a few business classes) is what I would recommend for someone who wants to maximize entrepreneurial opportunities. </p>
<p>For entrepreneurship, CS outpaces everything for the simple reason that the startup and material costs are so low. A CS major can create and distribute a product using only that which they already have - as an electrical engineer, producing a prototype would take hundreds of thousands or even millions of dollars.</p>
<p>Of course, most CS entrepreneurs still crash and burn, but that is entrepreneurship for you.</p>
<p>It’s not too hard for structural engineers to start their own business! 
It’s worked out well for my husband and myself. Not having a boss is a good thing. Working out of our home in Maine is even better.</p>