Through much research it is becoming well understood how important intrapreneurs are to a successful company. So what should an entrepreneur know about intrapreneurs? Here are 10 key things to know: • While an entrepreneur should see the company as a vision from starting point to end; the intrapreneur is a facet of this broader vision. The intrapreneurs should have more directly applicable skills for a given task. The intrapreneur will take risks, but within the confines of their organization.

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Things To Know About Intrapreneurship
Friends, here is our 6th
and last part of Intrapreneurs Week Series today we
talk about things entrepreneurs need to know about intrapreneurship.
Through much research it is becoming well understood how important
intrapreneurs are to a successful company. So what should an entrepreneur
know about intrapreneurs? Here are 10 key things to know:
 While an entrepreneur should see the company as a vision from
starting point to end; the intrapreneur is a facet of this broader vision.
The intrapreneurs should have more directly applicable skills for a
given task. The intrapreneur will take risks, but within the confines of
their organization.
 Intrapreneurs help increase productivity within companies. Like
entrepreneurs, intrapreneurs take risks and find more effective ways to

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accomplish tasks. An intrapreneur, in the most basic sense, is a skilled
problem solver that can take on important tasks within a company.
 Intrapreneurs are the drivers of innovation within companies. In a
similar role to that of entrepreneurs, intrapreneurs seek to provide
solutions to unique market driven problems. They seek policies,
technologies and application that resolve a barrier to productivity
increases.
 One should really understand how intrapreneurship and
entrepreneurship are linked. In fact, it is often taking on
intrapreneurial tasks that allow someone to build the skill needed to
eventually become an entrepreneur.
 The process of intrapreneurship requires autonomy and independence
to truly investigate every angle of the given problem they are
presented with.
 A successful intrapreneur understands trends; they see where the
company needs to go before anyone else.
 Intrapreneurs will become the building blocks of a company's executive
teams and leaders. Starting from the bottom, they will see the
company as a set of processes in which every process must evolve.
 Unlike employees who are simply working to get a paycheck,
intrapreneurs should be viewed as part of the company.
 An intrapreneur is someone who grows with the company; it is a
symbiotic relationship as the company helps them and they, in turn,
help the company.
 A company grows when you find the virtuous cycle of entrepreneurs
hiring intrapreneurs. A good entrepreneur recognizes talented
intrapreneurs and as they are promoted they intern recognize good

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intrapreneurs below them. In this fashion a company culture is
constructed where talented innovators teach and foster the growth of
other talented innovators. This cycle continues and the company will
become a truly innovative leader.
Intrapreneurship is a stepping stone to entrepreneurship. We've seen many
examples of this, including Dave Morin, who co-created the Facebook Platform
and Facebook Connect before starting his own company called Path. The
corporate world can certainly help increase the odds of success and its own path
to achieving entrepreneurship.