Have a little Startup Envy? Yearn for the ability to pivot on a dime, fail fast and succeed faster and recruit millennial talent with ease? Wishing your enterprise culture could transform into a nimble innovative culture overnight? Wish no more, the genius is hiding in plain sight. INTRApeneurs - entrepreneurs on the inside - are the key to speed up big-business-as-usual and drive real-live-no-jive results at Smart Speed. Learn how to spot intrapreneurs and enable and empower them to excel within the corporate framework.

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Discover
10 Telltale Signs of an
INTRAprenuer
BONUS: 3 Manager Enabler Strategies

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What is an INTRApreneur?

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What is an INTRApreneur?
DEFINITION: An employee in a company empowered to create
new solutions without being constrained by standard procedures
or business-as-usual. An entrepreneur on the inside.
INTRAPRENEUR
noun in·tra·pre·neur ˌ
in-trə-prə-ˈnər, -ˈnu̇r, -ˈnyu̇r

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Yearn No More Without ALL the Risk
INTRApreneurs are your gateway into
entrepreneurship inside the enterprise. INTRApreneur
employees act and react just like entrepreneurs.
Luckily for you, they need you as much as you need
them. INTRApreneurs need an organization, a
structure, and a steady paycheck.

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# 10 Telltale Sign of an INTRApreneur
Trouble-maker —
An INTRApreneur is more likely to ask for
forgiveness than permission.

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# 9 Telltale Sign of an INTRApreneur
Risk Taker —
An INTRApreneur is more likely to take
risk and rebound from failures quickly;
Uber Resilient

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# 8 Telltale Sign of an INTRApreneur
Problem Solver—
An INTRApreneur is the first one to fire
off lots of ideas to solve the problem at
hand.

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# 7 Telltale Sign of an INTRApreneur
Thrives in
Reinvention—
An INTRApreneur adapts naturally. They
poses an innate passion to discover,
invent, and reinvent.

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# 6 Telltale Sign of an INTRApreneur
Sees Opportunity in
Everything—
An INTRApreneur is the first to turn
challenge into opportunity.

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# 5 Telltale Sign of an INTRApreneur
Inquisitive—
An INTRApreneur is always curious;
asking questions; tinkering; learning as a
natural habit.

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# 4 Telltale Sign of an INTRApreneur
Intense—
An INTRApreneur is passionate and
exuberant. Work hard, play hard is an
understatement.

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# 3 Telltale Sign of an INTRApreneur
Competitive—
An INTRApreneur is a head-to-head
fighter and a sly ninja; high scores are a
must.

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# 2 Telltale Sign of an INTRApreneur
Self Starter—
An INTRApreneur is an independent
worker with the discipline to deliver; no
micro-managing required.

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# 1 Telltale Sign of an INTRApreneur
Craves Flexibility &
Variety—
An INTRApreneur is a free spirit and
bucks convention. Rules, lines and
standard operating procedures will bomb
with this rockstar.

16. INTRApreneurs can be frustrating to manage.
BUT they are essential to ushering consistent
rapid results inside the enterprise
at Smart Speed™.

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BONUS # 1 How to Manage INTRApreneurs
ENABLER STRATEGY:
Partner an INTRApreneur with a new employee
or early-in-career colleague on projects.
The act of creating drives INTRApreneurs. They don’t do maintenance. Reduce
everyone’s frustration and optimize output from the team with the buddy system.
Remember: Creators, not Maintainers

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BONUS # 2 How to Manage INTRApreneurs
ENABLER STRATEGY:
Give your INTRApreneurs multiple projects with
varying deadlines. Also force them to take time
off.
INTRApreneurs are like a match. You light them up and they explode with genius,
passion, and productivity. But that burst comes at a big price. Poof. Variety and
balance are essential.
Remember: Prone to Burn Out

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BONUS # 3 How to Manage INTRApreneurs
ENABLER STRATEGY:
Demonstrate a “good-enough” scale
You must demonstrate that exponential effort is not equal to the gains toward
nonexistent perfection. If you define the “good enough” threshold for a
project, you will better manage an INTRApreneur’s energy and frustration,
while establishing continuous capacity to deliver again and again.
Remember: Poisoned by Perfection.

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