by Susan Foley | Aug 9, 2022 | Competencies, Entrepreneurs, Entrepreneurship, Experiential, Growth, Independent Thinking, Innovative, Intrapreneurs, Learning, Success, Taking Action
My grandfather was an apple and cherry farmer in upstate New York. After high school he went to work with one of the prominent apple farmers in the area to learn about the business. He was an apprentice, a student, an intrapreneur whose practical ideas were used to...
by Susan Foley | Jan 15, 2013 | Business Growth, Intrapreneurs, Intrapreneurship
One of the greatest challenges facing Intrapreneurs is finding an organization that has the entrepreneurial mindset and infrastructure to support what they do and how they do it. Organizations think they know what it takes to be entrepreneurial. In truth they don’t....
by Susan Foley | Feb 10, 2012 | Business Growth, Core Competencies, Corporate Entrepreneurs, Corporate Entrepreneurship, Intrapreneurs
If you are a frustrated Intrapreneur or corporate entrepreneur the reason may be that your organization is not entrepreneurial. Intrapreneurs are either highly engaged or disenchanted. There is nothing in between. They are engaged if they are working on strategic...
by Susan Foley | Jun 15, 2011 | Business Growth, Entrepreneurial Leaders, Uncategorized
As IBM approaches its 100th anniversary they are at a pivotal turning point – growth or cost cutting. Like many companies IBM has spent a lot of the last decade streamlining operations and cutting costs. Now they must decide whether to continue on the current path...
by Susan Foley | Feb 22, 2011 | Business Growth, Corporate Entrepreneurship, Entrepreneurial Leaders, Internal Entrepreneurs, Intrapreneurs
Acceleration – Changing the Speed of Growth According to research only four percent of executives in large organizations are entrepreneurs or entrepreneurial. The lack of entrepreneurial role models at the top of most organizations is stifling innovation and...
