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Startup 2.0: Let Your Company Fund It!
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- Got a great idea? The economic downturn has turned off the VC spigots. What to do? Get your current company to share your dream and profit from your big idea! Join Rackspace intrapreneurs, Jonathan Bryce and Todd Morey, to discuss how to work on your dream while at work.
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- What is intrapreneurship versus entrepreneurship?
- What are the similarities with standalone entrepreneurs?
- Why and when should you try it?
- What are the challenges and balances between integration and innovation?
- How to stay agile in a sometimes slower moving corporate environment?
- What human resources do you outsource to the parent company versus those resources you hire internally at the startup?
- How to manage the demands of the startup vis a vis the demands of the parent company? What are the rules of engagement between the entities once the startup is created?
- Since many say that innovation is dead in large corporations, how do certain companies continue to innovate using internal startups?
- How do internal entrepreneurs compare to independent entrprenuers; do they face the same issues?
- Is there comfort being backed by a larger company?
- Level:
- Beginner
- Category:
- Business / Entrepreneurial / Monetization, Career / Work Concerns, Funding / VC
- Type:
- Solo
- Event:
- Interactive 2010
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