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When it comes to Intrapreneurship – Dr.Howard Edward Haller, is the intrapreneurship implementation expert. He is a Successful Serial Intrapreneur, and the Founder & Chief Enlightment Officer of the Intrapreneurship Institute.

Dr. Howard Haller is the principle academic researcher of the building of creation and building of PR1ME Computer published in 1982 by the University which was the 1st Academic study on the topic of intrapreneurship:

“Intrapreneurship Success: A PR1ME Example” 

In 1977, Howard E. Haller, together with co-founder Paul Renner, embarked on a new intrapreneurial venture within PR1ME Computer to created and built PR1ME Leasing Division. This new division allowed PR1ME Computer company to more easily finance the sales of PR1ME’s “super mini computers.” The intrapreneurial PR1ME Leasing operation shorten the sales cycle, increase sales volume, increased profit margin on the Super Mini-Computer sales, created a new profit center from the capitive PR1ME Leasing operation, and provided significant tax shelter to the parent PR1ME Computer Inc. The new captive leasing division materially helped PR1ME grow from a small OTC listed company to be the Number 1 performing company listed on the NYSE in less than five years!  PR1ME Computer Inc. grew from $22 million in sales to $480 million in less than five years. 

Dr. Howard E. Haller presents his inside view of PR1ME’s intrapreneurial venture in his book “Intrapreneurship Success: A PR1ME Example.” In his book Haller documents the innovative creation and inside “street smarts” of the intrapreneurial success of PR1ME Leasing, as a Co-Founder and Director. He reveals all the details of this intrapreneurial venture with reviews and analysis of all the operational and financial details from 1977 to 1980 using both qualitative and quantitative analysis. This is a real world four year case study of a firm that successfully used Intrapreneurship to create a new Leasing Division, within their rapidly growing public corporation. 

The PR1ME Leasing intrapreneurship venture was just one of several successful Intrapreneurship ventures that Dr. Haller would personally create, manage and successfully build over the next two decades. In addition to PR1ME Leasing, Dr. Haller  created, managed, was involved in, and built intrapreneurial ventures such as:  Anaconda-Ericsson Inc., Anaconda-Ericsson Leasing & Finance; Corona Data Systems- OEM Private Label PC  Division; United Artists- Film Distrbution JV (Taurus Entertainment), and other capitive susidiaries such; TeleCommunications, Liberty Media; and American Realty Capital Advisors capitive construction company, Hyatt Street Contruction.

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 ”INTRAPRENEURSHIP SUCCESS: A PR1ME EXAMPLE”  published in 2009 by VDM Verlag Dr. Müller AG & CoKG, ISBN 978-3-639-17509-7, and is now available online at Amazon.com in the US, Canada, UK and Germany. 

Dr. Haller’s  - Leadership Book “Leadership and Adversity“:

Dr. Haller’s Leadership book shares the story of prominent successful leaders that included entrepreneurs, intrapreneurs, US Senators, two self-made Billionaires, several CEO’s of Fortune 1000 companies, a US Army Major General (Ret.), four major Motivational Speakers and Self Improvement Gurus, and a University President turned CEO of a major Non-Profit Organization, who all overcame adversity and became successful leaders. 

Dr. Haller’s groundbreaking leadership research included personal extensive interviews with sixteen prominent successful leaders:  Dr. Tony Bonanzino (Intrapreneur turned Entrepreneur, now retired CEO Hollister-Stier), Jack Canfield (Major Self-Improvement Guru, Mega Best Selling Author, CEO, Chicken Soup for the Soul Enterprises), William Draper III ) Managing Partner Draper-Richards Venture Capital), Mark Victor Hansen (Major Self-Improvement Guru, Mega Best Selling Author & Chairman Mark Victor Hansen Enterprises), U.S. Senator Orrin Hatch (R-UT), Monzer Hourani (Chairman, Medistar REIT), U.S. Senator Daniel Inouye (D-HI), Jack LaLanne(the late Major Fitness Guru & Entrepreneur),  J. Terrence Lanni (now retired Chairman, MGM Mirage),  Dr. John Malone (Self made Billionaire, former CEO of TCI and now Chairman & CEO of Liberty Media), Angelo Mozilo (now retired Chairman & CEO of Countrywide Financial), Larry Pino (Chairman, Dynetech), Dr. Nido Qubein (Self Improvement Guru, President of High Point University, and Chairman of  businesses such as Biz Life & Great Harvest Bread), U.S. Army Major General Sid Shachnow (Ret.), Dr. John Sperling (Self made Billionaire, Founder & Chairman, Apollo  Group & University of Phoenix, and Intrapreneur turned Entrepreneur).Dr. Blenda Wilson (former President of Calif. State University, Northridge and now retired CEO of Nellie Mae Foundation), and Zig Ziglar (Major Self Improvement Guru, Famous Speaker/Trainer, and Chairman, Ziglar Training).

Dr. Howard Haller’s groundbreaking Doctoral leadership research and the insightful findings are presented in his leadership book “Leadership and Adversity: The Shaping of Prominent Leaders.” Dr. Haller’s Doctoral dissertation leadership research (which is now presented in his published book) was also peer debriefed, reviewed, and concurred with by five internationally well known and highly respected Best-Selling author and major academic leadership scholars including: Dr. Kenneth Blanchard, Professor James Kouzes, Dr. John Kotter, Dr. Paul Stoltz, and Dr. Meg Wheatley.  

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Zig Ziglar's + wife Jean & Dr Haller + wife Rose group photo after meeting