Sir Richard Branson, Chairman and CEO of Virgin Group, is a successful entrepreneur and self-made multi-billionaire. Branson is a firm supporter and vocal advocate of using Intrapreneurship. He has shared the importance of Intrapreneurs and Intrapreneurship within his Virgin Group.

Sir Richard Branson Virgin Group on Using Intrapreneurship for Success

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Sony Corporation’s PlayStation by Super Intrapreneur (Corporate Entrepreneur) Ken Kutaragi

Sony PlayStation is an Intrapreneurship Success story

This is an article about an Intrapreneurial (corporate entrepreneurial) creation of the Sony PlayStation by persistent and driven intrapreneur Ken Kutaragi, who’s international Intrapreneurship Success story has now become one of the most celebrated in business history. For the insight of Ken Kutaragi’s and Sony’s Intrapreneurship victory…
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Study-3M “Post-It Notes”

A classic example of a successful Intrapreneurial creation of a new product is the story of 3M’s profitable product line “Post-it Notes” (TM).

An Intrapreneur created the 3M product Post-It Notes This is the Intrapreneurship success story.

Intrapreneurship success story 3M Post-It Note

Some enlightened corporations, such as 3M, do allow an employee-intrapreneur limited freedom to pursue new ideas. The corporate entrepreneur, or Intrapreneur, must convince senior management that their new, out of the main stream idea has merit, has possible market, and that the new produce would be both profitable and synergistic to the corporation. Here is the story of 3M “Post-It Note” Intrapreneurship Success…(read more)

Intrapreneurship Case Study of Apple

By Howard Edward Haller, Ph.D. is Professional Keynote Speaker and the Leading Expert and Thought Leader on Intrapreneurship, Corporate Entrepreneurship, Intrapreneurship Program Creation, Using Intrapreneurship programs as a strategic tool for Recruiting and Retaining Key Employees, and Using Intrapreneurship to Increase Innovation and Foster Creativity.

Apple Macintosh logo, an intrapreneurship success,

Later, in the early 1980’s Steve Jobs and his handpicked group of twenty Apple Computer engineers separated themselves from the other Apple employees to innovatively and intrapreneurially create the Apple Macintosh Computer (the “Mac”). Some say that this creative, intrapreneurial and very independent group of intrapreneurs verged on becoming a “cult” within Apple Computer. For the rest of the Apple intrapreneurship story…

Google creator of successful “Innovation Time Off” intrapreneurship program

Intrapreneurship Case Study

Google’s Intrapreneurship Program

Google has a very successful intrapreneurship program which has created new products such as Gmail, Google News, Orkut, and AdSense. To find out more about Intrapreneurship within Google…

Dr. Haller’s published 1982 Intrapreneurship research as the 1st Published Academic research and case study on Intrapreneurship. Wikipedia.com cites Dr. Haller’s 2009 published book “Intrapreneurship Success: A PR1ME Example” in the Wikipedia.org entry on the History of Intrapreneurship

From Wikipedia.org, the free encyclopedia on “Intrapreneurship”

Wikipedia on "Intrapreneurship" Dr Haller's 1982 Intrapreneurship research cited

By Howard Edward Haller, Ph.D. – the Leading Expert and Thought Leader on Intrapreneurship (Corporate Entrepreneurship). Dr. Haller is a Professional Keynote Speaker on Intrapreneurship and the value and benefits of Intrapreneurship Program Creation and well as Entrepreneurship. Professor Haller is a “street smart” successful Serial Intrapreneur, proven Serial Entrepreneur, University Graduate Business School Professor and major University Trustee, as well as a seasoned Senior Corporate Executive. Dr. Haller is the Founder and Chief Enlightenment Officer (CEO) of the Intrapreneurship Institute.

Haller is the Author of the book “Intrapreneurship Success: A PR1ME Example” (which was based on his 1982 published academic research on intrapreneurship cited by Wikipedia.org. In addition to citing his groundbreaking 1982 intrapreneurship research – Wikipedia.org also cited Dr. Howard Haller 2009 published book “Intrapreneurship Success” in the Wikipedia.org “History of Intrapreneurship”).

Intrapreneurship is the act of behaving like an entrepreneur, except within a larger organization.

Wikipedia.org in their on article on the History of Intrapreneurship
History of Intrapreneurship…

Update on 3M Intrapreneurship program

By Howard Edward Haller, Ph.D.
Dr. “H” is Professional Keynote Speaker and the Leading Expert and Thought Leader on Intrapreneurship, Corporate Entrepreneurship, Intrapreneurship Program Creation, Using Intrapreneurship programs as a strategic tool for Recruiting and Retaining Key Employees, and Using Intrapreneurship to Increase Innovation and Foster Creativity.

Intrapreneurship success story 3M Post-It Note

The successful Intrapreneurial creation of the new product, 3M’s profitable product line “Post-it Notes” (TM), is just the beginning of the Intrapreneurship Success at 3M… (read more)

Lockheed “Skunk Works®” – “Intrapreneurship In Action”

By Howard Edward Haller, Ph.D.

“Doc” Haller is the Founder and Chief Enlightenment Officer (CEO) of the Intrapreneurship Institute. Professor Haller is the author of the 2009 published intrapreneurship book “Intrapreneurship Success: A PR1ME Example.”
Howard Edward Haller’s groundbreaking intrapreneurship case study in 1982 was published by the University as a School of Business Master’s Thesis and academic research on intrapreneurship is cited by Wikipedia.org in their “History of Intrapreneurship” entry. In addition, Dr. Haller’s 2009 published intrapreneurship book “Intrapreneurship Success: A PR1ME Example” is also cited by Wikipedia.org in their “History of Intrapreneurship.”

Intrapreneurship Institute Case Study: The Classic Intrapreneurship Success Story of Lockheed “Skunk Works®”

Intrapreneurship Success Lockheed Skunk Works Logo

With World War II well underway, in early 1943, the U.S. Army’s Air Tactical Service Command (ATSC) had an air defense problem and they needed help – Now. So ATSC officials met with Lockheed Aircraft Corporation to express its dire need for a jet fighter to counter a rapidly growing German jet threat. Find out what Lockheed did to respond… (read more)

Sony Corporation’s PlayStation

By Howard Edward Haller, Ph.D.

This is an article about an Intrapreneurial (corporate entrepreneurial) creation of the Sony PlayStation by persistent and driven intrapreneur Ken Kutaragi, who’s international Intrapreneurial Success story has now become one of the most. . . (read more)

By Dr. Howard Edward Haller

Dr. “H” is a Professional Keynote Speaker on Intrapreneurship. Professor Haller is a not only a successful Serial Intrapreneur and Serial Entrepreneur, he is the Thought Leader and Expert on Intrapreneurship

The word, in-tra-pre-neur (In tre-pre-nur) did not exist in the dictionary until 1982-1985.
Howard Edward Haller’s 1982 intrapreneurship academic research and case study is cited in the Wikipedia.com definition and history of Intrapreneurship as the 1st Published Academic research and case study of Intrapreneurship. In addition to citing Dr. Haller’s intrapreneurship research (published in 1982 by the University), Wikipedia.com also cites the 2009 published book by Howard Edward Haller, Ph.D. entitled “Intrapreneurship Success: A PR1ME Example.

Anyone who has worked in a large corporation knows that in most cases a rigid set of corporate rules, corporate standard operating procedures, and corporate policies exists for almost everything and anything. Yet, some enlightened corporations or organizations do allow an employee-intrapreneur limited freedom to pursue new ideas. To overcome the roadblocks of formal structure and a very slow moving corporate bureaucracy, the intrapreneur must convince senior management that the new, “out of the box” idea has merit, market, and would be both profitable and synergistic to the corporate mission. An intrapreneur is really an entrepreneur who has less risk in a venture. He also has much less control of when, or whether, the product will be launched. Being an intrapreneur takes a unique set of skills beyond . . . (read more)