Amanda Smith 
How to be a successful 
Intrapreneur
4 Essential Traits of Intrapreneurs 
Forbes Business Journal contributor David K Williams 
Money is not 
the motivator 
“Greenhousers” Know how to 
Pivot 
Behave 
authentically & 
with integrity
Money is not the 
Measurement 
Respect Your Value
Respect Your Value 
“An Intrapreneur ‘gets it’ and does their work in a 
way that shows the organization they are 
someone it can’t afford to lose.” David K Williams
“Greenhousers” 
Grow and Cultivate Ideas
If I have a thousand ideas and only one turns out to be 
good, I am satisfied. 
Grow and Cultivate Ideas 
Alfred Nobel
Know how to Pivot 
Do not Fear Failure
Intrapreneurs aren’t afraid to change course, nor do they fear failure. 
They are constantly 
“Failing Up”
Behave authentically & 
with integrity 
Confidence with Humility
. 
Zig Ziglar
4 Essential Traits of Intrapreneurs 
Can we find an example of a successful Intrapreneur? 
Money is not 
the motivator 
“Greenhousers” Know how to 
Pivot 
Behave 
authentically & 
with integrity
Benjamin Franklin, 
Intrapreneur?? 
“As we enjoy great advantages from 
the invention of others, we should be 
glad of an opportunity to serve 
others by any invention of ours, and 
this we should do freely and 
generously.” 
http://proactiontranshuman.wordpress.com/2013/12/22/benjamin-franklins- 
thoughts-on-science-technology-and-indefinite-life-extension/
? Questions?? 
Thanks for Viewing!
How to be a successful 
Intrapreneur 
Amanda Smith 
References: 
Williams, David K. “4 Essential Traits of Intrapreneurs.” Forbes.com. October 
30, 2013. 
“Benjamin Franklin, Entrepreneur.” Franklin & Marshall College, The Phillips 
Museum of Art. 2008 
<benfranklin300.org>

How to be a Successful Intrapreneur

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    Amanda Smith Howto be a successful Intrapreneur
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    4 Essential Traitsof Intrapreneurs Forbes Business Journal contributor David K Williams Money is not the motivator “Greenhousers” Know how to Pivot Behave authentically & with integrity
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    Money is notthe Measurement Respect Your Value
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    Respect Your Value “An Intrapreneur ‘gets it’ and does their work in a way that shows the organization they are someone it can’t afford to lose.” David K Williams
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    If I havea thousand ideas and only one turns out to be good, I am satisfied. Grow and Cultivate Ideas Alfred Nobel
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    Know how toPivot Do not Fear Failure
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    Intrapreneurs aren’t afraidto change course, nor do they fear failure. They are constantly “Failing Up”
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    Behave authentically & with integrity Confidence with Humility
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    4 Essential Traitsof Intrapreneurs Can we find an example of a successful Intrapreneur? Money is not the motivator “Greenhousers” Know how to Pivot Behave authentically & with integrity
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    Benjamin Franklin, Intrapreneur?? “As we enjoy great advantages from the invention of others, we should be glad of an opportunity to serve others by any invention of ours, and this we should do freely and generously.” http://proactiontranshuman.wordpress.com/2013/12/22/benjamin-franklins- thoughts-on-science-technology-and-indefinite-life-extension/
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    How to bea successful Intrapreneur Amanda Smith References: Williams, David K. “4 Essential Traits of Intrapreneurs.” Forbes.com. October 30, 2013. “Benjamin Franklin, Entrepreneur.” Franklin & Marshall College, The Phillips Museum of Art. 2008 <benfranklin300.org>

Editor's Notes

  • #2 How to be a successful Intrapreneur: Intrapreneur is a highly valuable team member, who has learned to apply the essential principles of entrepreneurship to the roles they fill within a company.
  • #3 David K Williams, says intrapreneurs are essential to a companies health. They think and behave like owners. These four key elements, pulled from a Harvard Business Journal blog post by Vijay Govindarajan and Jatin Desai.
  • #5 certainly respect the value and importance of money. They understand the economic drivers that allow the organization to succeed and are able to support this fundamental truth and not fight it. A non-intrapreneur is perpetually looking for non-economic ways to justify their own advancement and payment. An intrapreneur “gets it” and does their work in a way that shows the organization they are someone it can’t afford to lose. The money and advancement finds them.
  • #6 the idea never leaves them. It germinates within their mind, and they carry with them the desire to figure out how to make it work. When you see them next, they are likely to have grown the seed of an idea into a full-blown plan or they will have created an even better set of alternative plans in its stead.
  • #8 Intrapreneurs aren’t afraid to change course, nor do they fear failure.
  • #9 In my own training and vernacular I call this phenomenon “failing up.” I celebrate opportunities for growth, even painful ones. Everything is a learning experience, and ego can’t get in the way, or you won’t move on.
  • #10 Most importantly, intrapreneurs exhibit the traits of confidence and humility—not the maverick behavior of corporate hotshots.
  • #11 If you are constantly driving change in your organization, your organization has to trust you, and that trust is built on your integrity.
  • #12 Benjamin Franklin showed these traits. Inventor, printer, thought outside the box. Not motivated by money, didn’t patent his designs. Lightning rod, eye glasses, etc. Cultivated ideas, library, fire department, mail order catalogues. Changed, develop our government, changed Behaved with integrity.
  • #15 How to be a successful Intrapreneur: Intrapreneur is a highly valuable team member, who has learned to apply the essential principles of entrepreneurship to the roles they fill within a company.