Are you an Entrepreneur or Intrapreneur?

Most people dream about leaving their job someday to build their own business and expect to succeed with the mindset and habits of an employee.

Unfortunately, if you want to increase your rate of succeeding as an entrepreneur, you have to learn how to be an internal entrepreneur (aka intrapreneur) first.

To do that, let’s take a look at the difference between an entrepreneur and intrapreneur first.

Entrepreneur

They are founders who design, launch, and manage new business which almost always starts out as a side-hustle or a small business.

• Runs their own company
• Creates jobs opportunities
• Increase national wealth
• Prosper human civilization

Intrapreneur

Entrepreneurially minded person who works within a company. They are self-motivated, proactive, and action-oriented people who take initiative to pursue an innovative project. They can also have their own side-hustler or business aside from their full-time job, or in the process of transitioning to becoming entrepreneurs.

• Self motivated and takes accountability
• Carefully uses company resources as if their own
• Becomes a great leader in the company
• They have a sense of ownership coming into work.

Now that we know the difference between an entrepreneur and intrapreneur, how do we then identify intrapreneurs from employees?

As someone who have both a full-time job as a digital marketer and a business in coaching, here are the differences I have observed between an intrapreneur and an employee.

Employee

A hired person for either support or leadership positions. They are the backbone of every organization.

• Sticks to their job descriptions
• Seldom cares if an organization meets their bottom line
• Can be quick to run off when the next high paying job comes along
• Prefers income stability

There is nothing wrong with being an employee because we all have different calling and place in life. Some people prefer to help others build their ideas and share the benefits of other people’s success by supporting them. However, we cannot also deny the fact that there are “employee mindsets” that not only hurt every organization, but also their very selves.

That is also the reason why the work landscape over the years has greatly changed. In some companies, employees are now given the opportunity to act like an entrepreneur internally by giving them the chance to think, decide and innovate more. It is now up to the person to grab the chance or not depending on one’s drive and calling.

I am personally blessed with a full time job who not only gives me opportunities within the company to grow, but also generously understands what I am also building out of my 9 to 5 as an entrepreneur coach. Sometimes, it takes having a difficult and honest conversation with the person you are reporting to and I will share this in one of the next blogs.

However, if you find yourself still thinking and acting like an employee after reading the points above, maybe this is your wake up call to level up especially if you said to yourself that one day you are going to own your business too.

Being an entrepreneur is less about having a “business,” but more about having the mindset, habits and character of a healthy entrepreneur.

I always tell my clients that if you can’t take care of your full-time job as if it’s your own business, how do you think you can take care of your own?

At the end of the day, entrepreneurship/owning your business is about serving other people. So, whether you already are an intrapreneur or an employee who is aiming to own a business in the future, it is so important to adopt the practices and mindset of an entrepreneur before you even get there.

Practice excellence always. Serve gratefully and lead gracefully.

If you’d like to learn how to build your side-hustle and business, comment down below or email me at hello@trainwithdanenow.com

I have helped over a hundred people start their businesses online or land their dream jobs. You can check it out here: www.trainwithdanenow.com/results

I’ll see you inside!

Ad astra,
Denielle